Deck 5: A: Coping With Stress

Question 1

Blaming others instead of yourself for a failed project would be indicative of your:

A) coping style.
B) cognitive style.
C) defense mechanisms.
D) explanatory style.

Answer 1

explanatory style.

Question 2

Psychiatrist Steven Wolin formulated his concept of resilience from interviews with:

A) children whose parents were divorced.
B) children who had been abandoned by their parents.
C) children of alcoholics.
D) black,lower socioeconomic class children.

Answer 2

children who had been abandoned by their parents.

Question 3

Zach attributes the cause of his failure in his psychology course as being due to himself,that he will fail in other areas of his life,and that failure in other areas will be a life-long occurrence.Thomas evidently has:

A) a negative explanatory style.
B) developed learned helplessness.
C) biological resilience.
D) a self-handicapping personality.

Answer 3

a negative explanatory style.

Question 4

____________ is the belief that we make our own decisions and determine what we do or what others do to us.

A) Regulatory control
B) Learned helplessness
C) Personal control
D) Optimism

Question 5

An intervention that aims at replacing maladaptive,self-defeating thoughts with healthier adaptive thinking is called:

A) stress inoculation training.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) cognitive restructuring.
D) reconceptualization.

Question 6

When confronted with stressful situations,hardy people are:

A) less likely to view themselves as choosing to live challenging lives.
B) less likely to see stressful events as enriching their lives.
C) more likely to reappraise negative conditions as positive ones.
D) strive to solve their problems with avoidant strategies.

Question 7

While men display greater increases in ____________ in response to stress,women exhibit an increase in ____________ in response to stress.

A) cortisol;noradrenaline
B) catecholamines;glucocorticoids
C) glucocorticoids;catecholamines
D) adrenaline;noradrenaline

Question 8

Research studies have linked threat appraisals with:

A) enhanced vascular responses.
B) increased cardiac output.
C) increased myocardial reactivity.
D) increased heart rate.

Question 9

The personality style that is associated with viewing the everyday demands of life as challenges rather than as threats is known as:

A) optimism.
B) rationality.
C) hardiness.
D) resilience.

Question 10

Mindfulness training seems to increase activity in the:

A) hypothalamus.
B) pituitary gland.
C) prefrontal cortex.
D) amygdala.

Question 11

In _______ coping,people use behavioral and cognitive strategies to manage their emotional reactions to stress.

A) emotion-focused
B) proactive
C) combative
D) problem-focused

Question 12

According to the _________ hypothesis,social support mitigates stress indirectly by providing resources to help the individual cope more effectively.

A) direct effect
B) optimum level of arousal
C) social arousal
D) buffering

Question 13

Which is NOT one of the mechanisms by which pessimism might shorten life?

A) Pessimists experience more unpleasant events.
B) Pessimists are less likely to comply with medical regimens.
C) Pessimists are more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
D) Pessimists have a weaker immune system.

Question 14

Janine has failed the nursing exam three times and feels like there is nothing she can do to pass it.Some would say that Janine has learned to be:

A) hardy.
B) helpless.
C) realistic.
D) pessimistic.

Question 15

Rumination refers to:

A) the ability to control emotions and behaviors.
B) being overly dependent on others.
C) thinking obsessively about stressful experiences.
D) believing that you have no control over a stressful situation.