PSYC 1101 ACHIEVE CHAPTER 11

Liz loses her well-paid executive position in a round of corporate downsizing. She spends the evening becoming intoxicated in a seedy bar across town. Liz is demonstrating _____ coping.

emotion-focused

stressor

event or object that is the source of stress; any threat or challenge to a person

With respect to the study of stress reactions, Cannon is to Selye as _____ is to _____.

fight-or-flight response; general adaptation syndrome

Lupe examines how social support may buffer the negative effects of stigma on the well-being of HIV-positive gay men of color. Lupe is MOST likely a _____ psychologist.

health

Studies have shown that people who are easily angered to even small amounts of stress are more prone to:

heart attacks.

Researchers use the term ______ to describe findings that good and bad events temporarily affect our happiness, but we return to a set point of well-being relatively quickly.

hedonic treadmill

biofeedback

in stress management, displaying a person's own physiological measurements so that the person can become aware of the body's reaction to stress or relaxation

Selma participated in a research project in college, and she was identified as being less happy than average. During a follow-up study 20 years later, researchers found all of these EXCEPT Selma was:

less likely to have met all of her life goals than her happy peers.

Diener and colleagues surveyed thousands of U.S. college students in 1976, then restudied them at age 37. They found that happy students had gone on to earn more money than their less happy peers. This study BEST exemplifies _____ research.

longitudinal

With respect to the immune system, stress:

may increase or decrease the system's activity.

Attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way one interacts with the stressor is known as _____ coping.

problem-focused

NK cells are cells that:

pursue and destroy diseased cells in the body.

Nadine believes she is less successful than most of her social media friends. This perception BEST illustrates the concept of:

relative deprivation.

The ability to bounce back from adversity is called _____.

resilience

Joe has been in treatment for lung cancer for the past 11 months but has described himself as thankful and happy for every day that he has. The personal strength that has helped him to cope can be described as:

resilience.

When faced with a stressor, one's brain sounds an alarm and activates one's _____ nervous system.

sympathetic

stress

the body's response to a threat or challenge

__________ levels are thought to be responsible for our long-term mood, or how happy we are on a day-to-day basis.

Serotonin

Misplacing one's keys is an example of a type of stressor called a(n):

daily hassle.

Practicing mindfulness _____ activity in the brain's amygdala and _____ activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex.

decreases; increases

mindfulness meditation

directs your attention to muscle tension and breathing rate, calming both you and your brain

Joseph has been experiencing financial problems associated with his recent divorce. He was able to save $300 from his tips, but because he could not pay off his bills, he decided to purchase a flat screen television to help him take his mind off his stress. This is an example of _____ coping.

emotion-focused

A stressor is a:

challenging or threatening event.

Jim has been taking medication and going to psychotherapy to treat his depressive symptoms. Which of these would enhance his treatment?

aerobic exercise

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many people from around the country went to New York City to lend aid. This response to stress is an example of:

a tend-and-befriend response.

Which person is the BEST example of a Type A personality?

Andre, a competitive, easily angered journalist

Jenny's mother sets Jenny's clothes out the night before school. Her father allows Jenny to choose the clothes that she wants to wear. Jenny's grandmother noticed that Jenny was more cooperative with her father than with her mother when getting ready for school. Which of these is the MOST likely explanation?

Jenny experiences more personal control when her father gets her ready for school.

Jim recently received a large inheritance from a distant relative. Based on research, it can be expected that:

Jim will initially be happy but will then adjust and need more to be happy.

Which statement is true about wealth?

Once you have enough money for basic needs and a sense of control, more money does not add happiness.

_______ is released when we experience positive social interactions.

Oxytocin

Sandy is a human resources director for a chain of fast-food restaurants. When interviewing prospective employees, Sandy is known to finish their sentences and to be very short with them if they do not finish a sentence quickly. According to Friedman and colleagues, which of these would be accurate of Sandy?

Sandy is a Type A personality.

Alan reluctantly decided to take a long-awaited trip to New Zealand. What is most disturbing to him is that he must leave his pet monkey behind. There is a pet hotel in the city that has agreed to take him. Should Alan worry about him?

Yes. Monkeys under stress due to social disruptions have weakened immune systems.

problem-focused coping

an approach to managing stress that directly targets the stressor, attempting to remove or reduce the source of the stress

emotion-focused coping

an approach to managing stress that targets the negative emotions produced by the stress, attempting to remove ore reduce those emotions

NK cells are to macrophages as _____ is to _____

attacking diseased cells; destroying worn-out cells

Oksana can't decide whether to file her taxes or start a written assignment for one of her college courses. Neither option seems appealing. Oksana is facing a(n) _____ conflict.

avoidance-avoidance