Exam 15: Stress, Coping, and Health

AIDS is as much a psychological problem as a medical one since the only current means of controlling the AIDS epidemic is by changing the high-risk behaviours through which the virus is transmitted.

What is it about Type A personality that increases an individual's risk for health problems?

Langdon's test anxiety is so severe that he often cannot answer a single question on an exam. His therapist teaches him a technique in which he sits in a chair, closes his eyes, and systematically tenses different parts of his body and then relaxes them while telling himself to be calm. This approach is called

Studies of soldiers who had been subjected to the horrors of war contributed to the naming of the psychological disorder called _____________.

Which of the following lists the six stages of the transtheoretical model in the proper order?

Motivational interviewing attempts lead people to draw their own conclusions about the seriousness of their behaviours by focusing on discrepancies between their current situation and how they would like to be.

Tamika is about to compete in a triathlon. Though such a competition would likely inspire fear and nervousness in most people, Tamika is feeling good about the race because she believes that she has the skills to successfully complete it. Bandura would most likely say that Tamika has high

Which of the following has NOT been shown to be a protective factor for reactions to stressors?

Some of the characteristics that distinguish people who are in the ______________ stage of change are that they possess a beginning awareness of their problem behaviour but they are not yet ready to change it.

When compared to the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) programs, relapse prevention programs have been found to be equally effective and usually involve a ___________ intervention.

Your best friend has a history of helping others and feels that she has meaning to her life. We would consider her to be

Literature reviews of studies evaluating the effectiveness of exercise programs indicate that it is not uncommon to have dropout rates of approximately __________ after six months.

Which of the following protective factors against the negative effects of stress has also occasionally been found to be a vulnerability factor?

What four types of appraisal occur in response to a potential stressor? How do these correspond to primary and secondary appraisal?

The personality trait of optimism was considered to be an example of a protective factor that helps people to cope more effectively with stress.

What evidence exists that social support is a protective factor? In what ways can it protect against stressful events?

You just found out that you're about to go through an intense series of interviews for a job you've been trying to get for a long time. You're excited but also somewhat nervous about how you're going to deal with the stress, particularly since there will potentially be multiple stages of interviews that could be spread out over several weeks. Which of the following concepts is most closely associated with characteristics that help one cope with stressors such as these?

Modern research indicates that cancer is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and Europe.

Despite dramatic changes in lifestyle and advances in health-care related technology, statistics show that cancer has remained the leading cause of death for more than 100 years.

Flashbacks in dreams and personal guilt about surviving fatal catastrophes are both common features of