Chapter 3

Question 1

Acute Stressors

Answer 1

are threatening events that have a relatively short duration and a clear endpoint.

Question 2

Anticipatory stressors

Answer 2

are upcoming or future events that are perceived to be threatening.

Question 3

approach-approach conflict

Answer 3

a choice must be made between two attractive goals.

Question 4

avoidance-avoidance conflict

Answer 4

a choice must be made between two unattractive goals.

Question 5

approach-avoidance conflict

Answer 5

a choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects.

Question 6

general adaptation syndrome

Answer 6

is a model of the body’s stress response, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Question 7

internal conflict

Answer 7

occurs when two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression.

Question 8

Psychosomatic diseases

Answer 8

were defined as genuine physical ailments thought to be caused in part by stress and other psychological factors.

Question 9

stress

Answer 9

as any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and thereby tax one’s coping abilities.