Exam 12: Health, Stress, and Coping

According to research evaluating Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which individual would be more prone to illness?

Javier is one of those people who seems to be able to withstand anything. Over the last year, he has lost his job and a hurricane destroyed his house. Yet, Javier still seems to be cheerful and views his misfortunes as challenges. Javier would be considered ____.

The majority of manslaughter convictions, assaults, and spousal abuse incidents involve ____.

Research on stress among college students suggests that students who are highly stressed have a grade point average that is likely to be ____.

When a stressor ends while your body is in the alarm stage, the ____.

Which of the following is a typical reaction of the body in response to a perceived stressor?

A person who is competitive, impatient, and easily angered fits the description of a(n) ____.

Which conflict is least likely to result in inaction by the person facing the conflict?

Martin Seligman created learned helplessness in dogs by ____.

Compare the responses to stressors of those with learned helplessness to those with a hardy personality.

Describe the various types of conflict covered in the textbook using specific examples for each one.

Research on daily hassles indicates that they ____.

Ray believes that he has no control over his grades and that even his best efforts will still result in failure. Ray would be most likely to score high in ____.

Your friends who are educated and wealthy are less likely than your friends who are uneducated and poor to experience daily hassles concerning ____.

Aleksander has an 11:00 A.M. doctor's appointment, for which the doctor is already 45 minutes late. Aleksander has an exam this afternoon, but very much wants to know the results of some lab work his doctor recently ordered. How can Aleksander handle the situation with emotion-focused coping?

Higher levels of loneliness, smaller social networks, or experiencing social rejection have been found to be associated with ____.

Compare and contrast problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping.

Which of the following is most likely to be involved in the alarm stage of the body's reaction to stress?

Which attitude is most likely to lead to the perception of less stress?

Some people fit the overall profile of a Type A personality, except that they are not hostile or angry. The research studies suggest that these people have ____.