Exam 4: Coping and Resiliency in Adulthood

A high probability event is ______.

Responses to loss can be very diverse.

Maladaptive grief often includes ______.

Purposefully failing to do something that would extend a person's life refers to ______.

The legal-medical definition of death includes ______ death.

Explain the Terror Management Theory, and why it can be adaptive.

Being more intrinsically religious or spiritual is associated with ______.

List two of the four ways in which individuals respond to life events, as specified by Lieberman and Peskin.

What is the difference between primary and secondary control?

By the time one reaches middle age, it is common to have to coped with the loss of one's ______.

Which of the following is an emotion-focused coping style?

The manner in which we deal with a loss like a child, parent, or sibling refers to ______.

Lieberman and Peskin identified four different ways that individuals respond to life events, including ______.

The Terror Management Theory suggests that people can reduce their fear of death by engaging in the view that what happens is "controllable, fair, and just."

A marriage-related life event may include losing a parent or a spouse through death.

Individuals who go between coping with the loss and building a new life for themselves captures ideas included in the ______ Model.

Mourning is related to ______.

The degree to which individuals cope with stressful events is not impacted by their degree of personal, material, or interpersonal resources.

Whitbourne (1987) discussed the terms accommodative coping and assimilative coping. Explain what these terms mean and provide an example.

In regards to coping with loss, older adults are more likely to ______ compared to younger adults.