Chapter 20 - Final

Question 1

Stress - def

Answer 1

response to the presence of a stressor.

Question 2

Stressor - def

Answer 2

a demand, situation, internal stimulus or circumstance that threatens a person’s personal security or self integrity.

Question 3

Eustress - def

Answer 3

short term, mild level of stress.

Question 4

Distress - defined as a negative stress that causes a high level of anxiety. T/F?

Answer 4

True!

Question 5

Primary Appraisal - def

Answer 5

focuses on the stressful event itself.

Question 6

Secondary Appraisal - def

Answer 6

involves a person’s perception of personal coping skills.

Question 7

Coping - def

Answer 7

any response to external life strains that serves to prevent, avoid, or control emotional stress.

Question 8

Problem focused coping - def

Answer 8

strategies that use approach behaviors, like fixing the problem.

Question 9

Emotion focused coping- def

Answer 9

refers to avoidance behaviors that serve to distance the person from stress.

Question 10

Ego defense mechanism - def

Answer 10

represents a largely unconscious pattern of coping that people use to protect the self form full awareness of challenging conflict situation.

Question 11

Social support - def

Answer 11

emotional comfort, advice, and instrumental assistance that a person receives from other people in their social network.

Question 12

Anticipatory Guidance - def

Answer 12

term used to describe the process of sharing information about a circumstance before it occurs.