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Locus of Control and Explanatory Style The University of Pennsylvania website, Authentic Happiness, was developed by the Positive Psychology Center with the purpose of providing free resources where people can learn about Positive Psychology (Authentic Happiness). Positive Psychology, according to the Positive Psychology Center, is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and

Stress can be defined as anything that makes us change. Many people think of a negative event when they hear the word stress. However, stress can be a positive change also. When a person experiences stress, it not only affects them emotionally, but physically also. If two people are experiencing the same change, they will each respond differently to the stressor. An important figure to Psychology named Richard Lazarus developed the Cognitive Appraisal Model. The Cognitive Appraisal Model states that

of helplessness and also goes on their mind who undergoes this interpretation of the world. The reformulation of learned helplessness theory emphasizes the importance of the thoughts that lead a person to develop feelings of helplessness. The explanatory style of the learned helplessness refers to the explanations people use to identified the causes of events. Three dimensions are used when explaining the causes of events. The first dimension identifies explanations for events as either internal or

occur when confronted with problems across situations. Optimism is used to denote a positive predisposition and likelihood that good things will happen irrespective of one’s ability. Over time, researchers have emphasized that optimism is a learning style or a cognitive skill that can be learned. Optimism is different than hope, contended Snyder (1994) as it contains a proactive component

the concept of Ubuntu which today is a well-known concept in Africa (Heuvel, 2008 cited in Sigger et al, 2010). The aim of this research study is to determine whether locus of control, together with Ubuntu has an impact on an individual’s learning styles. In a study done by van Wyk and Higgs in 2004 called ‘Towards an African philosophy of higher education’,

A Patient's Rights to Refuse Treatment and How it Relates to Learned Helplessness of Individuals The concept of learned helplessness was first suggested by M. Seligman an animal psychologist, in 1975. During a series of experiments involving rats and dogs, he discovered that the animals which had some control over their environment (in being able to prevent a series of electric shocks) would always try to avoid the undesirable stimulus; whereas the

Part 1 Extended Response Psychoanalytic is the perspective that childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations influence personality. It is accountable for the development of an introverted or extroverted type of personality because if a person is unconsciously aware of their actions then it's possible they do not have a lot of control over certain behaviors such as greed or pride. Also when someone becomes fixated on any of the psychosexual stages then it can alter behaviors and will affect

Throughout life every single person will be subject to multiple, different stressors; work, traumatic and in relationships, for example. For some, these stressors impose a negative impact upon that person which include cognitive, behavioural and physiological effects whereas for others, the same types of stressors do not cause the same impact. The reason for this is resilience, characterized by the ability to bounce back from negative emotional experiences and by flexible adaptation to the changing

optimism and to stop trying (Miserandino, 2012, p. 282). These beliefs can lead to the feelings of hopelessness and, more specifically, hopelessness depression. The relationship and interactions between negative life events and negative cognitive styles generate a sense of hopelessness (Liu, Kleiman, Nestor, and Cheek, 2015, p. 348). Hopelessness depression can create changes in emotions, cognition, self-esteem, and motivation. People can simply give up, be saddened, lack the confidence of moving

Executive Summary: Responsibility is a part of life where humans react physically or psychologically to favorable and unfavorable conditions. The attitude of the individual at that instant defines how he/she would react to the challenges of daily life and repercussions of decisions made to overcome these challenges. Such decision are results of the one’s locus of control at that moment. The types of Loci of control that affect me personally are high internal locus of control in turn driving me to