Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Psychology by David G. Myers 9 th Edition Social Psychology in the Clinic CHYAPTER 14

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Influences the Accuracy of Clinical Judgments? Illusory correlations Hindsight and overconfidence Self-confirming diagnoses Clinical versus statistical prediction Implications for better clinical practice

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Influences the Accuracy of Clinical Judgments?

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Cognitive Processes Accompany Problem Behaviors? Depression –Distortion or realism? Depressive realism Explanatory style –Is negative thinking a cause or a result of depression?

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Cognitive Processes Accompany Problem Behaviors? Loneliness –Feeling lonely and excluded Anxiety and shyness –Doubting our ability in social situations –Overpersonalizing situations

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Cognitive Processes Accompany Problem Behaviors?

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Cognition in Problem Behaviors Health, illness, and death –Reactions to illness –Emotions and illness –Optimism and health Stress and illness Explanatory style and illness

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. What Cognitive Processes Accompany Problem Behaviors?

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social-Psychological Approaches to Treatment Inducing internal change through external behavior Breaking vicious cycles –Social skills training –Explanatory style therapy Maintaining change through internal attributions for success Using therapy as social influence

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Relationships and Well-Being Close relationships and health –Confiding and health –Poverty, inequality, and health

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Relationships and Well-Being Close relationships and happiness –Friendships and happiness –Marital attachment and happiness

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Supplemental Slides

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Depressive Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Vicious Cycle of Depression

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Loneliness

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Effects on Mood

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Stress and Emotion