Psychology - Ch. 10, Part 1

_________ is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging.

• Stress
• Stressors
• Distress

__________ are stress-causing events.

• Stressors
• Stress
• Distress

__________ occurs when people experience unpleasant stressors, and ________ is the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being.

• Distress; Eustress
• Eustress; Distress
• Stress; Stressors
• Stressors; Stress

Losing one’s home in a tornado is an example of a stressor called a ________.

• Catastrophe
• Hassle
• Major Life Change
• Pressure

Job loss, marriage, or going to college are all examples of what kind of stressor?

• Major Life Change
• Catastrophe
• Hassle
• Pressure

What is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)?

• An assessment that measures the amount of stress in a person’s life over a 1-year period resulting from major life events.
• An assessment that measures the amount of stress in a person’s life, resulting from major life events.

Little frustrations, delays, irritations, and minor disagreements are all examples of what kind of stressor?

• Hassle
• Major Life Change
• Catastrophe
• Pressure

When there are urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior coming from an outside source, that person is experiencing _______.

• Pressure
• Major Life Change
• Catastrophe
• Uncontrollability

Uncontrollability: The ________ control a person has, the _______ the degree of stress.

• Less; greater
• Greater; less

__________ occurs when people are blocked or prevented from achieving a desired goal or fulfilling a perceived need.

• Frustration
• Pressure
• Hassle
• Catastrophe