Exam 2: Stress and Coping

Sureya is going to be playing the organ at church for the first time on Sunday morning.It is still one month away.Lazarus and Folkman would identify the property of the situation responsible for Jane's stress as

A self-generated coping strategy in which an attempt is made to reinterpret past events more positively is called a

The difference in the autonomic nervous system response to stress and the endocrine system response is

Relaxation techniques share all of the following features except

The degree to which an individual is knowledgeable about the effects of stress is described as

Describe the different types of social support and give specific examples of each type.

Describe each stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome and include the criticisms of the theory that have emerged.

Smith and Ruiz identified a risk factor for coronary disease which they identified as

There is a tendency to use emotion-focused coping when

Describe three forms of cognitive therapy frequently used in stress management.

Describe the three types of appraisal proposed by the Cognitive Transactional Model of stress.Include examples of person and situation variables that influence appraisal.

Selye called the problems of cardiovascular disease,hypertension,bronchial asthma and increased risk of infection

It is clear that lack of social support is a risk factor for disease.What evidence exists to support this statement? Describe a possible mechanism for the effect of social support on the coping response.

In SAM,the hypothalamus causes the adrenal medulla to secrete which of the following hormones

Describe in detail one method of inducing relaxation.

The stress-buffering hypothesis suggests that

Explain the stress-diathesis model and how it can be applied to cardiovascular disease?

Compare Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome to the Cognitive Transactional model of stress.Be sure to include the major components of each theory.

Jason,a 4-year-old boy and his mother are taking a walk around their block.They meet their neighbour who is walking her dog.Jason is fearful of dogs.His mother pats the dog and then has Jason do the same.This would most accurately be called

Describe the physiological changes that take place when the flight or fight response occurs with activation of the sympathetic adrenomedullary system.