Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Jeremy returns from an emergency shelter to find his home was totally destroyed by a hurricane. Relief workers find him wandering aimlessly around the wreckage and debris, mumbling incoherently to himself and staring vacantly into space. His behavior sounds typical of someone in the ________ stage of reaction to a catastrophe.

The "fight-or-flight" response was first described and labeled by ________.

Each of the following is considered by your authors to be one of the five common sources of frustration except ________.

Displacement refers to transforming repressed motives or feelings into more socially acceptable forms.

A psychological disorder characterized by episodes of anxiety, sleeplessness, and nightmares resulting from some disturbing event in the past is called ________ disorder.

A student, angry at the fact that he failed what he felt was an unfair test, goes back to his dormitory and punches a hole in the wall with his fist. This student is using the defense mechanism of ________.

Stress results only from life or death situations.

Which of the following is not one of the types of conflict described by Lewin?

According to your text, Lewin identified ________ basic types of conflict.

Identify and briefly describe three ways to stay healthy and three ways of learning to cope effectively with stress.

When we are forced to adjust because of a threat that causes us physical tension, we experience stress.

Which of the following researchers is most closely associated with exploring the relationship of "hassles" to stress?

Defense mechanisms are types of direct coping.

People are likely to sit down and wait for events to resolve things for them if caught in a(n) ________ conflict.

When people express exaggerated emotions and ideas that are the opposite of their real emotions and ideas, they are exhibiting ________.

The psychological term for anticipating stressful events and taking advance steps to avoid them or minimize their impact is ________.

A reaction formation is a behavioral form of ________.

An example of an approach/approach conflict is ________.

Most people who experience bereavement suffer permanent psychological harm.

________ are especially vulnerable to posttraumatic stress disorder.