Coping and wellbeing (14.3)

Question 1

Coping

Answer 1

Refers to the processes used to manage demands, stress and conflict

Question 2

Positive psychology

Answer 2

Uses scientific methods to study human strengths and potential

Question 3

Optimism

Answer 3

Optimism refers to the tendency to interpret positive events as internally based(due to one’s own abilities or qualities) and stable while viewing negative events as externally based (due to situational factors)

Question 4

Pessimism

Answer 4

Is the tendency to have a negative events as internally based (ie as being due to that person rather then to an external situation and as a constant, stable quality)

Question 5

Pessimistic explanatory style

Answer 5

The tendency to interpret and explain negative events as internally based and as a constant stable quality

Question 6

Negative affectivity

Answer 6

The tendency to respond to problems with a pattern of anxiety, hostility anger and guilt or nervousness

Question 7

Resilience

Answer 7

The ability to effectively recover from illness or adversity

Question 8

Post traumatic growth

Answer 8

The capacity to to grow and experience long-term positive effects in response to negative events

Question 9

Meditation

Answer 9

Any procedure that involves a shift in consciousness to a state in which an individual is highly focused aware and in control of mental processes

Question 10

Mindfulness based stress reduction

Answer 10

A structured relaxation program based on elements of mindfulness meditation

Question 11

Brain derived neurotrophic factor

Answer 11

A protein in the nervous system that promotes survival growth and the formation of new synapses

Question 12

Learned helplessness

Answer 12

An acquired suppression of avoidance or escape behavior in response to unpleasant uncontrollable circumstances