COMPLETE Intro Psychology Course - ALL TOPICS - Control, Choice, Blame, & Stress (Intro Psych Tutorial #215)

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just world bias Julian Rotter immune cell Sherman James psychology perceived control locus of control Paradox of Choice stress management socioeconomic status Barry Schwartz self-serving bias

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www.psychexamreview.com In this video I discuss the downsides of perceived control and choice and how we assign blame when things don't go our way. I describe Sherman James's idea of John Henryism, review the concept of locus of control, and consider how thinking of stress as a cause of illness may place unfair blame on the sick and suffering. Like these videos? Consider supporting Psych Exam Review on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PsychExamReview Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel to see future videos! Have questions or topics you’d like to see covered in a future video? Let me know by commenting or sending me an email! Need more explanation? Get volume 1 of my Master Introductory Psychology series here: http://amzn.to/2ENc44U (Amazon affiliate link) James SA, Strogatz DS, Wing SB, Ramsey DL. - Socioeconomic Status, John Henryism, and hypertension in blacks and whites (1987): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3631056 Gregory E. Miller, Tianyi Yu, Edith Chen and Gene H. Brody - Self-control forecasts better psychosocial outcomes but faster epigenetic aging in low SES youth: http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/10325.full Barry Schwartz - The Paradox of Choice: https://amzn.to/2GWCuCv (Amazon affiliate link)