Exam 6

Question 1

Stressor

Answer 1

Something that causes stress

Question 2

Eustress

Answer 2

A stressor that is good stress

Question 3

Distress

Answer 3

A stressor that is bad stress

Question 4

Acute

Answer 4

A relatively short time

Question 5

Chronic

Answer 5

Long lasting

Question 6

Family crisis

Answer 6

A situation that upsets that normal functioning of the family and requires a new set of reposes to the stressor

Question 7

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 7

Reaction, resistance, exhaustion

Question 8

Fight or flight

Answer 8

the instinctive response to a threatening situation. One readies to either fight of run away

Question 9

Life Change event

Answer 9

Typically a life altering event that requires big adjustment

Question 10

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Answer 10

A scale identifying associations between life events and life transitions and the impact of those events on health

Question 11

Family Stress

Answer 11

The result of an imbalance between the demands an event places on a family and that family’s ability to meet them

Question 12

Transactional model of stress

Answer 12

Stress is the result of an interaction between the person and his or her environment

Question 13

External Locus of control

Answer 13

Refers to the perception that we cannot control what happens in our life

Question 14

Internal Locus of control

Answer 14

The perception that we are in control of what happens in our life

Question 15

Problem Management

Answer 15

Management strategies aimed directly at attacking the stressor

Question 16

Emotional regulation

Answer 16

Strategies designed to help one change the meaning of the stressor so that they can control their emotions

Question 17

Meaning based coupling

Answer 17

Employing deliberate strategies to produce positive emotion, in order to remain optimistic

Question 18

ABC -X Family Crisis model

Answer 18

Reuben hills model that views family crisis situations as a combination of various factors

Question 19

A factor

Answer 19

Initial crisis causing events

Question 20

B factor

Answer 20

The resources a family has at its disposal to meet the demands of the crisis

Question 21

C factor

Answer 21

The meanings families ascribe to the event

Question 22

X factor

Answer 22

The outcomes of the event, the results of whether or not a family copes effectively with the crisis event

Question 23

Pile-up

Answer 23

The accumulation of stressors that can result from a stressor that coincides with a life event

Question 24

Double ABC-X model

Answer 24

A model to better understand the effects of the accumulation or pile up of stressors and strains and how families adapt to them

Question 25

Appraisal focussed coping

Answer 25

Attempts to understand why the crisis occurred to find meaning in the circumstances

Question 26

Cognitive redefinition

Answer 26

Occurs when families attempt to reframe the life event other than stressor in ways that are seen as more favorable

Question 27

Cognitive avoidance

Answer 27

The attempt to deny the seriousness of a particular situation or events

Question 28

Problem focused coping

Answer 28

Coping that seeks to fix the problem head on

Question 29

Emotion focused coping

Answer 29

Coping that makes one feel better, but does not fix the problem

Question 30

Progressive desensitization

Answer 30

occurs when family members gradually allow themselves increasing exposure to the stressor

Question 31

Emotional discharge

Answer 31

The act of venting in response to tragic or unexpected news

Question 32

Resigned acceptance

Answer 32

The ultimate acceptance of circumstances

Question 33

Solution focused therapy model

Answer 33

focuses on a person’s present and future circumstances and goals, not on past experiences

Question 34

Family resilience

Answer 34

A family’s ability to function during times of change stress adversity crisis and transition

Question 35

Domestic violence

Answer 35

Violence perpetrated against family members

Question 36

Batterer

Answer 36

a person who commits domestic violence

Question 37

Intimate partner

Answer 37

Violence perpetrated against a relationship partner

Question 38

Gender based violence

Answer 38

Violence against an individual because of their gender

Question 39

Child maltreatment

Answer 39

Any act, intentional or not that results in harm to a child

Question 40

Adverse Childhood experiences

Answer 40

Experiences that occur during childhood and are potentially traumatic life altering events

Question 41

Cycle of violence model

Answer 41

A model illustrating three phases of violence commonly seen in abusive relationships