Lecture 6

Question 1

“Is the event harmful or threatening?” is an example of _______ appraisal.

Answer 1

Primary

Question 2

What is secondary appraisal?

Answer 2

Are my coping abilities and resources sufficient to overcome the harm or threat posed by the event?

Question 3

Changing your situation is what type of coping?

Answer 3

problem focused

Question 4

seeking information is an example of what kind of coping?

Answer 4

problem focused

Question 5

examples of emotion focused coping:

Answer 5

distracting yourself, calming down, release

Question 6

cognition focused coping is all about changing your ____.

Answer 6

thoughts

Question 7

what are the two types of cognition focused coping?

Answer 7

1. change appraisal

2. find meaning

Question 8

which type of emotion focused coping is better for your health?

Answer 8

approach

Question 9

what are the 2 types of emotion focused coping?

Answer 9

• avoidant

- approach

Question 10

what is hypothesis 1 of how trauma writing works?

Answer 10

inhibiting things hurts you, so disclosing things helps you.

Question 11

what is hypothesis 2 of how trauma writing works?

Answer 11

it helps people find meaning in their circumstances

Question 12

what is bereavement?

Answer 12

being sad after someone you love dies

Question 13

what does the loss effect day?

Answer 13

bereavement–especially the loss of one’s spouse–leads to physical illness, and perhaps even death

Question 14

what are forms of evidence for the loss effect?

Answer 14

• days of disability
• symptom reports
• doctor/hospital visits
• mortality
• immune system function

Question 15

what could be another reason for days of disability?

Answer 15

could be due to emotional problems, not physical health

Question 16

what could be another reason for symptom reports?

Answer 16

could be a reporting or noticing bias

Question 17

what could be another reason for doctor/hospital visits?

Answer 17

could be because they stopped taking care of self, were pressured to get checkups. could be mental health visits

Question 18

what could be another reason for mortality?

Answer 18

could be shared environment

Question 19

in a study on bereavement and immune function, bereaved women had lower ______ than non-bereaved controls.

Answer 19

natural killer cell activity

Question 20

in a study on bereavement and immune function, what was found about widows’ natural killer cells?

Answer 20

they had lower natural killer cell activity one month after their husband’s death than one month before it.

Question 21

what’s an example of problem focused coping?

Answer 21

studying for a test (fixing a problem)

Question 22

what are ways to change appraisal?

Answer 22

• social comparison (I did bad but compared to HIM…)
• change goals (I wanted an A but I can do with a B)
• denial

Question 23

which type of coping is related to bad symptoms for health?

Answer 23

emotion focused