Stress Flashcards
Refuse to consciously remember a threatening or unacceptable event
Repression
Refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious
Denial
Feelings are seen as originating from someone else
Projection
Inventing excuses for unacceptable behaviors
Rstionalization
You turn what you really feel inside into an opposite outward display of emotion
Reaction formation
Redirecting your feelings towards a less threatening target
Displacement
You revert to an old (childish) pattern of behavior to ventilate your feelings
Regression
You turn an emotionally charged event into an emotionless, steady, calm, possibly unnerving reaction
Intellectulization
Takes on characteristics of a person, possibly who mistreated them
Identification
You redirect the feeli g into a socially productive activity (bad → good)
Sublimation
Make up for lack in one area by becoming Superior in another
Compensation
Five psychologically healthy
Has goals, sense of purpose, problem solves, perceives reality accurately, in control of their lives, accepts one’s self
The psychological experience produced by urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior that come from an outside source is called…
Pressure
A desired goal or fulfillment of perceived need is blocked
Frustration
Primary appraisal question
How threatening is this stressor to my well being?
Secondary appraisal question
Do I have the resources to deal with this syressor
Actions that people can take to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimalize Stressor effects
Coping strategies
Coping when reduce or eliminate source of stress by direct action is
Problem-focused coping
Coping when you try to change stressor impact by changing your emotional impact is
Emotion-focused coping
