Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Defensive coping is a form of ________.

Jeannie never achieved the success in dance that she wanted to, but her daughter is exceeding all expectations in the sport. When her daughter does well, Jeannie feels as if she, herself, has triumphed. Her behavior exemplifies the defense mechanism of ________.

Defense mechanisms are types of defensive coping.

Each of the following is probably true of lower-socioeconomic class members of society except ________.

Intellectualization is a subtle form of ________.

According to Lewin, the result of simultaneous attraction to two appealing possibilities, neither of which has any negative qualities is called an ________ conflict.

When we must speed up, intensify, or shift the direction in our behaviors or when we feel we have to live up to a higher standard of performance, we experience ________.

A single goal whose attainment produces both good and bad consequences usually creates a(n) ________ conflict.