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In _______, people who have identified a threat or harmful effect must estimate the resources that they have available for dealing with the stressor.
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Secondary Appraisal
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Are responsible for suppressing viruses and destroying tumor cells.
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Natural killer cells:
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According to the cognitive-mediational theory, the step during which a stressor is appraised and assessed as a threat is the:
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Primary Appraisal
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If life gives a Type A personality lemons, he or she will:
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Get enraged and throw the lemons back, having a minor heart attack while doing so.
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_______ is a pattern in which a minority person rejects the majority culture's ways and tries to maintain their original cultural identity.
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Separation
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When Wes learned that his wife had been diagnosed with cancer, his heart rate and blood pressure increased, he experienced a burst of energy, and he felt nauseous. These symptoms describe the ______ phase of the general adaptation syndrome.
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Alarm
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Ross does not do well in school, so he spends his time surfing. Which coping method is Ross using?
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Escape or Withdrawal
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Which of the following ailments are commonly associated with the stress of hassles?
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Colds
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The type of stress experienced when positive events require the body to adapt is called:
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Eustress
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Sam, a preschooler, overheard his parents fighting loudly after he went to bed. The next day at school, Sam got into a fistfight with one of his friends. This is an example of:
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Displaced aggression
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Researchers found that _______ were much more strongly affected by hassles such as shopping, doctor's appointments, and bad weather.
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Elderly people
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When people feel that they must work harder, faster, or do more, they are experiencing a type of stressor known as:
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Pressure
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Stress-causing events are called:
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Stressors
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The decision to go back to school to get a new degree in order to begin a new career, with the positive and negative points to consider, is an example of which type of conflict?
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Approach-Avoidance
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______ is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging.
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Stress
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According to psychology research, the act of ______ has many stress-relieving and health benefits, such as increasing levels of beta-endorphins, decreasing levels of cortisol, enhancing the immune system, and lowering blood pressure.
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Laughing
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Giselle works in the health field as a licensed practical nurse (LPN). Every day, she has to deal with patient illnesses and complaints, among other things, and this has finally taken a toll on her own physical and mental state. Giselle is now at the point where she simply wants to quit and go back to a "normal" life. It appears that Giselle may be experiencing _______.
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Burnout
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Which of the following is LEAST likely to be considered a stressor?
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Reading a book
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The work of this psychologist and his colleagues has focused on ways to increase optimism in individuals, which by extension increases aspects of physical and psychological health.
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Seligman
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When it is not possible to change or eliminate a stressor, the best emotion-focused way to cope is:
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To ignore the stressor
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Actions that people can take to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize the effects of stressors are:
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Coping Strategies
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______ can produce lowered blood pressure in people with hypertension.
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Meditation for 20 minutes
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Which coping strategy has been found to change brain waves to incorporate primarily more alpha and theta waves?
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Meditation
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Focuses the mind on some repetitive or unchanging stimulus.
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Concentrative Meditation
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Researchers have found that laughter:
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Boosts the immune system by increasing the number of natural killer cells.
