Exam 18: Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

Research by Holmes and Rahe found that people who had more major life stresses were

People who score high on hostility

Which of the following is important in fighting the spread of AIDS?

When psychologist James Pennebaker asked research participants to write about secret unpleasant events, he found that

Optimists engage in _____ levels of problem-focused coping and _____ levels of avoidance coping.

Which model focuses on how personality influences life style choices (e.g., smoking) that in turn influence health?

Which of the following is generally considered to be the MOST stressful major life event?

Who is responsible for developing the stress response concept of general adaptation syndrome?

Self-efficacy is defined as

When people express their negative emotions they are

Research suggests that people are more susceptible to the common cold

In the general adaptation syndrome, the fight-or-flight response falls under the _____ stage.

Going to the doctor, missing work, and complaining about symptoms are all examples of

Which of the following is NOT a component of Type A behavior pattern?

Behavior genetics research on personality and illness fits best into the _____ model.

Problem-focused coping

Which of the following has NOT been proposed as a way that optimism can lead to better health?

_____ is the term to describe how the effects of stress add up and accumulate in a person over time.

A study that compared participants who wrote about traumatic events to people who wrote about neutral events found that people who wrote about the traumatic events

Positive emotions are thought to help with stress by