Health

Question 1

Holmes and Rahe stress scale

Answer 1

43 items
Scale to access stress
gives values to different stressful events

Question 2

Stress

Answer 2

Physiological, cognitive, emotional and behavioural response to stimuli that prevents goals and potentially life threatening

Question 3

Stressors

Answer 3

event or circumstances that cause stress

not all desirable

Question 4

Basis of stress

Answer 4

Walter Cannon
flight or fight
physiological reaction to dangerous situations

Question 5

source of stress

Answer 5

approach-approach: Stuck between two desirable choices
approach-avoidance: one desirable and one undesirable outcome
avoidance-avoidance:both outcomes are undesirable

Question 6

Selye general adaption syndrome

Answer 6

1: Alarm-reaction
2: resistance-continued exposure, adaptation:benefits from energy reserves
3: exhaustion-physiological resources are depleted

Question 7

Criticisms of general adaption syndrome

Answer 7

1) little consideration of physiological factors>apprasial
2) responses to stress are uniform
3) stress is assessed as an outcome

Question 8

Cognitive appraisal
Laszarus-stages
hardiness and perceived control

Answer 8

reactions/interpretation also affects stress
stage 1: evaluation of threat. if its real go onto stage 2
2: determination if sufficient resources available to cope with stress

hardiness: some view stress as a challenge
perceived control: situations that allow some control>less stress

Question 9

Social support

Answer 9

the help we recieve from others can be helpful for stress because we can learn how others coped and learn encouragement and incentives

Question 10

brown et al

Answer 10

compared social contact, social support and giving social support
>pt’s eldery couples
>time 1: how much support they give/receive, how much support given/received from spouse, assessment of control varables
time 2: 5 years later mortality
results: receiving instrumental social support increased odds of mortality
giving:decreased odds of mortality