Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

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

Of all life's troubles, conflict is probably the least common.

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

The tend-and-befriend response may be linked to the hormone ________.

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

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

The retail customer who throws a "temper tantrum" when the return process is taking too long is probably ________.

The "fight-or-flight" response was first described and labeled by ________.

When we attribute feelings we do not want to have to someone else, we may be ________.

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 ________.

After weeks of being taunted by her so-called "friends" at school, Monique begins actively avoiding them whenever possible. Her coping style is best described as ________.

The phrase that best describes positive reappraisal is ________.

________ can lower stress and improve immune system functioning.

Each of the following is considered by your text to be one of the five common sources of frustration except ________.

Sometimes, people cause their own stress.

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

The general adaptation syndrome was proposed by ________.

The necessity to choose between two incompatible needs, demands, opportunities, or goals is called ________.

Adjustment is any effort to cope with stress.

Withdrawal is never an effective way of dealing directly with conflict or frustration.