U3 AOS1 DP7 Lazarus and Folkman

The Lazarus and Folkman model of stress and coping considers stress from which point of view?

• Acute

• Chronic

• Biological

• Psychological

What occurs in the primary appraisal stage of the Lazarus and Folkman model?

• The stressor is assessed

• Coping resources are assessed

• Distress or eustress is experienced

• The stressor is considered ineffective

What occurs in the secondary appraisal stage of Lazarus and Folkman?

• Distress or eustress is experienced

• Coping resources are used to determine that you can not cope

• Coping resources are assessed

• Approach strategies are employed

What is one advantage of the Lazarus and Folkman model?

• It is objective

• It is subjective and dependent on the coping strategy employed

• It enables the researcher to collect empirical data

• It allows for individual differences in the way people assess a stressor

Scott has been offered a new position at another job, but it is with a rival company. It offers more money and has better opportunities, but he is feeling unsure leaving his current job. According to Lazarus & Folkman, which primary appraisal is Scott mostly facing right now?

• Harm/loss

• Neutral / irrelevant / benign

• Challenge

• threat

Janelle had been learning French for six years and was talking very excitedly to her friend Maneesha about their upcoming three-month exchange program in France.

Maneesha told Janelle that she felt nervous about their trip because she had not learnt French before. Considering Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, in terms of appraisal, which is most likely to occur?

• Both Janelle and Maneesha will engage in coping strategies

• Maneesha will be more likely to experience shock than Janelle

• Maneesha will be more likely to experience acculturative stress than Janelle

• Both Janelle and Maneesha will evaluate their upcoming exchange experience as a harm, threat or challenge.

Andrew was accepted to study psychology at a university in Germany. Although he was excited, he was also stressed about where he would stay. He considers two options: ask if he could stay with his aunt who lives close to the university or move into student accommodation at the university if his aunt rejects his request. However, when he visited the university’s student accommodation website, he saw that the cost of accommodation was very high, which made him even more stressed.

According to Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, Andrew thinking about moving into student accommodation is an example of

• secondary appraisal, where he considers his aunt’s possible rejection as a threat.

• primary appraisal, where he considers his aunt’s possible rejection as a challenge.

• primary appraisal, where he considers his options should his plan of living with his aunt be rejected.

• secondary appraisal, where he considers his options should his plan of living with his aunt be rejected.

One limitation of Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping is that the model

• fails to explain the outcome if coping resources are inadequate.

• does not account for the different interpretations of events by individuals.

• does not recognise that the individual and the environment both play a role in the stress response

• is unable to be researched experimentally because primary and secondary appraisals often occur simultaneously.