PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Learned Helplessness
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Push aside their strong feelings of emotion. Type a males have a risk 3 times greater of developing heart disease than a healthy man and a lower risk if you"re a type b male. Women who are type a are at about 4 times greater risk. Type c is more at risk for cancer. Thrives on stress; lacks the anger/ hostility common to type a. Type a tries to avoid bumps in the road while hardy sees them as just another challenge. Difference in how they approach a problem. Look for positive outcomes and experience far less stress than pessimists, who take a more negative view. How we think about things is important for health and well-being, is correlated with life expectancy. We can change how we think about and interpret events. Optimists are less likely to develop learned helplessness. More likely to persist through challenging tasks. Optimists are more likely to take care of their health.
