PSY Chap 11: test

Charlisa is a very religious individual who deals with stress by turning to her religious beliefs and practices. Which of the following practices might Charlisha tend to avoid?

natural disasters, wars, fatal accidents, and acts of terrorism can be best described as

Juliana decided to have chocolate cake for dessert but when the waiter mentioned apple pie she was torn between the two what type of conflict was juliana experiencing?

According to the college undergraduate stress scale, which of the following is consider3ed to be a high stress item

dropping out of school or quitting a job are forms of

in a survey on the sources of hasselse children aged 3-5 related as the biggest daily hassle

the type of stress experienced when positive events require the body to adapt is called

__is the term used to describe the physical emotional cognitive and behavioral responsesto events that are apraised as threatening or challenging

sam put his last dollar into a vending machine to buy himself a snack. the machine accepted the dollar but did not release the snack,sam tried the snack button again but it still did not work. sam pushed the button for coin return but the machine did not refund his money. sam reacted by kicking the machine as hard as he could several times until the snack fell out. kicking the machine is an example of

The destruction of the world trade center in new yourk city on september 11 2001 is an example of an

researchers found that__ were much more strongly affected by hassles such as shopping doctor's appointments and bad weather

according to psychology research the act of __ has many stress-relieveing and health benifits such as increasing levels of beta endorphins decreasing levels of cortisol enhancing the immune system and lowering blood pressure

julie is a gymnast who consistently falls off the beam when attempting one particular trick. she has an upcuming competition and she is experienceing stress due to worry that she will fall again julie decides to set up a private lesson with her coach to try to figure out what she is doing wrong. this is an example of what coping strategy?

religion is associated with all of the folllowing except

__ strategies are actions people can take to master tolerate reduce or minimize the effects of stress

actions that people can take to master tolerate reduce or minimize the effects of stressors are

researchers have found that laughter

concentrative meditation

Carl and Kathleen just moved to germany from the US for carls job. car chooses to dress exactly as his german coworkers and friends do, makes a point of going only to german resuants and pars and insists that german only be spoken at home. meanwhile kathleen continues to wear clothes she brought home, seeks out american resurants when she goes out, and will get healthcare only from doctors recomended by or available at the american embacy carle is coping with accurlutice stress through whille kathleen is coping though7

according to lazarus's cognitive mediational theory what is the main influence on how much stress a person experinced in responce to a stressor

sonja has an exam coming up and she is beginning to worry about it. According to the cognitive mediational theory, how should Sonja try to precive the exam to make her coping ability more successful?

which of the following is true regarding optimist

which of the following describes a person with a type c personality

type 2 diabetes is a common result of prolonged stress due to which common behavior

This psychologist focused his colleages has focused on ways to increse optomisim in idiviuals which by exention increase the aspects of psysical and spyhological health