Coping with stress 5.1b

Question 1

Problem-focused coping

Answer 1

When we believe stress is a problem to be solved
- Directly challenge the stressor or the way we interact with it

Question 2

Emotion-focused coping

Answer 2

When we believe we cannot change a situation
- Avoid or ignore the stressor and instead attend to our emotional needs (meditate, therapy, reach out to family/friends)

Question 3

Personal control

Answer 3

Our sense that we control the events going on around us

Question 4

Learned helplessness

Answer 4

Becoming hopeless and passive when faced with repeated bad events outside of your control

Question 5

Internal locus of control

Answer 5

Believe they are in control and take responsibility for their own actions

Question 6

External locus of control

Answer 6

Blame external forces for their own circumstances

Question 7

Self-Control

Answer 7

Ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for longer-term rewards

Question 8

Depletion effect

Answer 8

Self-control weakens after use

Question 9

Optimists

Answer 9

Expect to be in control, cope better, and as a result have better health

Question 10

Pessimists

Answer 10

Expect things to go badly
Combat with… Alternative seeking, evidence seeking, de-catastrophizing

Question 11

Social support

Answer 11

Being liked and encouraged by family and friends