PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Frontal Lobe, Social Comparison Theory, Telomere

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

A: coping with stress hormones stayed in the body 50% longer for them) Coping: effort and strategy to deal with a stressful situation (can be adaptive or maladaptive) Problem-focused coping: identify problem, face it head on (best for problems that can be controlled) Emotion-focused problem: deal with emotions triggered by the situation, when problem cannot be resolved. Key thing is to change interpretation of a stressful situation (reappraising) Upward social comparison: compare ourselves to those who are better than us (motivation) Downward social comparison: compare ourselves to those who are doing worse than us (privilege) Both should be done in a healthy way! People need to be able to laugh at both life, and themselves. The belief that people in our lives accept us and value us for who we are. Linked and associated with positive outcomes (healthier physically and mentally) Lack of social support can enhance deterioration of old age.