Exam 3: Stress, Coping, and Health Psychology

A student must choose between wanting to watch her favorite movie on television and wanting to go out with her friends. This is an example of which type of conflict?

Research shows that approximately what percentage of all children and teens will experience a traumatic stressor?

If you have some control over the circumstances that are creating your stress, which forms of coping are likely to be most effective in changing the problem that is causing stress?

Flip has been assigned a new account at work, and is told that a good job could earn him a promotion. He feels challenged and energized by the new account, and is going to work hard to earn the client as a new customer. Flip is responding to the effects of ________.

Rationalization is an example of a(n) ________.

According to your text, a primary reason young people begin smoking is ________.

When she finds out that her mother has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Jacinta feels very upset and unsettled. She knows she has to do some research and learn about the illness, but she is fearful that the illness could be terminal. What kind of stress is Jacinta currently experiencing?

Which statement regarding the relationship between suicide and PTSD between 2009 and 2011 is true: The rate of suicide among U.S. veterans with PTSD ________.

If Denise decides that the stressor she is confronting, a difficult math test, is an event that is potential harmful to her, she has just engaged in ________.

The H. pylori bacterium that is associated with ulcer formation is found in ________.

Emotion-focused forms of coping focus on ________.

Alex decides that the best way to deal with his stressor of a math test is to study several hours and receive extra help from his professor; he has just engaged in ________.

Which of these occurs when the walls of the coronary arteries thicken, reducing or blocking the blood flow to the heart?

Which of the following is a key element of the HPA axis, and plays a critical role in the long-term effects of stress?

Contrast emotion-focused and problem-focused coping strategies. Provide an effective and ineffective example of each coping strategy for taking this test.

Wanting to make his mother's favorite dish, Tom lacks an essential ingredient. After asking several neighbors and looking for it at several stores without any success, what negative emotion is he likely to experience as he feels blocked from reaching his goal of making the treat?

The assessment of a person's resources for coping with a specific stressor is called the ________ appraisal.

Identify two physical or psychological disorders that result from stress. Compare and contrast these disorders, and explain how stress plays a role in them.

List and describe the six resources for coping with stress that were presented in your text. Discuss how having each resource can affect your ability to cope if you had to move across the country in the next 30 days.

MRI studies of children who grew up in poverty found that, in comparison to children from middle- and higher-income families, children from impoverished families had ________.