TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY QUIZ 2 LIFE, CHANGE, AND STRESS /HOLMES & RAHE Flashcards
What is stress?
what is stress according to Holmes & Rahe?
ANY EXTREME EMOTIONAL REACTION.
= Holmes & Rahe’s definition of stress is: need for internal, psychological readjustment to the event.
WHO wrote this article?
Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe.
what was Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe’s focus?
the connection between stress and illness
what are health psychologists?
health psychologists are professionals who are primarily concerned with the connection between psychology and health.
what are psychosomatic illnesses?
psychosomatic illnesses are health problems that are caused primarily by psychological factors rather than physical ones.
= these illnesses are real.
what are hypochondriacs?
hypochondriacs are people who suffer from imaginary or exaggerated illnesses.
what is LIFE STRESS?
life stress is a major change in peoples life that require them to make major internal, psychological adjustments.
what did Holmes and Rahe developed?
Holmes and Rahe developed a written scale to measure life stress.
= the size and magnitude of the stress caused by various life experiences.
=A compiled list of 43 life events that people commonly feel are stressful. and require psychological adjustments to adapt to the event.
what did Holmes and Rahe called the measuring device?
the called it the SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE (SRRS)
How did HOLMES AND RAHE arrived at the score?
to arrived at the score Holmes and Rahe took the ratings for each item(43 life events) and averaged them, and then divide by 10 to arrive at the score.
to check for consistency what did Holmes & Rahe do?
they divide the participants into subgroups: = male /female = single / married =college educated/ not = white / black = younger / older =religious/ not
what are some to the events on the social readjustment rating scale?
1= death of spouse/100 2= divorce/73 3=marital separation/65 4= jail term /63 5=death of close family member /63 6=personal injury or illness/53 7=marriage/50
what was Holmes & Rahe emphasis when it came to making adjustment is stressful events?
the emphasis was “on change from the existing steady state and not on psychological meaning, emotion, or social desirability.”
what are LCU’S?
LCU IS = LIFE CHANGE UNITS (THE POINTS GIVING TO EACH CHANGE)
=Base on the lcu the scale predicted illness.
