Exam 18: Stress,Coping,Adjustment,and Health

In the United States,researchers suggest that health behavior deficits contribute to more than _____ of all premature deaths.

_____ is a dispositional way of explaining the causes of bad events.

Which of the following is a feature of the Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations (CAVE)technique?

A person with a pessimistic explanatory style makes _____ explanations for bad events.

An early model of the personality health relationship is called the interactional model because:

Which of the following models of the personality-illness connection focuses on the trait of conscientiousness that appears to indirectly influence the relationship between stress and illness?

In the context of optimism and physical well-being,Peterson and colleagues found that the real difference between optimists and pessimists,in terms of the causes of death,was in _____.

Who among the following is a pioneer in stress research and coined the term general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?

In a study-in which a random group of college students was asked to recall and write about an experience that they found distressing and another random group was asked to write about a trivial topic,and both these groups were contacted again after six months-it was found that college students who wrote about trauma:

Positive emotions are thought to help with stress by:

Pausing and reflecting on something positive,such as a compliment received,a pleasing or humorous memory,or a sunset,in stressful situations are all examples of a positive coping mechanism called _____.

People who score high on hostility:

In a study conducted by James Gross and Robert Levenson,it was found that participants who were instructed to suppress their emotions:

James Pennebaker has suggested that keeping negative events secret:

Self-efficacy is defined as:

Which of the following is most likely to be a stressful life event?

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)may develop in persons who have _____ life-threatening events.

Which of the following statements is true about the transactional model?

_____ refers to the effects of stress that add up and accumulate in a person over time.

Optimism in general has been shown to predict good health as measured by: