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What does the Holmes and Rahe Stress scale measure?
rates stressful scenarios and uses scores to predict the likeliness of illness
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a pattern of psychological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral responses to a stimulus that are preventing a goal or well being is what?
stress
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an event, circumstance, unrealistic thought that causes stress (not always undesirable) is what?
stressor
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What is Walter Cannon?
fight or flight
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When can stress produce adverse effects?
when it is prolonged
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What routine choice is it when there are two desirable outcomes?
Approach-Approach
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What routine choice is it when one outcome is desirable but the other is not?
Approach-Avoid
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What routine choice is it when both outcomes are undesirable?
Avoidance-Avoidance
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What is the first stage in Selye's 'GAS'?
Alarm (fight/flight)
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What is the second stage in Selye's 'GAS'?
Resistance
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What is the final stage in Selye's 'GAS'?
Exhaustion
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Why is the Selye's 'GAS' criticised?
doesn't take into account psychological factors
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What did Brown et al's social support study find?
giving support decreased the odds of mortality
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What is this: re-evaluating the stressor as less threatening should reduce stress
cognitive re-appraisal
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What are the two coping responses found by Lazarus and Folkman?
problem focused and emotion focused
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What is emotion focused coping?
a personal reaction to the stressor
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What is problem focused coping?
directed at the source
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When does emotion focused coping have to be used?
when there is no problem to be solved
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What is the technique associated with: producing a physiological state that is incompatible with the stress response
progressive relaxation
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What is the first step of progressive relaxation?
recognizing signs of stress
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What is the second stage of progressive relaxation?
signals cue to being relaxing
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What is the final stage of progressive relaxation?
relaxing by focusing on muscle groups
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