Anxiety

Question 1

What are the 3 components of stress?

Answer 1

1) frustration
2) conflict
3) pressure

Question 2

What defines frustration? (2)

Answer 2

1) attainment of goal blocked

2) goal itself missing

Question 3

What are the 3 types of conflict?

Answer 3

1) approach-avoid (want to approach but blocked)
2) approach-approach
3) avoid-avoid

Question 4

What defines conflicts?

Answer 4

forced choice between two things

Question 5

What are the 2 types of pressure?

Answer 5

internally imposed (set by you)
externally imposed

Question 6

What does pressure shape?

Answer 6

behaviour

Question 7

What are 4 important factors of stress?

Answer 7

1) nature of the stress
2) perception
3) stress tolerance
4) external resources

Question 8

What are factors that determine the nature of stress?

Answer 8

• severity
• duration
• imminence
• simultaneous stressors

Question 9

What is the Sandwich Generation?

Answer 9

simultaneous stressors

Question 10

How does one acquire hardiness?

Answer 10

• genetic

- some extent can be learned

Question 11

What was a common factor in immigrant suicide cases?

Answer 11

didn’t have social support network (external resources)

therefore increased stress

Question 12

What are the 3 stages of Hans-Seyle’s General Adaption Syndrome?

Answer 12

1) alarm
2) resistance
3) exhaustion

Question 13

What is the Eastern Hypothesis?

Answer 13

exclude irrelevant stimuli & increase attention when stressed

Question 14

What is inhibited in the alarm stage of GAS?

Answer 14

• non essential processes (growth, immune system)

Question 15

What is elicited in the alarm stage of GAS?

Answer 15

improved perception

analgesia

Question 16

What happens in the resistance phase of GAS?

Answer 16

body returns back to normal, withdraw from society

Question 17

What happens in the exhaustion phase of GAS?

Answer 17

resources are depleted
cog. functioning compromised
decrease immune system, increase BP & tiredness

Question 18

What is anxiety & what is it caused by?

Answer 18

emotional state caused by stress, unpredictability about future

Question 19

What is rumination?

Answer 19

constant dwelling on problem

Question 20

What is the difference between state & trait anxiety?

Answer 20

state: varies (before exam)
trait: personality trait

Question 21

How is state anxiety evaluated?

Answer 21

TAQ (test anxiety questionnaire)

Question 22

How is trait anxiety evaluated?

Answer 22

TAS (test anxiety scale)

Question 23

How is anxiety assessed? (2 inventories)

Answer 23

1) Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI)

2) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Question 24

What is concurrent validity? Is it high for trait or state for STAI?

Answer 24

• correlation b.w other anxiety assessments (HIGH for trait))

Question 25

What is discriminant validity? Is it highfor trait or state for STAI?

Answer 25

- tests whether concepts that seem unrelated are truly unrelated (HIGH for state)

Question 26

Is reliability high or low on the STAI?

Answer 26

HIGH - trait | LOW - state (expected)

Question 27

How are responses measured on the STAI?

Answer 27

- 4 pt scale

Question 28

How are responses measured on the BAI?

Answer 28

- self report, paper & pencil test

Question 29

Is reliability high or low on the BAI?

Answer 29

HIGH 0.92

Question 30

Is validity high or low on the BAI?

Answer 30

HIGH content criterion construct

Question 31

Why was the BAI developed?

Answer 31

to distinguish b/w ANXIETY and DEPRESSION

Question 32

What is Eyseneck's theory in terms of test anxiety?

Answer 32

worrying uses up short term memory (leaves little room for task performance, DECREASES validity of tests)

Question 33

What is Mandler & Sarason's theory in terms of test anxiety?

Answer 33

task relevant responses are (+) tast irrelevant réponses are (-) e.g. thinking that you suck will lower your test score

Question 34

What does the Test Anxiety Questionnaire measure?

Answer 34

state anxiety (high reliability, some validity)

Question 35

What does the Test Anxiety Scale measure?

Answer 35

trait anxiety