PSY 328 Module Six Journal Template PDF

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PSY 328 Module Six Journal Template First, read Chapter 13 of your text. Next, complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. 

Explain to what extent you value flexibility in yourself. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. I value flexibility quite a bit in my life. Especially with giving birth here very shortly! Being able to change your life or change your plans is important in everyone's lives because nothing ever goes as planned and we as humans need to be able to deal with this.

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Describe your most common responses to stressors. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. I tend to deal with different stressors differently. Some stressors, like depression I tend to shut down and don't want to talk to anyone about anything. My fiance says I go numb when my depression is really bad. When it comes to other stressors, I tend to look at the situation and try to look at the brighter side to them, if I cannot find a brighter side I try to solve the stressor.

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Based on the results of your Big Five Personality Test and your own personal reflection, on a scale of low, mixed, or high, describe how you would rate your stress tolerance using the traits of hardiness, optimism, and dispositional optimism. Your response should be about 4 to 6 sentences in length. I would say that my stress tolerance would be considered mixed. If I feel very strongly about a situation I may be very hardy about it and nothing will change. I would also consider myself an optimistic, though I am very pessimistic when it comes to my own life I am very good at trying to look at the brighter side for friend, family or those who need it. I am always trying to help others feel more comfortable in situations that they don't feel comfortable in. For me, I ALWAYS say I would rather expect the worst and get the best than expect the best and get the worst. I am unsure if this is an optimistic point or view or pessimistic. But it helps me deal with situations and not be as disappointed in the end.

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Describe how you struggle with traits that negatively affect the coping process. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. Honestly, I tend to look at the worst case scenario and expect that to happen especially when things aren't going the way I want them to. If I think something bad is going to happen I think of every other thing that could go wrong and end up working myself up. This usually causes me to shut down or leave a situation.

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Describe the strategies you use when you find yourself experiencing cognitive distortions. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. The cognitive distortion that I experience the most is jumping to conclusions. This is because I always try to figure out what is going to happen and in my mind I am dead set on that and half the time I am wrong. This sucks especially when my fiance and I are arguing and I jump to conclusions- he usually ends up getting upset because I do this very frequently.

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Describe the applications of adjustment and coping you see in your experiences in the workplace, at school, or in your relationships with others. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length. 1

Workplace- When it comes to the work place adjustment is huge. Especially right now while changing times. You need to be able to adjust and deal with the new changes. Personally, I just took maternity leave so that is another thing that I need to adjust to which would be the loss of income along with not going to work. School- Adjustments in school is a little different. With school I am used to things constantly changing (from class to class) and I expect things to change as the term comes to a close. Classes tend to start out easier and the longer you are in them the harder they get. Relationships- Relationships are completely different, relationships can change in a blink of an eye and being able to adjust to that is very hard. One minute you can be in a relationship for 10 years and the next you guys break up. The adjustment and coping of this breakup can and usually is really hard on people and trying to build yourself back up from that takes a lot of work.

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