Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Explanatory Style, Iese Business School, Herbert Benson

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Coping: efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress. People cope with stress in many ways. In general, the use of maladaptive strategies is associated with poorer psychological adjustment, whereas adaptive strategies are related to enhanced wellbeing. Learned helplessness: passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events: te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to gi(cid:448)e up (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e t(cid:396)a(cid:374)sfe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to situatio(cid:374)s (cid:449)he(cid:374) o(cid:374)e is(cid:374)"t helpless. People"s interpretation of negative events determines if they develop learned helplessness. Helplessness occurs when people believe that events are beyond their control this belief likely in people who have a pessimistic explanatory style: att(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute set(cid:271)a(cid:272)ks to pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al i(cid:374)ade(cid:395)ua(cid:272)ies i(cid:374)stead of situatio(cid:374)al fa(cid:272)to(cid:396)s. = poorer physical health and increases depression and anxiety. This coping strategy (behavioral disengagement) was found to be associated with increased distress. People often respond to stressful events by acting aggressively. Aggression: any behavior intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally. When someone is provoked, displaced aggression is a common response.