[Exam 2] Ch6: Neo-Freudian Theories - Research

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Name and describe the types of coping strategies:

One theory:

  • Active-cognitive - actively think about the situation to make things better

  • Active-behavioral - takes some action to improve the situation

  • Avoidance - keep anxiety provoking situation out of awareness

Another theory:

  • Problem-focused - good for concrete problems; directed at taking care of the problem; define your problem → generate possible solutions/strategies → choose best strategy and act

  • Emotion-focused - good when the problem is not solvable; designed to decrease emotional distress

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Describe: repressors vs sensitizer and how they cope with stress

we tend to resort to our preferred strategies regardless of the type of stressful event

  • Repressors - try not to think about the situation; deals with anxiety by avoidance

  • Sensitizers - finds out as much as possible about the situation as soon as possible

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frustration-aggression hypothesis

  • simple model

  • only 1 cause of aggression = frustration

  • only 1 response to frustration = aggression

  • all aggression is caused by frustration and all frustration leads to aggression

  • catharsis

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catharsis

  • acting out our aggression to release of tension

  • stops aggression

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frustration-aggression hypothesis: what went into the reformulation of the hypothesis?

  • Emphasis on unpleasantness rather than frustration

  • Are we aggressive because a frustrating event is unpleasant?

  • Helps explain why not all frustration leads to aggression 

  • Leads to aggression to the extent that it is unpleasant

  • Something can be frustrating but not unpleasant = no aggression

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object relations theory

  • emphasis on early childhood experiences

  • child develops an unconscious representation of significant objects in their environment

  • kind of attachment children feel with their parents influences the development attachments with others

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attachment theory

  • Bowlby and Ainsworth

  • 3 types of parent-child relationships (secure, anxious-ambivalent, and avoidant)

  • different infant-parent relationships have long-term implications for the child’s ability to enter into relationships later on in life

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Name and describe Ainsworth’s types of parent-child relationships

  • Secure - as babies, ur mothe ris attentive and meets your needs, and ur happy and self-confident; as adults, ur more trusting and are confident in ur relationships

  • Anxious-ambivalent - unresponsive parenting, which increases child's anxiety (they break into tears)

  • Avoidant - mom is emotionally detached; least likely to fall in love ON EXAM