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OBHR 330 Exam 2 (Purdue)Stress - correct answer ✔✔A psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes for the
person and that tax or exceed the person's capacity or resources
Work stress - correct answer ✔✔Response to stimuli on the job that lead to negative consequences,
physical or psychological, to the other people who are exposed to them
What are one of the biggest threats of mental health? - correct answer ✔✔Stress
What are some stress responses? - correct answer ✔✔Increased heart rate, increased respiration, blood
goes to muscle tissues, eyes dilate
Stressor - correct answer ✔✔Situations that cause stress
Strain - correct answer ✔✔Negative consequences that occur because of stress
Stress is felt the same by everyone. True or False and why? - correct answer ✔✔False, people differ in
the ways they perceive and evaluate stressors and how they cope with them. Therefore, two different
people could be faced with the same situation and yet experience different stress levels
Karasek's Demand-Control Model - correct answer ✔✔In Karasek's model, workplace stress is a function
of how demanding a person's job is and how much control the person has over their own
responsibilities. This creates four kinds of jobs: passive, active, low strain and high strain.
Transactional Theory of Stress - correct answer ✔✔A theory that explains how stressful demands are
perceived and appraised, as well as how people respond to the perceptions and appraisals. First go
through primary appraisal, then secondary appraisal. If missing one of the appraisals, no stress in
response
Primary & Secondary Appraisals - correct answer ✔✔Primary: Is this stressful?
,Secondary: How do I cope?
Hinderance Stressors - correct answer ✔✔Stressors that tend to be appraised as thwarting progress
toward growth and achievement
Challenge Stressors - correct answer ✔✔Stressors that tend to be appraised as opportunities for growth
and achievement
Hinderance-Work Stressors - correct answer ✔✔-Role Conflict
-Role Ambiguity
-Role Overload
-Daily Hassles
Role Conflict - correct answer ✔✔When others have conflicting expectations of what an individual needs
to do
Role Ambiguity - correct answer ✔✔When an individual has a lack of direction and information about
what needs to be done
Role Overload - correct answer ✔✔When an employee has too many demands to work effectively
Daily Hassles - correct answer ✔✔Minor day-to-day demands that interfere with work accomplishment
Hinderance-Nonwork Stressors - correct answer ✔✔-Work-Family Conflict
-Negative Life Events
-Financial Uncertainty
Work-Family Conflict - correct answer ✔✔A form of role conflict in which the demands of a work role
hinder the fulfillment of the demands in a family role (or vice versa)
, Negative life events - correct answer ✔✔An extreme event that is perceived as a universal stressor
associated with negative emotions (divorce, death, etc.)
Financial Uncertainty - correct answer ✔✔Concern/uncertainty about ability to have money to pay
expenses (now or in the future)
Challenge-Work Stressors - correct answer ✔✔-Time Pressure
-Work Complexity
-Work Responsibility
Time Pressure - correct answer ✔✔The sense that the amount of time allotted to do a job is not quite
enough
Work Complexity - correct answer ✔✔The degree to which job requirements tax or just exceed
employee capabilities
Work Responsibility - correct answer ✔✔The number and importance of the obligations that an
employee has to others
Challenge-Nonwork Stressors - correct answer ✔✔-Family-Time Demands
-Personal Development
-Positive Life Events
Family Time Demand - correct answer ✔✔Time that a person commits to participating in family activities
Personal Development - correct answer ✔✔Participation in extra-curricular activities to foster personal
growth (outside of home and work, like sports or music lessons)
Positive Life Events - correct answer ✔✔Positive changes that add to responsibilities and the positive
emotions that are associated with it (marriage, birth, etc.)
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