Exam 10: Stress and Health

Researchers found that the ________________ of daily hassles was a better predictor of headaches than were scores on a life events scale.

The field of psychoneuroimmunology studies the effects of psychological factors such as stress,emotions,thinking,and behaviour on the immune system.

A person in the _________________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome may feel better even though he or she continues to secrete hormones to help the body fight a stressor.

The kind of event that leads to post-traumatic stress disorder is usually:

An unpredictable situation is one that is not controllable,which may explain the stress it causes.

A person who thrives on stress but lacks the anger and hostility typical of some others who have the Type A personality is said to have a/an _________ personality.

Which psychologist is credited with proposing the general adaptation syndrome?

Which of the following traits is associated with people who live to be very old?

Matthew compares his performance at work with that of a co-worker who is less competent than himself.When he engages in this behaviour,he feels better and experiences a boost to his self-esteem.Matthew is using ______ to maintain an optimistic outlook.

One of the more serious effects of workplace stress is a condition called burnout.

__________ measures the amount of stress in a college student's life over a one-year period resulting from major life events.

_________ are habitual targets of displaced aggression.

Gloria is a tax accountant who is very busy from the January to April 30,which is the tax return filing deadline.She feels that she must work very long hours during this time to meet the April 30 deadline for all of her clients.Gloria is experiencing:

_________ occurs when people experience unpleasant stressors.

The coping method that involves changing the way you feel or emotionally react to a stressor is known as:

Soldiers who break down in the battlefield often cope with their situation by blocking out all memories of their behaviour and their situation.This phenomenon is an example of:

According to Lazarus,our first task when faced with a potential stressor is to estimate its severity and to determine whether it is a challenge or threat.This evaluation is referred to as:

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called:

When people have to work harder,do more work,or work faster,they are experiencing:

Coping strategies can be both __________ and ________ in nature.