FAD 3432 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers
What is individual perspective? - Answer-constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to
manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the
resources of a person
What is relational perspective? - Answer-the family group's management of a stressful event or
situation.
What are cognitive appraisals? - Answer-Appraisals occur when we evaluate whether particular
encounters with the environment are relevant to our well-being and, if so, in what ways
What are the two stages of cognitive appraisals? - Answer-1. Primary Appraisals
2. Secondary Appraisals
What are primary appraisals? - Answer-Perceptions of threat, challenge, or harm-loss. Only when we
perceive situations as stressful will we decide to do something to counteract any negative consequences
stemming from the source of stress.
,What are secondary appraisals? - Answer-occur when we evaluate various coping strategies given
situational constraints and the social and personal characteristics.
Secondary appraisals involve perceptions such as: - Answer--That we could change.
-That we have to accept the situation.
-That we need to know more before we can act.
-That we have to hold ourselves back from doing whatever we want.
What is personality? - Answer-Things such as gender, gender role orientation, and mastery all affect the
way we cope with stressors in our lives
What are two factors that influence how a person deals with stress? - Answer--personality
-stage of life
Why would family relationships play a greater role in the coping process of an individual? - Answer--
Many of life's stressors are interpersonal or have an interpersonal component.
-Individual coping efforts have potential social consequences.
-The act of coping often requires interaction with others.
Why does access to resources not necessarily ensure coping in an individual or family? - Answer-having
access to resources does not mean the family/individual will choose to use them
_______ is a determinant of whether a family successfully adapts to crisis - Answer-coping
If a family can successfully cope with a stressor event, then it will never reach ______ ________ -
Answer-crisis status
, Some families must enter into a _______ ________ to reorganize the system and develop new rules. -
Answer-crisis situation
Dyadic coping is characterized by the: - Answer-sharing of stress and the burden of coping
In what ways can significant others influence coping? - Answer-i. Choice of coping strategy could
influence the strategy choice of the other partner by modeling coping responses.
ii. The way one partner copes with distress could cause distress in the other partner.
For mutual coping to occur, what must both partners in a relationship do? - Answer-agree that the
event is stressful to both of them; thus, both individuals share the burden of coping
What are coping strategies? - Answer-The behaviors we use to manage stress and protect ourselves
from psychological harm
What are the threes ways that strategies can be classified? - Answer-i. The property or form of the
strategy.
ii. The focus or function of the strategy.
iii. The level of the strategy.
What are three general types of coping strategies? - Answer-1. Active-behavioral
2. Active-cognitive
3. Avoidance
What is the Active-behavioral coping strategy? - Answer-overt behavioral attempts to deal directly with
the problems
Answers
What is individual perspective? - Answer-constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to
manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the
resources of a person
What is relational perspective? - Answer-the family group's management of a stressful event or
situation.
What are cognitive appraisals? - Answer-Appraisals occur when we evaluate whether particular
encounters with the environment are relevant to our well-being and, if so, in what ways
What are the two stages of cognitive appraisals? - Answer-1. Primary Appraisals
2. Secondary Appraisals
What are primary appraisals? - Answer-Perceptions of threat, challenge, or harm-loss. Only when we
perceive situations as stressful will we decide to do something to counteract any negative consequences
stemming from the source of stress.
,What are secondary appraisals? - Answer-occur when we evaluate various coping strategies given
situational constraints and the social and personal characteristics.
Secondary appraisals involve perceptions such as: - Answer--That we could change.
-That we have to accept the situation.
-That we need to know more before we can act.
-That we have to hold ourselves back from doing whatever we want.
What is personality? - Answer-Things such as gender, gender role orientation, and mastery all affect the
way we cope with stressors in our lives
What are two factors that influence how a person deals with stress? - Answer--personality
-stage of life
Why would family relationships play a greater role in the coping process of an individual? - Answer--
Many of life's stressors are interpersonal or have an interpersonal component.
-Individual coping efforts have potential social consequences.
-The act of coping often requires interaction with others.
Why does access to resources not necessarily ensure coping in an individual or family? - Answer-having
access to resources does not mean the family/individual will choose to use them
_______ is a determinant of whether a family successfully adapts to crisis - Answer-coping
If a family can successfully cope with a stressor event, then it will never reach ______ ________ -
Answer-crisis status
, Some families must enter into a _______ ________ to reorganize the system and develop new rules. -
Answer-crisis situation
Dyadic coping is characterized by the: - Answer-sharing of stress and the burden of coping
In what ways can significant others influence coping? - Answer-i. Choice of coping strategy could
influence the strategy choice of the other partner by modeling coping responses.
ii. The way one partner copes with distress could cause distress in the other partner.
For mutual coping to occur, what must both partners in a relationship do? - Answer-agree that the
event is stressful to both of them; thus, both individuals share the burden of coping
What are coping strategies? - Answer-The behaviors we use to manage stress and protect ourselves
from psychological harm
What are the threes ways that strategies can be classified? - Answer-i. The property or form of the
strategy.
ii. The focus or function of the strategy.
iii. The level of the strategy.
What are three general types of coping strategies? - Answer-1. Active-behavioral
2. Active-cognitive
3. Avoidance
What is the Active-behavioral coping strategy? - Answer-overt behavioral attempts to deal directly with
the problems
