Overview
Modules Three and Five exposed you to the tension between traits and states. In this module, you learn about the adjustment domain. What do you do if you realize you are acting in a way that you feel contradicts your normal behavior due to internal or external stressors? Learning more about strategies for adjustment and coping can help you navigate through times of stress in both your personal and professional life. Chapter 13 of your text and your own personal experience will help you complete this journal.
Prompt
After reading Chapter 13 of your text, use the Module Six Journal Template Word Document to answer the following questions. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Explain to what extent you value flexibility in yourself. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
Describe your most common responses to stressors. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
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.
Describe how you struggle with traits that negatively affect the coping process. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
Describe the strategies you use when you find yourself experiencing cognitive distortions. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
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.
Chapter 12
Can you think of any stigmas you’ve heard or read about that are associated with personality disorders?
Why are there controversies among psychoanalysts over how to classify the various personality disorders?
What is the role of culture in defining personality disorders?
What are some of the ways that knowledge of personality disorders is used to improve peoples’ lives?
Chapter 13
What are some stressors in life that require coping and adjustment? Have you experienced any of them, and if so, how have you adapted?
What are characteristics of active coping and adjustment? How do they differ from those of passive coping and adjustment?
How do traits of hardiness and optimism relate to the process of coping with life’s challenges?
What are some of the risks associated with maladaptive coping strategies?
What to Submit
Submit your completed Module Six Journal Template. If you cite external resources, you must use APA citation style.
. Overview
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