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Perspectives on Aging
Online Class ASU West- Chap. 6
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Undergraduate 4
04/23/2007

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Life Event
Definition
Fairly big things that affect daily (or near daily) life.Such as traffic.
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Daly Hassels
Definition
do not have to happen everyday but happen several times a week
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What is on time and off time
Definition
When things happen to you on time your peers tend to share similar effects and experiences.
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Cognitive appraisal
Definition
The important thing here is to understand that the exact same thing can have different impacts on people, depending on how they interpret them.
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Problem-focused
Definition
Problem-focused means you do something to make the problem go away or become manageable.(ie justifying).
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emotion-focused
Definition
emotion-focused coping, which means doing things to reduce the stress of the problem. Perhaps you could listen to books-on-tape as you drive, which causes your commute to be downright pleasant.
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Know other factors that affect stress and coping
Definition
Stress can be caused by both social and personal factors such as friends and family support, perception of the sittuation etc.
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