Stress Flashcards

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1
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Refuse to consciously remember a threatening or unacceptable event

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Repression

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2
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Refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious

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Denial

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3
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Feelings are seen as originating from someone else

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Projection

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4
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Inventing excuses for unacceptable behaviors

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Rstionalization

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5
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You turn what you really feel inside into an opposite outward display of emotion

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Reaction formation

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6
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Redirecting your feelings towards a less threatening target

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Displacement

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7
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You revert to an old (childish) pattern of behavior to ventilate your feelings

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Regression

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You turn an emotionally charged event into an emotionless, steady, calm, possibly unnerving reaction

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Intellectulization

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9
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Takes on characteristics of a person, possibly who mistreated them

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Identification

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10
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You redirect the feeli g into a socially productive activity (bad → good)

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Sublimation

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11
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Make up for lack in one area by becoming Superior in another

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Compensation

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12
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Five psychologically healthy

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Has goals, sense of purpose, problem solves, perceives reality accurately, in control of their lives, accepts one’s self

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13
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The psychological experience produced by urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior that come from an outside source is called…

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Pressure

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14
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A desired goal or fulfillment of perceived need is blocked

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Frustration

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15
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Primary appraisal question

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How threatening is this stressor to my well being?

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16
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Secondary appraisal question

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Do I have the resources to deal with this syressor

17
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Actions that people can take to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimalize Stressor effects

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Coping strategies

18
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Coping when reduce or eliminate source of stress by direct action is

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Problem-focused coping

19
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Coping when you try to change stressor impact by changing your emotional impact is

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Emotion-focused coping