Chapter 11 Flashcards
Our personal judgments of happiness and success often depend on comparisons to others. If we think we’re doing worse than others around us, we tend to experience ___.
relative deprivation
The act of releasing aggressive energy (or other strong emotions) in order to reduce those feelings is known as ___.
catharsis
People who have close relationships with others (humans and/or pets) have been found to be less likely to die early than people who don’t have these relationships. This pattern of findings suggests that:
social support has a helpful effect on our health.
We have many different techniques to try to handle the stress we experience in our lives. When we’re in a situation that we think we can’t change, we tend to use ___ coping most often.
emotion-focused
What is psychoneuroimmunology?
It’s a branch of health psychology that studies the interaction of psychological, neurological, and endocrine activities and the resulting effects on our health.
Which of the following is not a demonstrated effect of stress on human health?
Enough stress can create new cancer cells in a person’s body.
Our perceptions of how much control we have over the events and situations in our lives can be an important factor in our health. What are the two categories of control?
internal or external locus of control
As a child and teen, Monica observed her parents trying but failing to finish school or get better jobs to help improve their economic situation. Based on their results, she hasn’t even considered going to school or getting training; Monica’s accepted that her job as a barista is the best she’ll ever do with her life. Monica’s unwillingness to try to improve her situation is an example of ___.
learned helplessness
In Selye’s original theory of stress, he described a General Arousal Syndrome as a way we respond to stress. In the first stage, we have an alarm reaction to the stress; if it isn’t addressed, ongoing stress can cause progression to the ___ phase and even ___, the final and most serious phase.
resistance; exhaustion
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the effects of mindfulness meditation?
It can strengthen connections between areas of our brain that deal with attention, awareness, and perceiving things around us.
It reduces activation in fear areas of the brain and increases activation in areas involved in emotional regulation.
It can help calm brain activation when the person’s in an emotional situation.
Thinking broadly, what sex difference patterns have been found in women and men’s stress responses?
Women tend to band together and nurture others; men tend to withdraw socially
Several factors across cultures are related to people’s levels of happiness. Which of the following is not a factor that correlates with happiness?
how old the person is
