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Stress Management
Chapters 13-16
Question | Answer |
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Creative Problem Solving | A coping technique; utilizing creative abilities to describe a problem, generate ideas, select and refine a solution, implement the solution, and evaluate its effectiveness. |
Time Management | The prioritization, scheduling, and execution of daily responsibilities to a level of personal satisfaction. Effective use does not mean you have more time; it means you make better use of the time you have. |
Tme Mapping | A time-management technique; breaking down the day into fifteen- to thirty-minute segments and assigning a task or responsibility to each segment. |
Self-hypnosis | A form of relaxation; an individual provides himself/herself with suggestions to relax (as with the suggestions of autogenics) as opposed to having someone else provide the suggestions. |
Information Seeking | A common coping technique; searching for detailed information to increase awareness about a situation that has become a perceived threat. |
Suppoetive-expressive Group Therapy | A term coined by Dr. David Spiegel for women with breast cancer to share their experiences, grief, and healing with others going through the same experience. |
Social Support | A coping technique; those groups of friends, family members, and others whose company acts to buffer against and dissipate the negative effects of stress. |
Social Engineering | A coping technique; either (1) changing stress-producing factors in the environment or (2) changing the entire stress-producing environment; the path of least resistance (as distinguished from avoidance). |