Ch. 11: Health and Well-being (Stress)

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

A feeling of strain and pressure (it has a strong subjective component and is difficult to quantify/measure)

Question 2

Stressors

Answer 2

External stimulus that causes stress

Question 3

Eustress

Answer 3

stress of positive events

Question 4

Distress

Answer 4

stress of negative events

Question 5

Major life stressors

Answer 5

changes or disruptions that strain central areas of people’s lives, such as having your first child

Question 6

Chronic stress

Answer 6

a set of ongoing challenges often linked to long-term illness, poverty, or caregiving

Question 7

Daily hassles

Answer 7

small, day-to-day irritations and annoyances, such as driving in heavy traffic, dealing with difficult people, or waiting in line

Question 8

Fight-or-Flight response

Answer 8

An emergency reaction to acute threats which Prepares the body for combat and struggleor for running away to safety

Question 9

Tend-and-Befriend response

Answer 9

tendency to protect and care for offspring & form
social alliances rather than fight or flee in response
to threat
* From an evolutionary perspective, females typically bear a greater responsibility for the care of offspring, and responses that protect
their offspring as well as themselves would be maximally adaptive.* Tend-and-befriend response is not necessarily gendered. It makes just as much sense for males to “tend and befriend” in many circumstances.

Question 10

Coping

Answer 10

Process of dealing with internal or external demands perceived as straining

Question 11

Problem-directed coping

Answer 11

Reducing or eliminating a stressor

Question 12

Emotion-focused coping

Answer 12

Changing one’s own emotional reaction

Question 13

The Roseto Effect

Answer 13

the phenomenon by which a close-knit community experiences a reduced rate of heart disease. The effect is named for Roseto, Pennsylvania.