6.1 Introduction
6.2 Stress and Illness
6.3 Stress Manage
6.4 Social Factors
Studies
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Everyone experiences stress. true or false
true
100
Name the biological systems involved in stress. Bonus: name the hormones involved as well
autonomic nervous system/sympathetic and parasympathetic system Endocrine epinephrine, norepinephrine, corticosteriods, cortisol, catecholamines
100
All people react the same to stress and cope the same ways. True or False
False
100
Dealing with stress has so many factors that it really depends on the individual how they react and deal with stress. True or false.
What is True
100
Explain the Morrow (1992) study about cancer and systematic desensitisation.
Cancer patients reported being nauseous an average of 15 hours longer if they did not have the therapy.
200
What is the difference between distress and eustress?
distress is stress that harms and damages the individual and eustress is benificical and helps the person perform thier best.
200
Name 2 phsiological measures and 2 behavioural measures of stress
blood test, urine test, heart rate, breathing, sweating voice tone, rate of speech, aggression,
200
Describe emotion and problem focused strategies in detail. Name some exaples of each.
planful problem solving, confronting, seeking assistance, direct action, logical analysis positive appraisal, accepting responsibility, avoidance, praying, humour, distraction
200
Support from a lot of people is helpful. True or false?
Depends on whether they see it as support or not.
200
Explain the Billings and Moos (1981) study about problem focused and emotion focused strategies
Overall problem focused was used more but women used emotion focused more than men. The strategy they picked depends on gender and the type of event
300
Name 2 physiological aspects of stress and 2 psychological aspects of stress.
dry mouth, butterflies, or sweating anxiety, fear, or nervous laughter
300
Name all the self-report measures we discussed in class.
holmes and rahe life stressors with scores, Precieved stress scale(PSS), Stress appraisal measure (SAM), hassel scale
300
Name the 5 defence mechanisms and explain each one.
refer to pg.173
300
Social support over a number of years reduces stress and helps you live longer. True or False?
What is True.
300
Explain the study by Kobasa on hardiness.
Managers who were high stress and high hardiness got ill less than managers who were high stress and low hardiness.
400
Explain transactional method.
Starts with an exteral stressful event and then the person makes an primary appraisal and decides if the event is stressful. If it is then they make a secondary appraisal on if they can cope with the stress.
400
Eplain the 3 types of persoanlity a person can have and name the illnesses that go with each.
Type A-compeptitive, self-critial, goal oriented, time urgency, angry, hostile (heart attack) Type B- opposite of A Type C-passive, umcomplaining, compliant (depression, NOT cancer, oops)
400
Explain systematic desensitisation.
gradual exposure to the stressor. Condition calm resonses to replace fear. Stimulus hierarchy put in place. Example of elevator.
400
Explain the Sosa study about women in labour.
Women with social suppot found labour more bearable and labour was shorter.
400
Explain the study by Glass and Singer (1972) about the effect of nose on a cognitive task.
Students who were stressed by noise perfomed slower and less accurately than the no noise group
500
Who introduced the transactional model
Who is Lazarus
500
Explain hardiness and the 3 main traits that are associated with it.
It protects and helps people cope with stress. Commitment, challenges, and control (interal locus of control)
500
Name and explain the two types of cognitive therapy that help stress.
rational-emotive therapy-event blown out of proportion, replaces negative thoughts with positive ones. stress inoculation training-conceptualisation, skills aquired and practised, applying skills to situation
500
Name the 5 types of social support and explain them.
Refer to pg.179
500
Explain the Willis study about stress and cortisol levels
The corisol levels rose during stressful situations and fell when the even was over
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