chapter 11

Question 1

what are 3 categories of stressors

Answer 1

catastrophes, significant life events, daily hassles

Question 2

what kind of stressors are the greatest threats to our physical health

Answer 2

daily hassles, they are always there

Question 3

what are 3 phases of seyles general adaption syndrome GAS

Answer 3

alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Question 4

2 ways stress effects our health

Answer 4

coronary heart disease and stress kills immune system

Question 5

2 results of stress killing immune system

Answer 5

more apt to get sick and wounds heal slower

Question 6

what type of personality puts ppl at risk for coronary heart disease

Answer 6

type a, react with stress and choose stressful lives

Question 7

2 stress coping strategies

Answer 7

exercise and social support

Question 8

does money=happiness?

Answer 8

yes, provides basic needs

Question 9

how happy are we with our life situation at any given moment depends on 2 comparisons. what are they

Answer 9

with our past and with those around us

Question 10

explain adaption level phenomenon

Answer 10

we judge our current circumstances by comparing them to out past

Question 11

what is relative deprivation

Answer 11

sense that we are worse off than those around us