Taking Charge of One's Health

Question 1

events that are perceived as challenging, damaging, threatening to one’s physical or psychological well-being

Answer 1

Stress

Question 2

events that causes stress to people

Answer 2

Stressor

Question 3

way people respond to stressors

Answer 3

Stress Response

Question 4

when people experience positive events but requires them to adjust

Answer 4

Eustress

Question 5

when people experience negative events and make great deal of demands on them

Answer 5

Distress

Question 6

factor that causes stress
when our dreams, goals or plans in life are thwarted which keeps us unsatisfied

Answer 6

Frustration

Question 7

another factor of stress
when a person needs to choose between two or many options

Answer 7

Conflict

Question 8

when a person needs to choose between two options that are both attractive

Answer 8

Approach - Approach Conflict

Question 9

when a person needs to choose between two options that he/she finds unpleasant

Answer 9

Avoidance - Avoidance Conflict

Question 10

when a person needs to choose between options that have both positive and negative consequences

Answer 10

Approach - Avoidance Conflict

Question 11

when there are more than two options

Answer 11

Multiple Conflict

Question 12

strategies to cope with the pain and deal with anxiety

Answer 12

Defense Mechanism

Question 13

done when the person exhibits behaviors that stand apart from the norms of the society and avoids most responsibilities of a good citizen

Answer 13

Beatnik Reaction

Question 14

agressive reactions of a person

Answer 14

Displacement

Question 15

a person refuses to accept a painful reality or truth

Answer 15

Denial

Question 16

imitating the characteristics of a person he/she admires to deal with his/her insecurities

Answer 16

Identification

Question 17

avoiding negative emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects of one’s life

Answer 17

Intellectualization

Question 18

attributing one’s weaknesses or shortcomings to someone else

Answer 18

Projection

Question 19

acting opposite to what the person truly feels

Answer 19

Reaction Formation

Question 20

a person reverts to an earlier psychosexual stage and begins to behave like a child

Answer 20

Regression

Question 21

pushing unacceptable impulses or urges into the unconscious

Answer 21

Repression

Question 22

discovered stress in 1935 as a syndrome occurring in laboratory rats

Answer 22

Hans Selye

Question 23

our body sends signals to something is not right

Answer 23

Alarm Stage

Question 24

our physical, psychological, emotional state find ways to fight back those signals to have a renewed strength and good health

Answer 24

Resistance Stage

Question 25

if not manage wisely, it will lead to an ill condition, mental illness and death

Answer 25

Exhaustion

Question 26

another way to improve coping mechanisms

Answer 26

Improving/Enhancing Resilience

Question 27

process by which a person consciously attempts to minimize, master or tolerate stressors in life

Answer 27

Coping with Stress

Question 28

sum of cognitive and behavioral effort which are constantly changing that aim to handle particular demands, whether external or internal, that are viewed as taxing or demanding activity we do to seek and apply solutions to stressful situations or problems that emerge because of our stressors

Answer 28

Coping

Question 29

response to stressor

Answer 29

reactive coping

Question 30

coping response is aimed at preventing a possible encounter with a future stressor

Answer 30

proactive coping

Question 31

centers around the source of your stress

Answer 31

Problem-focused Coping Strategies

Question 32

aim to reduce and manage the intensity of the negative and distressing emotions that a stressful situation has caused rather than solving the problematic situation itself

Answer 32

Emotion-focused Coping Strategies