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Behavioral Responses
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2012

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Learned Helplessness
Definition
passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events - Albert Ellis called this "catastrophic thinking"
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Displacement
Definition
expression aggression towards incorrect sources
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Catharis
Definition
Release of pent up emotion
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Indulging oneself
Definition
excessive consumption of anything. Unhealthy and can lead to addiction.
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Defensive coping
Definition
unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions
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Self-deception
Definition
Distort reality so that it does not appear threatening. Includes denial, fantasy, isolation, undoing, overcompensation
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Constructive coping
Definition
relatively healthy way to cope w/stressful events. Includes direct confrontation, reasonably realistic appraisals, small amounts of self-deception, and regulation of potentially disruptive emotional reactions
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