Exam 15: Social Psychology and Health

Deming is feeling unable to cope with the demands of work, school, and home. Deming is feeling __________.

Pennebaker's research on the effects of "opening up" or confiding in others shows that those people who write stories __________ show the most improvements to their health.

A nursing home administrator says to residents, "At each meal you have a choice of three entrées." Based on Langer and Rodin's (1976) study of elderly nursing home residents, the nursing home administrator is increasing the residents' __________.

Rodin and Langer (1976) as well as Schutz and Hanusa (1976) conducted field experiments in which nursing home residents were provided more control over their situations, and found those residents with greater control were happier and healthier. When assessing the long-term effects of the intervention, unlike Rodin and Langer (1976), Schutz and Hanusa (1978) found that those elderly participants who had earlier been allowed to schedule visits with college students actually had more health problems and higher mortality rates than those participants who had never had control over the visits. Explain these apparently contradictory findings.

Carlos finds it difficult to get all of his chores done in time to study at night. Which type of social support would be most effective?

Given daily and even more major life stressors, explain how people respond to daily hassles and major life altering events.

Some mental health professionals have argued that people who do not grieve heavily after the death of a spouse are in a state of denial. The authors of your text explain that __________.

Using the information presented in your text on perception of control, describe three things you would do as the director of a nursing home to give your residents a greater sense of control, and help your residents live longer, feel happier, and be healthier

Adi has had a number of stressors in his lifetime but is doing fine. As the authors of your text report, this indicates that Adi and people like him are __________.

People who have endured major trauma, such as survivors of the Los Angeles earthquake in 1994 or terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, tend to be at an increased risk of __________.

__________ refers to Leo's belief that he can influence his environment, and can influence the odds of positive or negative outcomes.

Hans Selye (1956, 1976) originally defined stress as the __________.

Your text reports people's feelings of control __________.

Spiegel and colleagues (1989) randomly assigned breast cancer patients to either a series of weekly meetings to discuss their problems and fears or to a control group. Based on other research on social support, what would you expect to happen in this experiment? Women who met in groups would __________.

Which of the following people, based on personality, would be most likely to experience life difficulties and health problems?

Researchers often employ correlational designs to assess the relationship between stress and physical health . One problem with this approach is that researchers using this method __________.

According to the authors of your text, which of the following stressors are omitted from many of the stress inventories?

With regard to gender differences in coping strategies, male is to female as fight-or-flight is to __________.

George's wife just died from cancer. Based on your text about how people deal with such a loss, how will George most likely respond to her death?

When Parker is under stress, he tends to either get very confrontational and argumentative, or back away and totally withdraw from the stressful situation. Parker is exhibiting a __________ response to stress.