Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping

Which of the following is not a limitation of Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping?

• it does not consider the physiological responses to stress

• it cannot account for different people responding differently to the same stressor

• the model is difficult to test experimentally due to the subjective nature of individual responses to stress

• primary and secondary appraisals can interact with one another and may be undertaken simulaneously

Label the main components of Lazarus and Folkman's transactional model of stress and coping

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Challenge

Irrelevant

Benign/positive

Primary Appraisal

Threat

inadequate

adequate

No stress

Harm/loss

Secondary Appraisal

Mia works in the city and commutes by train. At the train station, the station master announces that the train line that Mia takes is undergoing maintenance next week, with buses replacing trains, and that her commute time will increase by an hour. Without a car, Mia is concerned that she will have to wake up even earlier to get to work on time.

In primary appraisal, Mia would likely consider this

• a threat

• a loss

• a challenge

• irrelevant

Melissa and Naomi are discussing how worried they are about a forthcoming VCE Units 3&4 Biology SAC. According to Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, what is the most likely primary appraisal that the two students have made of the forthcoming Biology SAC?

• stressful; threat

• stressful; harm/loss

• irrelevant

• benign-positive

Which of the following is not considered a limitation of Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping?

• the model considers the psychological processes that underpin an individual's stress response

• it is difficult to test experimentally

• it is difficult to completely separate the process of primary and secondary appraisal

• cognitive processes such as appraisal may not necessarily be required for stress to occur

For many months, Belinda had been working long hours in the hope that she would be given a promotion. She was ecstatic when she received a call the following week to congratulate her on her new promotion. In terms of Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, Belinda's initial reaction of excitement would be a result of her ​ (a)   of the situation, as she perceived getting a promotion as a ​ (b)   .

• primary appraisal
• challenge
• secondary appraisal
• harm/loss
• threat
• irrelevant
• benign/positive

According to the transaction model of stress and coping, the initial decision about whether a situation is threatening or positive is known as

• initial appraisal

• secondary appraisal

• primary appraisal

• successive appraisal

Which of the following identifies a characteristic of Selye's GAS and Lazarus and Folkman's model?

• A

• B

• C

• D

How does the Lazarus and Folkman model suggest an individual could deal with a potentially harmful stressor?

• release cortisol, increasing one's ability to cope

• appraise one's ability to cope with the stressor, if your primary appraisal suggests you can deal with the stressor, you do not need to stress

• enter the flight-fight-freeze response, mitigating the potentially harmful stressor through releasing adreanline

• conduct a secondary appraisal, and if you deem your coping resources as being sufficiently able to cope with the stress, the stress can be alleviated

According to the transactional model of stress and coping, assessing the resources that are unavailable to help us deal with the stressor is known as

• initial appraisal

• secondary appraisal

• primary appraisal

• successive appraisal