PSYCH 2000 – EXAM 2 - KNAPP (LSU)
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH
CORRECT ANSWER CH. 4,5,6
\.a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness.
Hardy individuals are take-charge people who revel in life's challenges. Hardy
people react to stressors with optimism, convinced that they can respond
effectively. - ANSWERS✔-Hardiness
\.Stress - ANSWERS✔-the response to events that threaten or challenge an
individual.
\.What psychologist explained that people will move through a series of stages
that determine whether they will experience stress. - ANSWERS✔-Lazarus and
Folkman
\.Step 1 of determining how to deal with stress:
The individuals assessment of an even to determine whether its implications are
positive, negative, or neutral.
If a person sees the event as primarily negative, he or she appraises it in terms of
the harm that it has caused in the past, how threatening it is likely to be, and how
likely it is that the challenge can be resisted successfully.
,Ex: you are likely to feel differently about an upcoming french test if you passed
the last one with flying colors than you would if you did poorly. - ANSWERS✔-
Primary appraisal
\.Step 2 of determining how to deal with stress:
The person's answer to the question, "can I handle it"?- an assessment of whether
the coping abilities and resources on hand are adequate.
Ex: If resources are lacking and the threat is great, But if you cant afford the fine,
the stress is greater. - ANSWERS✔-Secondary appraisal
\.According to taylor this characteristic of event produces what?
· Events and circumstances that produce negative emotions - for example, dealing
with the illness of a loved one produces more stress than planning for the
adoption of a new baby. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Situations that are uncontrollable or unpredictable - for example, professors who
give surprise quizzes produce more stress than those who schedule them in
advance. - ANSWERS✔-stress
\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Events and circumstances that are ambiguous and confusing - for example, a new
job that does not have a clear job description is likely to produce more stress than
a well-defined position. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
,\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Having to simultaneously accomplish many tasks that strain a person's
capabilities - for example, a graduate student who is expecting her first child the
same month she is scheduled to submit her dissertation is likely to feel more
stress than a student with less on her agenda. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
\.U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. -
ANSWERS✔-No child left behind act
\.Increased amounts of homework often mean decreased amounts of physical,
social, and emotional development. Also, studies show little to no academic
advantage to homework before about the 5th grade. No 2nd grader should be
crying over homework! - ANSWERS✔-
\.Sleep-deprived teens are an increasingly common sight. Why aren't adolescents
getting enough sleep? - ANSWERS✔-This deprivation coincides in adolescence
with a shift in their internal clocks. Older adolescents have a need to go to bed
later and to sleep later in the morning.
\.Sleep deprivation affects attention, memory, cognition, and response time. -
ANSWERS✔-
\.Jobs, raising a family, long-term relationships, and retirement can all be sources
of stress. - ANSWERS✔-stresses of adult hood
, \.many people in middle age are raising their children while simultaneously
providing care for their aging parents (work which is more likely to be done by
daughters than sons). - ANSWERS✔-Sandwich generation
\.The study of the relationship among the brain, the immune system, and
psychological factors - have examined in the outcomes of stress. - ANSWERS✔-
Psychoneuroimmunology -(PNI)
\.medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological, emotional, and
physical difficulties. For instance, ulcers, asthma, arthritis, and high blood pressure
may sometimes be produced by stress. - ANSWERS✔-Psychosomatic disorders
\.effect of stress:
-Elevated blood pressure
-Decrease in immune system functioning
-Increased hormonal activity
-Psychophysiological conditions - ANSWERS✔-Direct Physiological Effects
\.effect of stress:
-Increased use of nicotine and alcohol
-Decreased nutrition
-Decreased sleep
-Increased drug use - ANSWERS✔-Harmful Behaviors
\.effect of stress:
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH
CORRECT ANSWER CH. 4,5,6
\.a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness.
Hardy individuals are take-charge people who revel in life's challenges. Hardy
people react to stressors with optimism, convinced that they can respond
effectively. - ANSWERS✔-Hardiness
\.Stress - ANSWERS✔-the response to events that threaten or challenge an
individual.
\.What psychologist explained that people will move through a series of stages
that determine whether they will experience stress. - ANSWERS✔-Lazarus and
Folkman
\.Step 1 of determining how to deal with stress:
The individuals assessment of an even to determine whether its implications are
positive, negative, or neutral.
If a person sees the event as primarily negative, he or she appraises it in terms of
the harm that it has caused in the past, how threatening it is likely to be, and how
likely it is that the challenge can be resisted successfully.
,Ex: you are likely to feel differently about an upcoming french test if you passed
the last one with flying colors than you would if you did poorly. - ANSWERS✔-
Primary appraisal
\.Step 2 of determining how to deal with stress:
The person's answer to the question, "can I handle it"?- an assessment of whether
the coping abilities and resources on hand are adequate.
Ex: If resources are lacking and the threat is great, But if you cant afford the fine,
the stress is greater. - ANSWERS✔-Secondary appraisal
\.According to taylor this characteristic of event produces what?
· Events and circumstances that produce negative emotions - for example, dealing
with the illness of a loved one produces more stress than planning for the
adoption of a new baby. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Situations that are uncontrollable or unpredictable - for example, professors who
give surprise quizzes produce more stress than those who schedule them in
advance. - ANSWERS✔-stress
\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Events and circumstances that are ambiguous and confusing - for example, a new
job that does not have a clear job description is likely to produce more stress than
a well-defined position. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
,\.According to taylor this characteristics of event produces what?
· Having to simultaneously accomplish many tasks that strain a person's
capabilities - for example, a graduate student who is expecting her first child the
same month she is scheduled to submit her dissertation is likely to feel more
stress than a student with less on her agenda. - ANSWERS✔-Stress
\.U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. -
ANSWERS✔-No child left behind act
\.Increased amounts of homework often mean decreased amounts of physical,
social, and emotional development. Also, studies show little to no academic
advantage to homework before about the 5th grade. No 2nd grader should be
crying over homework! - ANSWERS✔-
\.Sleep-deprived teens are an increasingly common sight. Why aren't adolescents
getting enough sleep? - ANSWERS✔-This deprivation coincides in adolescence
with a shift in their internal clocks. Older adolescents have a need to go to bed
later and to sleep later in the morning.
\.Sleep deprivation affects attention, memory, cognition, and response time. -
ANSWERS✔-
\.Jobs, raising a family, long-term relationships, and retirement can all be sources
of stress. - ANSWERS✔-stresses of adult hood
, \.many people in middle age are raising their children while simultaneously
providing care for their aging parents (work which is more likely to be done by
daughters than sons). - ANSWERS✔-Sandwich generation
\.The study of the relationship among the brain, the immune system, and
psychological factors - have examined in the outcomes of stress. - ANSWERS✔-
Psychoneuroimmunology -(PNI)
\.medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological, emotional, and
physical difficulties. For instance, ulcers, asthma, arthritis, and high blood pressure
may sometimes be produced by stress. - ANSWERS✔-Psychosomatic disorders
\.effect of stress:
-Elevated blood pressure
-Decrease in immune system functioning
-Increased hormonal activity
-Psychophysiological conditions - ANSWERS✔-Direct Physiological Effects
\.effect of stress:
-Increased use of nicotine and alcohol
-Decreased nutrition
-Decreased sleep
-Increased drug use - ANSWERS✔-Harmful Behaviors
\.effect of stress:
