Stress and Stressors

Question 1

the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging

Answer 1

Stress

Question 2

events that cause a stress reaction

Answer 2

Stressors

Question 3

the effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors

Answer 3

Distress

Question 4

the effect of positive events, or the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being

Answer 4

Eustress

Question 5

an unpredictable, large-scale event that creates a tremendous need to adapt and adjust as well as overwhelming feelings of threat

Answer 5

Catastrophe

Question 6

assessment that measures the amount of stress in a person’s life over a 1-year period resulting from major life events

Answer 6

Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

Question 7

assessment that measures the amount of stress in a college student’s life over a 1-year period resulting from major life events

Answer 7

College Undergraduate Stress Scale (CUSS)

Question 8

the daily annoyances of everyday life.

Answer 8

Hassles

Question 8

the psychological experience produced by urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior that come from an outside source

Answer 8

Pressure

Question 9

the psychological experience produced by the blocking of a desired goal or fulfillment of a perceived need

Answer 9

Frustration

Question 10

actions meant to harm or destroy; behavior intended to hurt or destroy another person

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Aggression

Question 11

taking out one’s frustrations on some less threatening or more available target

Answer 11

Displaced Aggression

Question 12

leaving the presence of a stressor, either literally or by a psychological withdrawal into fantasy, drug abuse, or apathy

Answer 12

Escape or Withdrawal

Question 13

conflict occurring when a person must choose between two desirable goals

Answer 13

Approach-Approach Conflict

Question 14

conflict occurring when a person must choose between two undesirable goals

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Avoidance-Avoidance Conflicts

Question 15

conflict occurring when a person must choose or not choose a goal that has both positive and negative aspects

Answer 15

Approach-Avoidance Conflicts

Question 16

conflict in which the person must decide between two goals, with each goal possessing both positive and negative aspect

Answer 16

Double Approach-Avoidance Conflict

Question 17

conflict in which the person must decide between more than two goals, with each goal possessing both positive and negative aspects

Answer 17

Multiple Approach-Avoidance Conflicts