Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Identify and briefly describe the elements of a healthy lifestyle. Briefly explain how each of these helps improve one's quality (and perhaps quantity) of life.

Jogging, brisk walking, and swimming are all examples of ________ exercise.

According to Lazarus and Folkman, there are three key processes that must occur when one is evaluating events that may be stressful. They include all but which of the following?

In situations where people are under stress but there is little or nothing they can do to cope directly with the stress, they are likely to turn to ________.

Conflict was described in terms of its two opposite tendencies of approach and avoidance by ________.

A reaction formation is a behavioral form of ________.

Any intentional effort to change an uncomfortable situation is called ________ coping.

Dawnelle is clocking in at work, when she hears her manager make the following announcement to the staff: "Any individual who has been late to work at least three times in the last month is required to make an appointment to see me so that we can discuss your punctuality and find ways to help you improve." She thinks to herself, "I haven't been late, so I don't have to go to his office if I don't want to." Dawnelle has made a(n) _______ appraisal of the situation, since she is deciding whether it is or is not relevant to her own circumstance.

________ life changes involve a certain amount of stress.

Direct coping refers to any action we take to change an uncomfortable situation.

Denial and projection are the most basic defense mechanisms.

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

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

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

Most people who experience bereavement suffer permanent psychological harm.

People who scored high on an anger scale were ________ times more likely to have heart attacks or sudden cardiac death than their calmer peers.

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

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

The leading cause of death and disability in the United States is ________.

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