psych 2035 final (test banks)
emerging consensus among contemporary researchers is that stress is - ANS a special stimulus
response transaction in which one feel threatened or experiences loss or harm
one accepted definition of stress is - ANS any circumstance that threatens well being and taxes coping
abilities
what is true regarding the nature of stress - ANS routine hassles may have significant negative effects
on mental and physical health
research findings on minor hassles suggest that the effects of stress are - ANS cumulative or additive
whether or not an event is stressful is most likely to depend on - ANS how one appraises and adapts to
the event
primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is - ANS relevant and stressful
secondary appraisal involves - ANS evaluating your coping resources and options for dealing with stress
the notion that stress lies in the eye of the beholder suggests that - ANS people's appraisals of stressful
events are highly subjective
crowding and noise have been identified as sources of - ANS ambient stress that have been found to be
correlated with elevated stress hormones
the term ambient stress refers to - ANS chronic environmental conditions that place adaptive demands
on people
,wha that been a major source of stress in many urban areas like Northern India - ANS crowding
what is a significant cause of stress for immigrants - ANS overt interracial conflict
one challenge faced by members of ethnic minorities in dealing with everyday discrimination is tha
manifestations of such discrimination are often - ANS ambiguous
acute stressors - ANS are threatening events that have a relatively short duration and clear endpoint
threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no apparent time limit are referred to as -
ANS chronic stressors
dealing with a rude store clerk and waiting for results of an examination are two examples of - ANS
acute stressors
which of the following is not a amor source of stress described in your textbook - ANS socialization
the four major types of stress described in textbook are - ANS frustration, internal conflict, pressure
and change
according to psychologists, frustration occurs when - ANS the pursuit of some goal is thwarted
which of the following is a common kind of frustration leading to stress - ANS losses
internal conflict occurs when - ANS two incompatible behavioural impulses compete for expression
,generally which kind of conflict tends to be the least stressful - ANS approach-approach
you want to ask someone for a date, but are afraid of being rejected, with type of conflict applies to
your situation - ANS approach-avoidance
you are a talented artist and good at mathematics, you enjoy both and don't know which to major in at
collect, what type of conflict applies to your situation - ANS approach-approach
approach avoidance conflicts often produce - ANS vacillation
research supports a previous theory that internal conflicts generate considerable psychological stress,
theorist who proposed this was - ANS freud
what are noticeable alteration in one's life circumstances - ANS life changes
holmes and race concluded that change is stressful - ANS whether it is undesirable or desirable
social readjustment rating scale was designed to measure - ANS change-related stress
research with social readjustment rating scale has shown that people with higher scores - ANS are
vulnerable to physical and psychological problems
current research indicates that - ANS we have little reason to believe that change is inevitably stressful
whenever others expect you to conform to their expectations or perform in certain ways, you tend to
experience - ANS pressure
, which of the following researches designs da scale to measure pressure as a form of life stress - ANS
Wayne weiten
whiten's research on stressful effects of pressure indicates that there is a strong relationship between
pressure - ANS and a variety of psychological problems
according to research Janet has found studying for finals and her graduate exams so stressful that the
only behavior not likely to occur is - ANS increased concentration
psychologists study responses to stress at which of the following levels - ANS behaviours, emotional
and physiological
what are largely uncontrollable and accompanied by physiological changes - ANS emotions
research findings indicate that subjective cognitive appraisals may influences what sort of response to
stressors - ANS emotional responses
research suggests that positive emotional reactions to stress may have the adaptive quality of enhancing
- ANS social, intellectual and physical resources
ruth has been dealing with the losss of her home in a fire, according to lazarus' research, ruth is most
likely to experience - ANS both positive and negative emotions
correlation between test related anxiety and exam performance is through to be - ANS negative
optimal level of arousals is related to - ANS complexity of the task
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