Chp 16

Question 1

An unpleasant emotional state that results from the perception of danger.

Answer 1

Stress

Question 2

A stimulus that serves as a source of stress.

Answer 2

Stressor

Question 3

Hans Selye’s three-stage model for an organism’s response to stressors. Step 1- Alarm Reaction 2- Resistance 3- Exhaustion

Answer 3

General Adaptation Syndrome

Question 4

Help us predict when a stimulus or event is likely to be a stressor

Answer 4

Cognitive appraisal model

Question 5

Influence on traits by factors that determine how genes perform

Answer 5

Epigenetics

Question 6

A competitive, workaholic, and in some cases hostile personality type.

Answer 6

Type A personality

Question 7

Sense of control and coping strategies like problem focused coping, emotion focused, and relationship focused

Answer 7

Stress management

Question 8

The ability to adapt to life’s challenges in positive ways.

Answer 8

Resilience

Question 9

Plays a significant part in overall physical development, including brain development, and is believed to be responsible for many differences in psychological and health outcomes related to SES

Answer 9

Nutrition

Question 10

Position of an individual or group on the socioeconomic scale, which is determined by a combination of social and economic factors such as income, amount and kind of education, type and prestige of occupation, place of residence, and ethnic origin

Answer 10

Socioeconomic status