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How many items are in the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale?
43
1 of 17
Who devised the idea of fight or flight?
Walter Cannon
2 of 17
Who discovered General Adaptation Syndrome?
Selye
3 of 17
What is the first stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?
Alarm
4 of 17
What is the second stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?
Resistance
5 of 17
What is the third stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?
Exhaustion
6 of 17
What is cognitive appraisal?
Our reaction impacts the stress level we are feeling
7 of 17
Who studied the mixed effects of social support in stressful situations?
Brown
8 of 17
Did Brown find that receiving instrumental social support increased or decreased mortality rate?
Increased
9 of 17
Did Brown find that giving instrumental social support increased or decreased mortality rate?
Decreased
10 of 17
Who theorised the two different coping responses?
Lazarus and Folkman
11 of 17
What is problem focused coping?
When action is directed to the source of the stress
12 of 17
What is emotion focused coping?
When action is directed to the person's reaction to the stressor
13 of 17
What is cognitive reappraisal?
When a stressor is re-evaluated as less threatening then stress should be reduced
14 of 17
What is the first step of progressive relaxation?
Recognise the body's signals for stress
15 of 17
What is the second step of progressive relaxation?
Take these signals as a cue to relax
16 of 17
What is the third step of progressive relaxation?
Relax by focusing attention to muscle groups
17 of 17

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