Exam 14: Health and Well being

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Sue Ellen typically explains negative events using temporary, specific, external attributions.According to Seligman (1991), Sue Ellen could best be described as possessing

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Which of the following best illustrates the adaptation-level theory of happiness?

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One limitation to the positive relationship between a sense of control and resiliency is that

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Which of the following concerning personality and coronary heart disease is true?

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

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Discuss how attributions may be related to health.

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Within Carver et al.'s (1989)multidimensional framework, individuals who cope with stressful events by trying to find the good in the situation are relying on

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The rebound effect in thought suppression disappears when people

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Lucille lives in a nursing home where she gets to choose her daily activities.Peggy Sue lives in a nursing home where the staff schedules all activities.Research suggests that compared to Peggy Sue, Lucille will be

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A pattern of behavior characterized by extremes of competitive striving for achievement, a sense of time urgency, hostility, and aggression is called

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Yvonne has a choice of activities for this evening.She can paint, at which she is accomplished, or go rollerblading, at which she struggles.If Yvonne is in a bad mood and wants to feel better, then she should

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Cognitive and behavioral efforts to reduce the distress produced by a stressful situation are called _____ coping.

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Monty studies hard for math, but never seems to "get it." Week after week, he fails his math tests.By the end of the year, Monty does not even try to study for math.Monty is demonstrating

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Pressman and Cohen (2012)analyzed writings of highly influential, deceased psychologists and found that the use of _____ emotion words in writing was associated with longevity.

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Upon discovering that she has lung cancer, Mary blames the illness on her stupidity and lack of willpower.The blame she assigns herself is _____, and it is likely to _____ her sense of future control.

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While walking home alone late at night, Winona suddenly hears footsteps behind her.She can feel her heart pounding, her breathing quicken, and the adrenaline racing through her body.Within the framework of the general adaptation syndrome, Winona is in the _______ stage.

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Frederickson (2009)has suggested two steps in explaining why positive emotions are so effective in coping.Those two steps are that positive emotions

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Research by Sbarra and colleagues (2011)on divorce showed that

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Research on subjective well-being demonstrates that

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