Final Flashcards
learned helplessness
believing there’s no connection between your skills/effort and the outcome
attribution
interpretation of what the cause of an event was
order from most voluntary: thoughts, behaviors, emotions
behaviors
thoughts
emotions
three components of attributional style
stability, globality, internality
stability
temporary vs permanent
globality
pervasive vs specific
internality
me vs something external
pessimistic attributional style
permanent, pervasive, me
CAVE
content analysis of verbatim explanations
findings of soldier attributional style study
optimism negatively correlates with post-partum depression; optimists do better recovering from heart bypass surgery, transitioning to college…
where does cognitive behavioral therapy intervene?
thoughts
basis of CBT
emotions are rooted in thoughts and actions, both of which are behaviors. changing your thoughts can change your behaviors and emotions
strategies of CBT
cognitive intervention- reality testing
behavioral intervention- goals, challenges
address distorted cognitions, prove them wrong
what problems are best solved by CBT?
depression, anxiety, phobias, mood problems
student CBT study results
experimental group did CBT for 12 weeks and ended up with better explanation styles and lower depressive symptoms
components of mindfulness
intention, attention, attitude
intention
being motivated to pay attention to something particular
attention
knowing what’s happening as it happens
attitude
accepting, caring, discerning
goals of meditation
don’t judge, don’t strive, be patient, be open, let go
meditation study
less anxiety, better immune system, more left side pre-frontal activity in group who meditated every day for 6 weeks
benefits of mindfulness
helps anxiety, stress, depression, less reacitivity, more calm and happiness