Chapter 10

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

The process by which we percieve and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening and challenging

Question 2

Three Main Stressors

Answer 2

Catastrophes
significant life changes
Daily hassles

Question 3

General Adaption Syndrome

Answer 3

Seyle’s concept of the bodys adaptive response to stress in 3 stages- alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Question 4

Tend and Befriend Response

Answer 4

Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others(Befriend)

Question 5

learned helplessness

Answer 5

the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

Question 6

coping

Answer 6

attempting to reduce stress directly—by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

Question 7

external locus of control

Answer 7

the perception that outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

Question 8

internal locus of control

Answer 8

the perception that we control our own fate

Question 9

self-control

Answer 9

the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards

Question 10

resilience

Answer 10

the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma

Question 11

Problem focused coping sttartigies

Answer 11

help us feel a sense of control over our situiation

Question 12

Emotion focused coping stratigies

Answer 12

protect our long term well being and help us feel better during a sitiation that cant be changed

Question 13

Psychoimmunology