Chapter 14

Question 1

Know the key points of the video “Healing and the mind”

Answer 1

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Question 2

Know the association between social support and health

Answer 2

lower risk of causes of mortality
having help - even if its just perceived can lower heart activity
caregivers with support networks do better than those without
students were given common cold, those with stress or without social support more likely to get worse colds

Question 3

Know the theories that explain the association between social relationships and health (Buffering model and Main effects model)

Answer 3

buffer model - relationships help us buffer negative health effects of stress, only relates to stress
main effects - relationships reduce negative health effects even when not under stress, encourages healthy behaviors, increases self esteem, better self care, less risk taking

Question 4

Know the different ways of assessing social support (structural, functional, received, perceived) and what their effects are.

Answer 4

structural - does it exists, how many friends do you have, are you married, etc
function - type of social support or effectiveness
received - when people actually help you
perceived - idea that if you needed hlep, someone would be there, this type can have as big of an impact as other kinds, if not more

Question 5

Know the different components of support (emotional, tangible, informational, belonging) and the gender differences.

Answer 5

tangible support - actual actions, need a ride to the airport, males more likely to do this kind
emotional support - how their feeling, being empathetic, females favor this kind
informational - advice or help
belonging - having a group you feel that you belong to

Question 6

Discuss the major theories of stress (Walter Cannon: Fight or Flight, Hans Selye: General Adaption Syndrome; Lazarus: appraisal).

Answer 6

flight or fight - adaptive, inherited response
selye’s general adaption - three phases of stress, alarm, resistance, exhaustion, this theory isn’t as accepted because see weakness because individuals appraise situations differently
appraisal - do we interpret as harm, threat or benign
primary appraisal - threat or not
secondary - do you have resources to deal with threat
reappraisal - sometimes happens if new info

Question 7

Know how stress affects physical health (including the reactivity hypothesis).

Answer 7

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Question 8

Know the key personality, social, and coping factors that influence physical health.

Answer 8

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Question 9

Know why it would be important to study physical health from the standpoint of social psychology

Answer 9

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