Psychology Review -- Chapter 3 -- Stress

One threat to well-being occurs in people who _____.

• believe they have no control over their circumstances

• accumulate too much money

• use meditation and exercise to cope with external stressors

• take charge of their own health

Positive beliefs are considered a resource for coping. Such beliefs are most closely related to the concept of _____.

• self-actualization

• emotion-focused coping

• intrinsic motivation

• the Type B personality

If the circumstances that are creating your stress can be changed, _____ forms of coping are likely to be MOST effective.

• problem-focused

• emotion-focused

• Lazarus's

• Folkman's

Which of the following persons is EFFECTIVELY using emotion-focused coping?

• Roscoe rationalized that his poor grade on the math test was because his teacher was boring.

• Logan rationalized that not making the basketball team would give him more time to focus on his studies and finish college sooner.

• Kimmy decided that all men were jerks after being dumped by five guys in five years.

• Dolores decided to ignore the lump in her breast, telling herself that it was probably no big deal.

Emotion-focused forms of coping are based on changing your _____ when faced with stressful situations.

• actions

• perceptions

• strategies

• all of these options

_____________ is an attempt to manage stress in some effective way.

• Focus

• Resiliency

• Appraisal

• Coping

People who experience flashbacks, nightmares, and impaired functioning following a

life-threatening or other horrifying event are _____.

• suffering from a psychosomatic illness

• experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder

• having a nervous breakdown

• weaker than people who take such events in stride

Hardiness is _____.

• based on genetics

• learned

• undesirable

• positively correlated with cancer and heart disease

People with cynical hostility are more prone to heart disease because _____.

• they are nearly always in a stressful state

• their hostility and suspiciousness create interpersonal conflicts

• they tend to have higher blood pressure and heart rates

• all of these options

A calm, patient, relaxed attitude toward life is associated with _____.

• an under-achiever

• a Type B personality

• a Type A personality

• all of these options