{26} Resilience, Coping, & Happiness Flashcards
Define:
Coping?
Refers to anything people do to deal with or manage stress or emotions
Identify:
Problem-Focused Coping Strategy?
When is it best to use?
Solving the problem and seeking social support… taking assertive action
When we think we can change the situation
Identify:
Emotion Focused Coping Strategy?
When is it best to use?
Attempt to manage the emotional response; most useful when the cause of the stress is outside one’s control
Can used:
- Reappraisal *Best in reducing depression and anxiety *
- Distancing
- Escape-Avoidance
- Self Control
- Accepting responsibility
When something is beyond one’s control
Identfiy:
Social Support Coping Strategy?
Direct Effects Hypothesis?
Combination of problem and emotion focused coping
- Develop social connectedness
- Seeking advice from or talking with friends and loved ones
Social Support benefits health and is most frequent used way of coping
Define:
Positive Traits & Positive Emotions?
Positive Pyschology Coping
Optimism: Emphasize the positive
Pessimism: Emphasize the negative
Optimism is better for overall health and can faciliate recovery from physiological effects of negative emotions
Explain:
Finding Meaning?
Positive Pyschology Coping
People who find meaning in life admist tradegy are happier and are resilient
Explain:
Meditation?
- Notices expereinces without clinging to or ascribing value to them
- Allows one to keep thoughts in perspective
- Benefits help and makes coping easier
Explain Relationship between:
Defense Mechanisms & Anxiety?
Examples?
Defense Mechanisms: Psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings
Examples:
Repression -Unconsioucs blocking of unwanted thoughts or experiences (Children who are abused)
Denial - Denying a situation
Projection -An individual tries to push their unnaceptable thoughts to another person (Since you hate someone; you tell yourself they hate you)
Displacement - Satisfying an impulse (Getting anger from work and taking it out by beating a dog)
Sublimation - Displacement but through socially acceptable ways (Anger at work so going to go workout)
Regression -Movement back in pyschological time to deal with stress (A child peeing their bed because of stress even though they are potty trained)
Define:
Jumping to Conclusions?
Difference between Mind Reading and Jumping to conclusions?
Thinking Trap
Making assumptions without consulting data
Ex: A cow corrects you for your uniform and you assume you will get hours
Its about events
Define:
Mind Reading?
Difference between Mind Reading and Jumping to conclusions?
Thinking Trap
Assuming that you know what someone else is thinking without any evidence
Ex: A cow corrects you for your uniform and you call them a square
Its about people
Define:
Me, me, & me?
Ex?
Thinking Trap
The reflex tendency to attribute problems to one’s own actions
Failed a PL100 WPR and blame yourself even with a valid excuse (sick)
Define:
Them, them, & them?
Ex?
Thinking Trap
The tendency to blame your problems on the actions of others
Your room failed inspection and you immediately blame your roomate
Define:
Always, always, & always?
Ex?
Thinking Trap
Believing that negative events are unchangeable and that you have little or no control over them - event focused
You always fail PL100 WPRs, and you assume you always will
Define:
Everything, everything, & everything?
Ex?
Believing you can judge a person or your own worth or ability based on a single situation
You get a 60 on your PL100 WPR and assume you are dumb
Define:
Detecting Icebergs?
Where can it stem from?
Deeply held beliefs and core values (idea about self and how you see the world) that can drive out of proportion emotions
Example:
If you see a fellow cadet get really upset about getting a B, they may have deeply held beliefs that they are not good enough and need to be perfect
Can go back to childhood
