Exam 16: Krause and Corts

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to engage a "tend-and-befriend" approach to dealing with significant stress in their life?

Imagine that you have just flunked a class.You evaluate this situation and decide that flunking a class is stressful and important enough to be upset about.Next you decide to repeat the class in summer school.You have made _________________.

Unlike in the past,most premature deaths in the Unites States today can be attributed to ____________.

What effect does watching food commercials have on the eating habits of viewers?

_____ is a positive coping strategy,while _____ is a negative style of coping.

The causes of the obesity and being overweight are complicated.Provide examples of genetic,sociocultural,and lifestyle factors that contribute to this problem.

In addition to poor access to healthcare,which of the following is another factor associated with poverty that puts people with low socioeconomic status at the greatest risk for health problems?

The HPA axis is a system activated to:

Which psychologist is credited with proposing the general adaptation syndrome?

What does it mean to say someone is resilient?

Many people cope with stressful life events through _______________,which refers to psychological strategies people use to preserve a sense of nonrandom order when personal control is compromised.

________ occurs when the demands of a situation exceed our ability to cope effectively.

________________ is a protein in the nervous system that promotes survival,growth,and formation of new synapses.

Under which circumstance would a problem-solving coping strategy best apply?

In a study described in your textbook,psychologists studied students who lived in poorly designed and crowded dormitories.By comparing these students to others who had better accommodations,the psychologists determined that the stressful living conditions caused the students to:

In the United States,researchers have found that obesity rates are related to ethnicity in what way?

The hormones vasopressin and oxytocin are associated with _______________ and might be related to ________.

____________refers to the processes used to manage demands,stress,and conflict.

Which major life event on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale has the highest number of "stress units"?

A calorie-restricted diet (e.g.,eating approximately 60% of the normal amount of calories)has been shown to: