Question 1

Your text suggests that researchers have wondered, "Does social support help people physically as well as emotionally?" Based on your knowledge from reading the text, answer this question by summarizing research presented in your text concerning the physical benefits of social support.

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Question 2

Define stress as proposed by Selye (1956, 1976) and describe the limits of using stress inventories to measure stress.

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Question 3

Contrast the definition of stress used by Holmes and Rahe (1967) with the definition used by Lazarus (1966) in his approach to studying stress.

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Question 4

Explain what is meant by internal and external locus of control. Then, imagine that a person is in a car accident. How would someone with an internal locus of control explain the accident? How would someone with an external locus of control explain the same event?

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Question 5

Based on research about perception of control with nursing home residents, what three things could the director of housing do to give college students who reside in dormitories a greater perception of control, and so help them be healthier and happier?

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Question 6

Given daily and even more major life stressors, explain how people respond to daily hassles and major life altering events.

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Question 7

Pennebaker and Beale (1986) and Pennebaker (1997) demonstrated the benefits of writing about a traumatic event. Describe the short-term effects versus the long-term benefits of writing for people coping with negative life events.

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Question 8

Explain differences in social support in collectivistic cultures versus individualistic cultures.

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Question 9

Rodin and Langer (1976) as well as Schutz and Hanusa (1976) conducted field experiments in which nursing home residents were provided more control over their situations, and found those residents with greater control were happier and healthier. When assessing the long-term effects of the intervention, unlike Rodin and Langer (1976), Schutz and Hanusa (1978) found that those elderly participants who had earlier been allowed to schedule visits with college students actually had more health problems and higher mortality rates than those participants who had never had control over the visits. Explain these apparently contradictory findings.

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Question 10

Using the information presented in your text on perception of control, describe three things you would do as the director of a nursing home to give your residents a greater sense of control, and help your residents live longer, feel happier, and be healthier

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Question 11

Describe gender differences in coping with stress. Discuss why such differences might exist, and the implications for health.

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Quiz 15: Social Psychology and Health