Exam 12: Social Psychology

The "three C's" of hardiness do NOT include:

Stress has little effect on the risk for illnesses involving inflammation.

Which statement is True?

When an individual not only retains elements of his or her original culture but also adapts to elements of a new one, he or she is adopting the _____ approach to acculturation.

Based on the textbook's definition of health psychology, one can infer that health psychologists generally adhere to a _____ perspective.

Stress has been linked to the suppression of both _____ and _____ in the immune system.

When a threatening situation occurs, the _____ nervous system becomes active. When the threat is over, the _____ nervous system becomes active.

People who are easygoing, relaxed, and don't let things bother them are classified as:

In its discussion of locus of control, the text cites the British Cohort Study, which followed 11,000 British people over a period of two decades (Gale, et al., 2008). Because the same sample was tracked for an extended time, the study exemplifies the use of a _____ research design in developmental psychology.

Type A personality is to Type B personality as _____ is to _____.

Which correlation coefficient might a researcher expect to find between the frequency of church attendance and scores on a measure of happiness?

An elevated risk of heart disease is associated with:

Biofeedback can reduce the frequency of headaches.

Everyday positive experiences that usually make people happy are called:

About how many soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq show symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Rosalie is planning her wedding. She is probably experiencing eustress.

Which statement is False?

Meditation may reduce workers' use of sick days even more effectively than exercise.

Suppose a researcher investigates the relationship between a New Yorker's proximity to Ground Zero on the morning of September 11, 2001, and the likelihood that he or she developed PTSD in the succeeding six months. This relationship is BEST portrayed using a ______ graph with proximity on the _____-axis. 

Following an ugly confrontation with a coworker, Simon seeks sympathy from his friends. Simon is practicing _____ coping.