14.3- Coping and Well-Being

Question 1

coping

Answer 1

refers to the processes used to manage demands, stress, and conflict.

Question 2

Coping strategies can include…

Answer 2

problem-focused coping and emotion focused coping

Question 3

positive psychology

Answer 3

uses scientific methods to study human strengths and potential (ways people cope)

Question 4

best ways to cope…

Answer 4

focus on positive emotions (ex: watch a scary clip- funny movie after- fix heart rate)

Question 5

optimism

Answer 5

the tendency to hav a favourable, constructive view, on situations and to except positive outcomes

Question 6

pessimism

Answer 6

the tendency to have a negative perception of life and except negative outcomes

Question 7

pessimistic explanatory style

Answer 7

the tendency to interpret and explain negative events as internally based (as being due to that persons rather than to an external situation)

Question 8

negative affectivity

Answer 8

the tendency to respond to problems with a pattern of anxiety, hostility, anger, guilt, or nervousness

Question 9

resilience

Answer 9

the ability to effectively recover from illness or adversity

Question 10

post-traumatic growth

Answer 10

the capacity to grow and experience long-term positive effects in response to negative events

Question 11

best technique for calming negative emotional response…

Answer 11

meditation

Question 12

meditation

Answer 12

any procedure that involves a shift in consciousness to a state in which an individual is highly focused, aware, and in control of mental processes

Question 13

mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

Answer 13

a structure relaxation program based on elements of mindfulness meditation
(help people cope and to relax by increasing the link between the body and mind)

Question 14

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)

Answer 14

a protein in the nervous system that promotes survival, growth, and the formation of new synapse

Question 15

learned helplessness

Answer 15

an acquired suppression of avoidance or escape behaviour in response to unpleasant uncontrollable circumstances
(learns that their actions cannot remove the stress in one situation- and they generalize that helplessness to other situations)

Question 16

compensatory control

Answer 16

psychological strategies people use to perceive a sense of non-random order when personal control is compromised
(ways to cope with stressful life events)