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Which one of these individual difference in personality is NOT stable over time

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self diagnosing aches and pains when working on a boring job

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Medical students disease is

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Believing that one might have the symptoms of each disease that one studies

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In his 1958 study Janis found that patients who had ______ levels of fear before an operation coped most effectively with post-opperative stress

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medium

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Which of the following predicts whether an individual will see health care

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symptoms pertaining to face and eyes pain producing symptoms

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A lay referral network is

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an informal group of family and friends who offer advice about symptoms and treatments and have no real connection to the medical community

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Who uses health services the most

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the very young and the very old

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Which is a possible explanation for why women use health care more often then men

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women become pregnant and have babies and these account for significant medical use differences

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Who is least likely to delay medical treatment

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someone who has regular contact with a physician

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Which situational setting contributes the most to one's capacity to be attentive to symptoms and interpretations of illnes

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a boring business meeting

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The symptoms and treatments of an illness belong to which part of an illness schema

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consequences

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Which of the following best describes the time period of person exeriences between deciding to seek a treatment for a particular symptom and actually doing so

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behavioral delay

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When you are sick you get to take time off work which is a

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secondary gain

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A DRG is a patient classification system that

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determines the length of treatment for a particular disorder

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Individuals who experss distress and conflict through bodily symptoms are classed

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somaticizers

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The health belief model mantains that whether a person seeks treatment for a symptom can be predicted by

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the extent to which the person perceives a threat to his or her health the degree to which she or he believes that a particular health measure will be effective in reducing that threat

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People who expect to have certain symptoms amplify them and people who do not expect the symptoms tend to ignore them TF

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true

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Secondary gains refer to the psoitive feelings health personnel receive when their patients follow the medical treatment plan TF

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false

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as a trained health psychologist it is easier for you than for physicians to determine which patients are the worriers and malinger TF

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false

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most physicians themselves turn to the internet for the most up to date information on illnesses, treatments, and the processing of insurance claims TF

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true

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the use of completmentary and alternative medicine (CAM) has declines consistently since its intial popularity in the 1960s TF

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false

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the worried well tend to use health services more because of their commitment to selfcare TF

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true

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People have concepts of health and illness called illness schemas that influence how they react to symptoms TF

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true

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an example of chronic illness is herpes TF

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false

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women use health services more because seeking treatment for illness disrupts their lives less and costs them less TF

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true

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people under stress are more likely to

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have a snowball effect of poor health behaviors, such as failing to eat breakfast, sleep well or exercise adequately

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negative affectivity refers to

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a psychological state that is marked by a pervasive negative mood, anxiety, depression, and hostility

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why do people with more optimistic personalities deal with stressful events better than those with pessimistic personalitites

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optimistis tend to use their resources more effectively

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which of the following is not true of problem focused coping

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it involves working through the emotions associated with a stressor

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Pennebaker and Beall discovered that students who wrote about traumatic life experiences were

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more upset immediately after they wrote their essays but were less likely to visit the student health center during the following six months

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which of the following is true about the relationship between social support and stress

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having a confidant such as a spouse or partner is probably the most effective social support

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social support has been defined as

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feeling of being loved and valued physical assistance in the form of food or money info and suggestions for dealing with the stressful situation

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which of the following is not one of the phases of stress management programs listed in your text

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participants learn to measure their levels of physiological arousal in both stressful and non stressful situations

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relaxation training is

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learning to reduce physical arousal combination of muscle relaxation, meditation, yoga and similar technique

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Time management strategies can help individuals to reduce stress by teaching them how to

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set goals, establish priorities, and stick to a plan

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Which is not a main tast that constitutes successful coping

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to not tolerate negative events in daily life

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if an individual is facing an uncomfortable medical test and a friend who went through the same thing could provide knowledge about the exact procedures or about how long the discomfort will last, what kind of social support is that person recieving

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informational support

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which hormone is released when warm social contact occurs between people

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oxytocin

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psychological control is very closely related to

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self efficacy

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which personality trait best describes negative affectivity

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neuroticism

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coping is defined as the process of trying to manage demands that are perceived as taxing or as exceed ones resources. TF

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true

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Avoidant coping style has no real benefit in the short term TF

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false

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emotional approach coping is helpful in reducing psychological stress associated with chronic pain TF

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True

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pregnancy and childbirth are best experienced by you and your significant other without the interference of family and friends TF

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true

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coping skills are though to be effective when physiological and psychological distress is reduced TF

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true

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ego strength is a personality characteristic that is correlated with self esteem and health benefits TF

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true

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cheerful people die somewhat sooner than people who are not cheerful TF

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true

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the approach coping style is always more effective than avoidant coping style in managing stress TF

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false

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the stress management program combat stress now CSn makes use of the three phases of monitoring stress: skill acquisition and practice TF

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false

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having an extensive social network of family and friends may be the most effective social support for mend TF

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false

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events such as noise crowding and a bad relationship are best described as

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stressors

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person environment fit is determined by a persons

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perceived resources being adequate to meet a difficult situation

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the fight or flight response

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involves the sympathetic nervous and endocrine system response to perceived danger

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the three phases of general adaptation syndrome are

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alar resistance and ehaustion

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GAS has been criticized because

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it does not pay attention to psychological factors and appraisal of events

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all of the following statements are true about tend and befriend except

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it takes the place of fight or flight in females

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Primary appraisal processes are

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based on the premise that psychological appraisal determines the meaning of a stressful event

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which of the following is not true about the sympathetic adrenomedullary system

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it is responsible for the secretion of coritosteroids

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holmes and rahe developed the social readjustment rating scale to measure

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stressful life events

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people undergoing chronic life stress show _______ in response to an acute stress in the lab

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natural killer cell activityrole conflict occurs when

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a role conflict occurs when

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a person receives conflicting info about work tasks or standards from different individuals

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which fo the following is not true of PTSD

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men are more likely than women to experience PTSD

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children who live and attend school in noisy area

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are more likely to give up on difficult tasks

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the degree of change that occurs in an individuals autonomic, neuroendocrine of or immune response as a result of stress is called

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reactivity

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a state In which a physiological system body fluctuates to meet demands from stress is call

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allostasis

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Ambiguous events are less stressful than clear cut negative events TF

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false

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college students may have too many tasks right before finals and their immune system may be compromised resulting in the likelihood of becoming ill TF

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true

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anticipation of a stress event is often as stressful as the actual outcome TF

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true

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SLE scales take into account individual differences in the way events are experienced TF

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false

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heightened sympathetic reactivity to repeated moderate stressors and exaggerated cortisol response can relate to later chronic health disorders TF

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true

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the perception of work overload shows a weaker relationship to physical health complaints and psychological distress compared to the actual work overload TF

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false

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at the same time that primary appraisals of stressful circumstances are occurring secondary appraisals are initiated TF

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true

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The acute stress paradigm has proven valuable for understanding the ffects of stress on disease TF

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false

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the fight or flight response can be harmful because stress disrupts emotional and physiological functioning TF

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true

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the adverse aftereffects of stress such as decreases in performance and attention span often diminish soon after the stressful event itself is no longer present TF

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fase

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