Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Each of the following is a method for lowering stress and staying healthy except ________.

According to Maslow, individuals who are well adjusted attempt to ________.

Some research has shown that having a religious commitment may help moderate high blood pressure and hypertension.

When faced with an approach/approach conflict, people simply wait for events to resolve the conflict for them.

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

The phrase "a mixed blessing" most accurately describes a(n) ________ conflict.

Lilly has been told by her doctor that she is suffering from a terminal illness. Instead of making preparations for her demise, she acts as if nothing is wrong and tells her friends that her doctor is a "quack" who misdiagnosed her illness. She believes that she will recover despite her doctor's warning. Her behavior is typical of someone using ________.

Defense mechanisms are types of direct coping.

Defensive coping is a form of ________.

Explain the "fight-or-flight" response. Also, describe the stages of Selye's general adaptation syndrome and summarize the research relevant to the GAS.

Stress is experienced ________.

The reverse of projection is identification.

Denial is the most common defense mechanism for blocking out painful feelings and memories.

Social support is linked to good health.

Of those Americans exposed to a severely traumatic event at some time in their lives, about ________ percent will develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress syndrome.

Refusing to acknowledge a painful or threatening reality is ________.

Summarize the research on the relationship between stress and coronary heart disease.

The most common mechanism for blocking painful feelings and memories is ________.

Identify, define, and discuss each of the three types of conflict described by Lewin. Also, discuss how people tend to react to these conflicts.

The reverse of projection is ________.