Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Psychology by David G. Myers 8 th Edition Social Psychology in the Clinic

Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Making Clinical Judgments Illusory correlations Hindsight and overconfidence Self-confirming diagnoses Clinical versus statistical prediction Implications

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Cognition in Problem Behaviors Social cognition and depression –Distortion or realism –Is negative thinking a cause or a result of depression? Social cognition and loneliness Social cognition and anxiety

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Cognition in Problem Behaviors Social cognition and illness –Reactions to illness –Emotions and illness –Stress and illness –Explanatory style and illness

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social-Psychological Approaches to Treatment Explanatory Style Introducing internal change through external behavior Breaking vicious cycles –Social skills training –Explanatory style therapy Maintaining change through internal attributions for success © Frank Siteman/ Monkmyer

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Support and Well-Being Close relationships and health Close relationships and happiness –Friendships and happiness –Marital attachment and happiness © Jacque Chenet/Getty Images

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Supplemental Slides

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Depressive Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Vicious Cycle of Depression

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Loneliness

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Explanatory Style

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Effects on Mood

Social Psychology in the Clinic Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Stress & Emotion