PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.3: Autonomic Nervous System, Explanatory Style, Positive Psychology
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Coping: the processes used to manage demands, stress, and conflict. Problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping are used to deal with a stressor. Problem-focused coping if you failing a course, just drop it or set a time to study. Emotion-focused coping trying to minimize your feelings of sadness and stress write it out. Uses scientific methods to study human strengths and potential. found that most powerful tool for coping is focusing on positive emotions. Positive emotions can affect how we perceive and think about the world. E. g. negative mood decreased your focus attention attend to small part of your environment. E. g. positive mood focus your attention to expand it can also increase creativity. Positive emotions has a strong effect on our autonomic nervous system. When most of us watch a scary movie heart rate increase. People who have positive emotions tend to return to normal state faster.
