Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

People in low-income groups deal more effectively with stress.

The phrase that best describes proactive coping is ________.

Typically, a person's first reaction to a natural disaster is ________.

A student who is failing but does not study because she refuses to believe that the instructor will really give her an "F" at the end of the term is using the defense mechanism of ________.

Repressed feelings find a new, safer, and more acceptable target via ________.

Social support is linked to good health.

Deciding on a more realistic solution or goal when an ideal solution or goal is not practical is called ________.

In World War II, many prisoners in concentration camps came to imitate the behaviors and mannerisms of the brutal guards who were their captors. The behavior of these prisoners is probably due to ________.

Any environmental demand that creates a state of tension or threat and requires change or adaptation is called ________.

In a hostage situation, to survive, victims sometimes seek to please their captors, and may identify with them as a way of coping with unbearable and unstoppable stress. This phenomenon is known as the ________.

A form of defensive forgetting is called ________.

Confrontation, compromise, and withdrawal are all forms of ________.

When we feel forced to speed up, intensify, or shift the direction of our behavior to meet a higher standard of performance, we experience frustration.

Of the following, the most stressful event on the College Life Stress Inventory is ________.

Which of the following people is likely to experience the most stress in a given situation?

Acknowledging a stressful situation directly and attempting to find a solution to the problem or attain a difficult goal is called ________.

The "fight-or-flight" response is almost identical to the "alarm reaction" stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

Summarize the research regarding socioeconomic and gender differences in coping with stress.

Briefly summarize research on the well-adjusted person. In your discussion, list the three criteria proposed by Morris for evaluating healthy adjustment.

Identify and describe five sources of extreme stress, presenting some of the physical and/or psychological problems caused by each source presented.