Question 1

Explain the difference in problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping and provide an example of each, and describe under what stressful conditions each should be used to effectively cope.

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Question 2

Your friend tells you that psychosomatic disorders are just imaginary and the person should see a psychologist. Explain why your friend is mistaken regarding the seriousness of psychosomatic disorders, how seeing a psychologist who uses biofeedback may be a good idea, and how this technique has been able to alleviate certain types of psychosomatic disorders.

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Question 3

You would like to be a math teacher, but your parents would like you to use your math skills and get an MBA and work in a corporation or open your own business. There are advantages and disadvantages to all of these occupations. Explain what type of conflict you are experiencing, the common reactions to this type of conflict, and describe four ways of handling this conflict.

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Question 4

Explain the benefits of positive emotions and the advantages of being an optimist in life.

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Question 5

Identify the psychologist who popularized the stress management technique known as stress inoculation, and describe how you could utilize this technique to reduce stress.

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Question 6

List three of the bodily effects that are triggered by stress; and describe three techniques for reducing these effects.

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Question 7

Stress is often made worse by our misguided responses to it. Describe five ways that we can reduce this ineffective behavior, and, in turn, our stress.

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Question 8

Discuss how the "college blues," or mild depression, affects college students, four reasons many college students suffer from this mild depression, and two ways to combat the "college blues."

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Question 9

List and describe the two defense mechanisms that tend to have more beneficial outcomes and provide two examples of each of these positive defense mechanisms.

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Question 10

Compare the characteristics of a Type A personality and a Type B personality. Then describe what characteristics separate a hardy personality from a Type A, and who is more likely to have a heart attack.

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Question 11

Define learned helplessness, explain how one's attributions affect helplessness, and describe a technique for alleviating this condition.

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Quiz 13: Health, Stress, and Coping