Chapter 14: Stress and Coping

Question 1

Biopsychosocial Model

Answer 1

Believes that physical illnesses are not only caused by biological factors, but also psyhosocial factors

Question 2

Health Psychology

Answer 2

Concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to health, and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness.

Question 3

Primary Appraisal

Answer 3

“What do I have to do?”

Question 4

Secondary Appraisal

Answer 4

“How can I deal with this situation?”

Question 5

Acute Stressors

Answer 5

Stressors that have a short duration and a clear end point

Question 6

Chronic Stressors

Answer 6

Stressors that have a relatively long duration and no clear end point

Question 7

The 4 major types of stress

Answer 7

Frustration
Conflict
Change
Pressure

Question 8

Frustration

Answer 8

Occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of some goal is blocked

Question 9

Conflict

Answer 9

Occurs when two or more incompatible motivations compete.

Question 10

Change

Answer 10

Any noticable alterations in ones living circumstances that require adjustment
Measured using the social readjustment rating scale (SRRS)

Question 11

SRRS

Answer 11

Assigns numerical value to 43 major life events, 100 being the most stressful

Question 12

Pressure

Answer 12

Expectations or demands that one behaves in a certain way

Question 13

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 13

A model of the bodys stress response, consisting of three phases (alarm, resistance, exhaustion)

Question 14

Alarm

Answer 14

Activation of sympathetic nerve system

Question 15

Resistance

Answer 15

Physiological changes stabilize as coping efforts get underway

Question 16

Exhaustion

Answer 16

Body’s resources may be depleted