Deck 4: Coping and Resiliency in Adulthood

Question 1

Life events may include all the following EXCEPT ______.

A) marriage
B) autobiographical information
C) stroke
D) being laid off

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Family-related life events would not include ______.

A) having a child
B) becoming a grandparent
C) entering school
D) being diagnosed with a serious health condition

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A high probability event is ______.

A) expected but unpredictable
B) expected and predictable
C) unexpected and unpredictable
D) unexpected and predictable

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A couple that buys a car together is an example of ______.

A) collaborative coping
B) stress coping
C) conjoint decision-making
D) stable decision-making

Question 5

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

A) anxiety, preoccupation/withdrawal, stagnation, changing life circumstances
B) depression, preoccupation/withdrawal, changing oneself, anxiety, changing life circumstances
C) anxiety, engagement, changing oneself, changing life circumstances
D) depression, preoccupation/withdrawal, changing oneself, changing life circumstances

Question 6

Cross-sectional studies suggested that compared to older adults, younger adults ______.

A) use more hostility and fantasy to cope
B) engage in more accommodating coping
C) more frequently use primary appraisal
D) use more distancing as coping

Question 7

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

A) be confrontational
B) avoid reframing
C) become stagnant
D) be accepting

Question 8

Emotion-focused coping may be particularly useful while ______.

A) there is an emergency
B) seeking advice
C) making a routine purchase
D) working through an addiction

Question 9

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

A) being nondefensive
B) learning about the problem
C) seeking advice
D) being in denial

Question 10

Responses to loss can be categorized all of the following levels EXCEPT ______.

A) scientific
B) personal
C) interpersonal
D) societal

Question 11

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

A) profession
B) material goods
C) children
D) parents

Question 12

The legal-medical definition of death includes ______ death.

A) brain
B) perceived
C) nonclinical
D) doctor-identified

Question 13

When a person is abandoned or isolated from others, such as in a nursing home, this may be best referred to as ______ death.

A) clinical
B) perceived
C) brain
D) social

Question 14

Individuals who experience the death of a loved one by suicide or a drug overdose may feel ______.

A) a loss of will to live
B) contentment
C) disenfranchised grief
D) a spiritual death

Question 15

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

A) active suicide
B) cancer
C) euthanasia
D) social rejection

Question 16

Being more intrinsically religious or spiritual is associated with ______.

A) less death anxiety
B) more death anxiety
C) greater fear of others
D) greater view of a just world

Question 17

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

A) grief
B) bereavement
C) mourning
D) adaptation

Question 18

Mourning is related to ______.

A) physical practices
B) social practices
C) written documentation
D) adjustment to loss

Question 19

Maladaptive grief often includes ______.

A) increased engagement with others
B) brief grief
C) long-term changes in behavior
D) positive health behaviors

Question 20

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

A) restoration
B) orientation
C) Dual Process
D) memory-Trace

Question 21

Life events are usually less stressful if they are on time.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

Socioemotional selectivity results from an awareness of time that leads to a shift in priorities in our relationships.

Question 25

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."

Question 26

Grief and growth cannot co-occur.

Question 27

Responses to loss can be very diverse.

Question 28

Sending the message, "You are still young, you can get married again," can be very helpful to those in mourning.

Question 29

Bereaved people who have cared for someone they had feelings of ambivalence toward are at greater risk of psychological difficulties.

Question 30

Individuals who are more resilient are less likely to experience posttraumatic growth and do worse after death.

Question 31

What is the difference between primary and secondary control?

Question 32

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

Question 33

Provide one example of collaborative coping.

Question 34

Provide an example of problem-focused coping.

Question 35

What is resilience?

Question 36

Describe primary, secondary, and tertiary appraisal. How do they relate to stress-coping?

Question 37

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

Question 38

What is an advanced directive, and why does it matter?

Question 39

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

Question 40

Compare and contrast the stages of grief and the Duel Process Model.