midterm #3 part 4

Question 1

appraisal

Answer 1

key in ability to handle stressful situations

Question 2

who is richard lazarus

Answer 2

a cognitive-meditational theory of emotions

• primary appraisal (how big of a stressor is it)
• secondary apprasial (do you have the resources and ability to cope with the stressor)

Question 3

cognitive appraisal (source of stress)

Answer 3

• primary apprasial
• secondary appraisal
• coping

Question 4

perceived control (source of stress)

Answer 4

• learned helplessness

- predictability

Question 5

autonomic reactivity and stress (individual responses to stress)

Answer 5

• differences in intensity of autonomic nervous system (ANS) reaction
• ex: ppl are stable when responding with high heart rate witha. stressor)

Question 6

explanatory style and stress (individual responses to stress)

Answer 6

• people tend to either have an optimistic style or a pessimitic style to handing stress

Question 7

social support and stress (individual responses to stress)

Answer 7

• more social support seems to correlate with less stress
• increase self-confidence
• social feedback may alter ones perception of a stressor
• presense of others reduces bodily arrosal and neg emotions

Question 8

personality and stress (individual responses to stress)

Answer 8

• hardy or stress-resistant personalities welcome a challenge and take control. view stressors as growth opportunities

Question 9

type A

Answer 9

competitive, impatient, angry, hostile. continual stress

Question 10

type b

Answer 10

lower levels of stress

relaxed, less aggressive, less hostile

Question 11

type c

Answer 11

vulnerable to stress

positive attitudes but unable to express or ackowledge negative feelings, tend to turn anger inward

Question 12

lashing out

Answer 12

way of coping, physical or psychological

Question 13

defense

Answer 13

way of coping, avoidant behaviours to protect oneself from stress

Question 14

self-indulgant

Answer 14

overeating, alchohol, drugs

Question 15

psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 15

studies links between stress, the immune sytem and health

Question 16

lymphocytes

Answer 16

white blood cells key in fighting bacterial and viral invaders

Question 17

biochemical acitivty

Answer 17

norepinphrine
cortisol
cytokines

Question 18

problem-focused strategies

Answer 18

-active coping
planning
instumental social support
suppression of competing activites
restaint coping

Question 19

emotion-focused strategies

Answer 19

emotional social support
venting emotions
positive reinterpretation
behavioural disengagement
mental disengagement