Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping

Margo is a counselor, who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from her clients. Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one. Margo is experiencing __________.

Programs that typically include practice in stress reduction, self-protection, decision-making, self-control, and social skills are called life skills training.

Regarding daily hassles and major life events, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Maggie has been frustrated in her attempts to make an "A" on her psychology quizzes. She has been reading the chapter three times before each of the quizzes. She made a "D" on the first four quizzes. If she continues using this strategy, psychologists would say that she is exhibiting a

According to your text, which of the following is NOT a common response to frustration?

Dr. Martinez is studying the ways in which stress and the immune system affect one's susceptibility to disease. This field of study is called

According to Seligman, learned helplessness results because people learn that they are powerless to avoid punishment.

Regarding stress, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Susan, who is in college, is under a lot of stress. She cries and has a major temper tantrum when her roommate tries to help her. She decides to go home to her parents for comfort. This behavior is an example of

Conditions that contribute to depression among college students include

Which of the following involves the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies to reduce stress and improve coping skills?

If you dropped a class because you failed a couple of tests, you would be exhibiting the response to frustration called

Acting out an opposite behavior to block threatening impulses or feelings is the basic idea behind the defense mechanism known as __________.

Redirecting anger toward safer targets is called

Minimal stress is associated with which pattern of adapting to a new culture?

In the general adaptation syndrome, the body's defenses are stabilized, and symptoms of stress temporarily disappear (even though the stressor is still there)during the

After coming to the U.S., Jorge learned English and became involved with American life, while still maintaining ties and friendships with his friends and relatives, who had also immigrated from Mexico. Jorge's pattern of acculturation would be classified as

Mark repeatedly failed at school and was retained twice. He has begun to believe that there is nothing he can do to improve his grades, so he gives up and eventually drops out of school in the tenth grade. Mark's school experience illustrates the concept of __________.

Hardy personalities are strong in

Stress is likely to occur whenever