PUBH 6007 FINAL QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is stress? - Answers - a process by which internal or external influences are
perceived to disrupt an individual's state of well being
What is coping? - Answers - the process of managing demands, internal or external,
that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person
How does stress affect us (6 ways)? - Answers - Mentally, physically, professionally,
personally, socially, and community-wide.
What is toxic stress? - Answers - Impairs brain circuits and leads to lower stress
threshold
What are the steps in the experience of stress (4)? - Answers - Potential stressor →
primary appraisal → secondary appraisal → stress.
What are the various components of the transactional model of stress? - Answers - how
stressors, social support, internal resources affect coping mechanisms --> and thus
overall health and wellbeing
What makes an event stressful? - Answers - Negative, uncontrollable, unpredictable, or
ambiguous events, and overloaded people.
What are the kinds of social support? - Answers - Emotional, instrumental,
informational, and appraisal.
Social support is an important function of ___ - Answers - Social networks
What is the definition of social support? - Answers - aid and assistance exchanged
through social relationships and interpersonal transactions
What does the transactional model of stress and health enhance? - Answers -
Understanding of stress, coping, and health. in communities
Where are people most stressed (where does DC fall)? - Answers - In big cities! DC is
#4
What has the potential to become the next public health crisis? - Answers - stress
What is social network theory? - Answers - Views health as interconnected through
social relationships.
How does social network theory view relationships? - Answers - In terms of nodes
(individuals) and ties (relationships).
, What does social network theory emphasize? - Answers - Strength of network
relationships and ties rather than individual actors.
What are the social network mechanisms (5)? - Answers - Provision of social support,
social influence, social engagement, person-to-person contacts, and access to
resources.
What are the social network characteristics (8)? - Answers - Size, density, connectivity,
boundedness, homogeneity, geodesic distance, centralization, and cohesion.
What is a popular opinion leader? - Answers - Trained individual who conveys risk
reduction and behavior change messages.
What is individual behavior influencing social behaviors/relationships? - Answers -
When one member of a social network initiates and maintains a behavior change.
What is social capital? - Answers - Features of social structures that act as resources
and facilitate collective action.
What do organizational dynamics examine? - Answers - How companies interact with
each other and the connections between employees.
What is diffusion? - Answers - The process by which an innovation is communicated
among members of a system.
What is the goal of diffusion? - Answers - The adoption of an innovation.
What is an innovation? - Answers - An idea, practice, or object perceived to be new by
an individual or other unit of adoption
What is the order of the adopter categorization (5) - Answers - innovators --> early
adopters --> early majority --> leat majority --> laggards
What are the perceived attributes of innovations? - Answers - Relative advantage,
compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability.
Innovation is ___ (highlighted in slides) - Answers - a social construct
What is communication? - Answers - A process where participants create and share
information to reach mutual understanding.
What are some communication approaches? - Answers - Working through social norms,
opinion leaders, natural knowledge sources.
What is stress? - Answers - a process by which internal or external influences are
perceived to disrupt an individual's state of well being
What is coping? - Answers - the process of managing demands, internal or external,
that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person
How does stress affect us (6 ways)? - Answers - Mentally, physically, professionally,
personally, socially, and community-wide.
What is toxic stress? - Answers - Impairs brain circuits and leads to lower stress
threshold
What are the steps in the experience of stress (4)? - Answers - Potential stressor →
primary appraisal → secondary appraisal → stress.
What are the various components of the transactional model of stress? - Answers - how
stressors, social support, internal resources affect coping mechanisms --> and thus
overall health and wellbeing
What makes an event stressful? - Answers - Negative, uncontrollable, unpredictable, or
ambiguous events, and overloaded people.
What are the kinds of social support? - Answers - Emotional, instrumental,
informational, and appraisal.
Social support is an important function of ___ - Answers - Social networks
What is the definition of social support? - Answers - aid and assistance exchanged
through social relationships and interpersonal transactions
What does the transactional model of stress and health enhance? - Answers -
Understanding of stress, coping, and health. in communities
Where are people most stressed (where does DC fall)? - Answers - In big cities! DC is
#4
What has the potential to become the next public health crisis? - Answers - stress
What is social network theory? - Answers - Views health as interconnected through
social relationships.
How does social network theory view relationships? - Answers - In terms of nodes
(individuals) and ties (relationships).
, What does social network theory emphasize? - Answers - Strength of network
relationships and ties rather than individual actors.
What are the social network mechanisms (5)? - Answers - Provision of social support,
social influence, social engagement, person-to-person contacts, and access to
resources.
What are the social network characteristics (8)? - Answers - Size, density, connectivity,
boundedness, homogeneity, geodesic distance, centralization, and cohesion.
What is a popular opinion leader? - Answers - Trained individual who conveys risk
reduction and behavior change messages.
What is individual behavior influencing social behaviors/relationships? - Answers -
When one member of a social network initiates and maintains a behavior change.
What is social capital? - Answers - Features of social structures that act as resources
and facilitate collective action.
What do organizational dynamics examine? - Answers - How companies interact with
each other and the connections between employees.
What is diffusion? - Answers - The process by which an innovation is communicated
among members of a system.
What is the goal of diffusion? - Answers - The adoption of an innovation.
What is an innovation? - Answers - An idea, practice, or object perceived to be new by
an individual or other unit of adoption
What is the order of the adopter categorization (5) - Answers - innovators --> early
adopters --> early majority --> leat majority --> laggards
What are the perceived attributes of innovations? - Answers - Relative advantage,
compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability.
Innovation is ___ (highlighted in slides) - Answers - a social construct
What is communication? - Answers - A process where participants create and share
information to reach mutual understanding.
What are some communication approaches? - Answers - Working through social norms,
opinion leaders, natural knowledge sources.
