PSY 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Altruistic Suicide, Paternalism, Learned Helplessness
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Cognitive and behavioral influences: negative attributions. Cognitive therapists say that: x situation makes me feel _____ but really it is how we interrupt the situation that make someone feel a certain way. The way we think something is going on around us affects our views: learned helplessness. Makes you think you can"t get any better. So you don"t try new things or do anything. Hopeless and helpless are two strong predictors of depression. No perceptions of control = implicated in depression: role of behavior in emotion. Can engage in certain behaviors to influence emotions/set your mood. If you engage in a behavior it has a direct impact on mood and emotions. Ex: if you act depressed = you"ll be depressed etc. Bandura"s bobo doll study: kid punches doll and adult says be nice, stop hurting , kid punches doll and adult says get him! .
