Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

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

Petty annoyances, irritations, and frustrations that arise from chronic or repeated conditions of living are called ________.

According to Selye, some people experience "burnout" while others may develop illnesses or turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with stress during the ________ stage of the GAS.

A subfield of psychology concerned with the relationship between psychological factors and physical health and illness is called ________ psychology.

The stress hormone ________ damages heart and blood vessels over time.

Research on stress indicates that stress causes cancer.

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

Which of the following statements is true?

Frustration is the result of internal, unconscious conflicts in which people usually do not know why they are frustrated.

Reaching out and giving to others gives you pleasure. This is known as ________.

The well-adjusted person is one who probably ________.

Posttraumatic stress disorder can set in right after a traumatic event.

When you want to purchase a particular shirt, only to find out that it is out of stock at your local clothing store, you are most likely to experience ________.

Each of the following is linked to recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder except _________.

The most basic defense mechanisms are ________.

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

Jim's district manager has set new performance goals. In response, Jim now stays late, makes sure displays are perfect, and pushes his employees even harder to do their best. Jim is pushing himself to achieve perfection because of ________.

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

The proper order in which the stages of the general adaptation syndrome occur is ________.

In a contract negotiation, the teacher's union demand a $3 per hour raise. The public schools believe they cannot afford to give teachers a raise at all. Eventually, both sides agree to a $1.50 per hour raise. This is an example of ________.