Coping Flashcards
(29 cards)
Coping
The management of taxing/stressful situations.
Psychological needs - meeting them helps increase ability to cope/resilience.
Depression
A state of mental disturbance, characterised by negative affect.
Emotional Expression
The display of emotions through facial features/behaviour.
Ekman; Izard - some expressions can be seen universally.
Evolutionary theories.
Emotions: Functions
To communicate feelings, socially interact, develop, help us cope.
Explanatory Style
Term used for the explanations given following the experience of good/bad events.
Flow
A mental state derived from the full immersion, focus, involvement and success in an activity. Csikzentmihalyi.
Goals
Something you’re trying to achieve.
Assigned/self-set goals.
Goal Orientation
Refers to the motivational framework used to achieve goals.
Happiness
A mental state of positive affect.
Hardiness (Resilience)
Psychological resilience, positive capacity for people to cope with stress and catastrophe. Related to maintenance - the prevention of ill health.
Psycological needs - Werner & Smith.
Hope
The belief that we can find a path to our goal, by using our skills, abilities or persistence.
Implicit Theories of Self
Refers to strategies used to experience our world - coping, reacting, changing.
Linked to implicit theories of the world, mastery/performance strategies.
Learned Helplessness
An expectation of failure as a result of past events, due to uncontrollability/unpredictability. Accompanied by a negative cognitive/behavioural state.
Three components: contingency, cognition, behaviour.
Seligman & Maier - shuttlebox dogs.
Hiroto - people; noise.
Life Satisfaction
A measure of subjective well-being.
Psychological needs - meeting them leads to satisfaction, vitality and empowerment.
Mastery
Linked to goal orientation. Involved with the development of competence. Happiness from competence.
Optimism
A positive attitude or disposition that good things will happen, regardless of abilities.
Pain
Psychological construct resulting from tissue damage or emotional reversal.
Performance
Linked to goal orientation. Approach - completing a goal for rewards. Avoidance - avoiding goals for fear of failure.
Pessimism
A negative attitude/disposition that bad things will happen, regardless of abilities.
Placebo
A substance with no medical effect.
Recovery
The return to normal health, physical/mental. Linked to maintenance - the prevention of ill health.
Self-belief/concept
The view of oneself formed through the direct experience and evaluations adopted by significant others.
Self-efficacy
Judgements about one’s abilities.
Links to psychological needs - competence, empowerment.
Stress
Pressure/tension experience in the absence of coping.
