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Stress/Coping (13)
Psych 111: Intro to Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| any circumstance that threatens or is perceived to threaten one's well-being. | Stress |
| has psychological and physiological components. | Stress |
| pursuit of a goal is presented. | Frustration |
| 2 or more competing and incompatible goals occur. | Conflict |
| 1) Approach-Approach 2) Avoidance-Avoidance 3) Approach-Avoidance | 3 Types of Conflict |
| a choice must be made between 2 desirable goals. | Approach-Approach |
| least stressful type of conflict. | Approach-Approach |
| have to make the decision or you don't get either. | Approach-Approach |
| Example: deciding between studying abroad over the summer or having an internship in DC, both desirable. | Approach-Approach |
| a choice must be made between 2 unattractive goals. | Avoidance-Avoidance |
| 2 unattractive options: she is annoying but you don't want to deal with the breakup. | Avoidance-Avoidance |
| Example: a boy wants to break up with his annoying girlfriend, but the thought of breaking up with her is just as annoying. | Avoidance-Avoidance |
| a choice must be made to achieve a goal which has both "+" and "-" attributes. | Approach-Avoidance |
| Example: on a cold morning do you stay in bed (since it's freezing and it will be awful to walk to class) or miss the notes from class? | Approach-Avoidance |
| any notable difference in one's life which requires adaptation. | Change |
| "+" and "-" _______ can be stressful | Change |
| Social Readjustment Scale | Holmes + Rahe |
| 100 points | Death of a Spouse -- Social Readjustment Scale |
| 45 points | Marital Reconciliation -- Social Readjustment Scale |
| 38 points | Change in Financial Status -- Social Readjustment Scale |
| expectations or demands that one behave in a certain manner. | Pressure |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | Selye |
| all types of stressful situations lead to a similar stress response consisting of 3 stages. | General Adaptation Syndrome |
| Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion | 3 Stages: General Adaptation Syndrome |
| body releases adrenal hormones, sympathetic nervous system is activated. | Alarm |
| Ex: realizing "there's an exam next week in orgo! I haven't studied yet!" | Alarm |
| body is on "high" alert. | Resistance |
| Ex: body doesn't get the chance to settle down because after Orgo, is the Stats exam, and then the Psych paper is due! | Resistance |
| increased physiological vulnerability to stress. | Exhaustion |
| Ex: after the resistance, the body is overworked, more vulnerable of getting sick! | Exhaustion |
| studied stress in terms of the "daily hassles". | Kanner |
| said the sum of total mundane life tasks combine to create significant levels of stress. | Kanner |
| Parents think: did I pay the water bill? I haven't picked up stamps, and I need to help my kids with math hw but I can't multiply fractions, and I need to get dinner for tonight, but Johnny won't eat chicken and I already made the chicken! | Kanner |
| what strategies you use to buffer against the stress cycle. | Coping |
| active efforts to master, reduce, or accept the demands created by stress. | Coping |
| adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies exist. | Coping |
| not everything people do to help them when they are stressed are the best solutions. | Coping |
| doesn't really help but helps in the moment. | Maladaptive Coping |
| harmful to some who is verbally/physically targeted, who is not actually the "object" of the hostility. | Displaced Aggression |
| Example: go to dinner at Mother in Law's and she says mean things to you but you don't say anything in return, the next day at work, you project your anger on a co-worker. | Displaced Aggression |
| release of emotional tension. | Catharsis |
| Example: taking the anger out on a pillow, only temporarily helpful. | Catharsis |
| compensate for deprived/frustrated feelings by trying to promote a feeling of satisfaction in another area. | Self Indulgence |
| Example: when Oreos make you feel less stressed! going shopping for shoes! (may make someone feel better, but doesn't solve the problem). | Self Indulgence |
| Compensation, Denial, Fantasy, Identification, Sublimation | Defense Mechanisms |
| counteracting a real or imagined weakness by emphasizing desirable traits or seeing to excel in other areas. | Compensation |
| protecting oneself from an unpleasant reality by refusing to perceive it. | Denial |
| fulfilling unmet desires in imagined achievements or activities. | Fantasy |
| taking on some of the characteristics of an admired person, usually as a way of compensating for perceived personal weakness. | Identification |
| working off unmet desires or unacceptable impulses. | Sublimation |
| healthy efforts to deal with a stressful event making a person more resilient to the stressor(s) or eliminating the stressful circumstance. | Constructive Coping Strategies |
| how to change the situation that has created the problem. | Problem Focused Coping |
| Example: what do you do to get the kids to school on time? Mornings are always stressful with kids running around getting ready! Instead, we don't go to bed at night unless bags are packed and next to the door and outfits are picked out beforehand! | Problem Focused Coping |
| how to change perceptions/reactions to the situation. | Emotion Focused Coping |
| put it into perspective, figure out what's important. | Emotion Focused Coping |
| Example: it's only elementary school, lets stop worrying about it, lets find your shoes, and its not that big of a deal! | Emotion Focused Coping |
| people with more "+" outlooks handles stress better. | Optimism |
| Example: it's better to see the glass as 1/2 full! people who are optimistic handle stress better, trying to help pessimists find optimism. | Optimism |
| presence of social support provide adaptive coping/release from pressures. | Social Supports |
| Example: having a friend help you out on a crummy day makes life easier. "family dinners" are anti-drug, really important to kids. | Social Supports |
| sense of self-efficacy/tools to respond to stressors and feeling of being stressed. | Constructive Coping Strategies |
| Individual, Familiar, External. | Variables that indicate how kids will do in stressful situations |
| gender: males are more vulnerable. age: younger kids more than older kids, temperament. | Individual Variables |
| whether or not a kid has loving supportive parents, strong financial abilities or not . | Familiar Variables |
| whether or not a kid has a good teacher looking out for the, or a member of a sports team; what other variables in the community are there. | External Variables |
| competitive, impatient, more prone to aggression. | Type A Personalities |
| more relaxed, easy going, less quick to anger. | Type B Personalities |
| stress and personality styles interact with _________. | Health |
| have 2x the risk of heart disease. | Type A Personalities |
| lowers/decreases body's immune response. | Stress |
| more likely to get sick in _____ situations. | Stressful |
| smoking, poor nutritional habits, lack of exercise and alcohol/drug use. | Health issues associated with stress |
| public health issues related to road rage. | Road Rage=Stress |
| deep breathing; used to identify and reduce stress (can be effective). | Therapeutic Interventions |
| can reduce stress, serves to improve physiological + psychological well-being. | Exercise |
| shown to reduce stress. | Pets + Plants |
| Example: petting an animal has been shown to reduce high blood pressure. | Pets + Plants |
| the enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event (war, car accident, abuse, tornado, rape, chronic stress conditions). | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| this experience can effect a person on many different levels. | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| replaying or recurrent thoughts of trauma, phobic avoidance of similar places, oversensitivity to sounds/increased startle reaction, nervousness, increased irritability/aggressiveness, blunted emotion: numbness/helplessness, sleep disturbance. | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| cognitive misperceptions, decreased sense of trust, less future oriented. | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| kids who indicated they watched a lot of TV reported significantly more "-" reactions. | 9/11 |
| parents who reported more "-" reactions also noted greater "-" reactions by their kids. These kids also identified significantly more "-" reactions and stress active coping/relief efforts weren't seen to significantly decrease anxiety. | 9/11 |
| may be more stressed kids sought out ways to reduce stress, still recommended. | 9/11 |
| non-accidental physical attack on or injury to kids by people caring for them. | Child Abuse |
| absence of adequate social, emotional, and physical care. | Child Neglect |
| bruises, welts, contusions, complains of beating/maltreatment, frequently arrives early/stays after school, inadequate dress for weather, always tired, hostile, aggressive, disruptive, destructive, shy, withdrawn, passive, overly compliant. | Characteristics/Symptoms of Abuse |
| shows little concern for kid, denies existence of/blames kid for problem at school or home, requests harsh discipline for kid, see kid as bad, worthless, burdensome. | Parent Symptoms of Abuse |
| rarely touch/look at each other, consider relationship negatively, state openly that they don't like each other. | Parent-Child Interactions Indicating Possible Abuse |
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