Exam 14: Health

Prolonged response to job stress resulting in emotional exhaustion, cynicism, disengagement, and lack of personal accomplishment is known as

Married couples who are financially strained are more likely to experience

Research on thought suppression shows that

Frazier's (2003) research on blame, control, and coping among victims of rape indicates that

Anything that causes an unpleasant state of arousal that arises when we perceive that the demands of a situation threaten our ability to cope effectively is known as a(n)

After September 11, 2001, Fredrickson and colleagues (2003) contacted students who had previously taken part in a study on stress and coping. She found that the most resilient of the students were the ones who, among other things, developed a

Social support is associated with all of the following except

Bernie is about to be attacked by the class bully and thus is under stress. According to the general adaptation syndrome, Bernie can expect

Which of the following explanations has not been offered for the modest relationship between income and happiness?

The process by which we make judgments about the demands of potentially stressful events as well as our ability to meet those demands is called

Heppner and others (2006) found that individuals from a collectivist culture rate ____ as the most helpful coping mechanism.

What is the term that Freud used to refer to a discharging of tension that can act to reduce the discomfort that is caused by stress?

Research by Sbarra and colleagues (2011) showed that relative to their married counterparts, people who were divorced at the start of the prospective studies were later 23% more likely to die early from all causes of death during follow-up assessments. This risk was most elevated for ____________

Many social psychologists refer to the concept of happiness using the phrase

Based on research concerning the link between stress and illness, which of the following individuals is most likely to actually contract a cold if exposed to a cold virus?

Stress may weaken the immune system in part by

Michael, an academically gifted teenager, is devastated that he does not have any sporting skills. He dwells on the belief that he has failed terribly and overanalyzes his lack of athletic abilities; he then falls into a deep depression. This outcome is most consistent with

Cognitive and behavioral efforts to alter a stressful situation are called ____ coping.

A person's belief that he or she is capable of the specific behavior required to produce a desired outcome in a given situation is called

Discuss the relationship between involvement in religion and the positive effects of social support.