Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Defensive coping indicates that a person is immature or emotionally unstable.

The walls of Martha and Bill's apartment complex are very thin. Often, they cannot fall asleep because the people who live downstairs play their radio too loudly at night. After years of putting up with the noise, they rent a house of their own. Their behavior represents ________ coping.

Confrontation, compromise, and withdrawal are all forms of defensive coping.

The hormone ________ reduces the effects of oxytocin.

When individuals realize their adversary is more powerful than they are, a positive and realistic adjustment is ________.

A corporate executive who feels guilty about the way she ascended to power accuses her colleagues of ruthless ambition. Her behavior typifies ________.

Petty annoyances, irritations, and frustrations that occur on a daily basis are called hassles.

Following a significant trauma, a few particularly stable individuals experience a positive emotional response called ________.

Eating a well-balanced diet, getting regular exercise, not smoking, and avoiding high-risk behaviors are all elements of ________.

A person deemed well-adjusted by one set of standards may not be considered so by other criteria.

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

When women are under stress, they are more likely than men to ________.

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

Summarize the research on stress, individual differences, hardiness, and resilience.

Each of the following is true of how attending religious services may impact people's stress levels except ________.

Expressions of anger are a form of ________.

Soldiers who break down in the battlefield often cope with their situation by blocking out all memories of their behavior and their situation. This is a type of ________.

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

Jeremy returns from an emergency shelter to find his home was totally destroyed by a hurricane. Relief workers tell him where to stay for that evening and who to contact to begin the job of cleaning out the debris and rebuilding his home. He immediately goes to the temporary shelter and begins contacting the insurance and repair people. His behavior sounds like that of someone in the ________ stage of reaction to a catastrophe.

Bobbi is very interested in theater. When she fails to get the lead in the school play, rather than just give up her theatrical efforts, she accepts her smaller role. Her behavior is an example of ________.