PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.3: Relaxation Technique, Binge Eating, Viktor Frankl
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Refers to the processes used to manage demands, stress, and conflicts. There are 2 types: focused coping and emotional-focused coping: each used for different situations. Not all methods are positive (binge eating, drinking, etc ) Positive psychology: area of psychology that studies what makes people thrive, even in the face of extreme stress, uses scientific methods to study human strengths and potential. Optimism: the tendency to have a favourable, constructive view on situations and to expect positive outcome. Pessimistic: tend to have a negative perception of life and expects negative outcome. Pessimistic explanatory style: which is the tendency to interpret and explain negative events as internally based and as a constant, stable quality. Optimism is correlated with physical health good attitude helps with illness. Other explanations optimism and pessimism people will have different life styles: the nun study disapproved this. Looked at nuns with similar lifestyles by reading their autobiographies different attitudes were coded.
