Stress Management Exam 2 2025
Questions and Answers
Interventions - ANSWER✔✔-activities to prevent a stressor from resulting in negative
consequences
Stress: - ANSWER✔✔-the result of a demand/threat that exceeds resources available to
meet that demand (Richard Lazarus def)
Coping - ANSWER✔✔-engaging in a behavior or thought to respond to a demand
Richard Lazarus: - ANSWER✔✔-perceived stress to be the result of a determination that
a demand exceeds resources available to meet that demand.
Task Oriented Coping - ANSWER✔✔-finding a successful way of coping with the
threat for example finding a better way to learn the material and earn a good grade
Emotion focused coping- - ANSWER✔✔-managing feelings towards the threat. For
example managing your feelings or accepting that is a subject in which you are not
particularly talented
Primary Appraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-judging how much of a threat is involved, and how
important is the outcome
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,Secondary Appraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-determining whether resources need to meet that
demand are available
Reappraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-Reappraisal: evaluation of whether the response made to a
demand/threat was effective
What is Self efficacy - ANSWER✔✔-confident in the ability to manage a demand/threat
two different types: outcome efficacy
personal efficacy
outcome efficacy - ANSWER✔✔-people can engage in a number of strategies to give up
smoking. What you do change the situation
Personal Efficacy: - ANSWER✔✔-Personal Efficacy: Ex: Believing that you will never be
successful at giving up smoking.
to believe it is worth the effort to attempt to manage the stressor.
cognitive appraisal - ANSWER✔✔-interpretation of a stressor. everyone has a different
cognitive appraisal
How can you describe Eustress? - ANSWER✔✔-It is stress that results in positive
consequences such as enhanced performance on personal growth
How can you describe Distress? - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that results in negative
consequences such as decreased performance and growth.
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, What is the model of stress - ANSWER✔✔-life situation-->Perceived as
Stressful(cognitive appraisal)→ Emotional arousal(psychological)→ physiological
arousal→ Consequences.
In a model of stress what does situation represent? - ANSWER✔✔-situation is
perceived as stressful
How is emotion played into the stress model? - ANSWER✔✔-fear anger and insecurity
psychological arousal - ANSWER✔✔-stress reactivity, emotional arousal
What are the consequences of stress? - ANSWER✔✔-poor performance, illness, possible
disease
The stress model is an example of feedback loop
Stress model can have many feedbacks loops
A consequence of stress (illness) can become a new stressor and start a new feedback
loop
physiological arousal - ANSWER✔✔-that is chronic or prolonged can lead to
consequences such as illness or disease even death. poor performance and impaired
personal relationships
what are some things someone can to do minimize stress? - ANSWER✔✔-set up
roadblocks incorporate stress management theories,
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Questions and Answers
Interventions - ANSWER✔✔-activities to prevent a stressor from resulting in negative
consequences
Stress: - ANSWER✔✔-the result of a demand/threat that exceeds resources available to
meet that demand (Richard Lazarus def)
Coping - ANSWER✔✔-engaging in a behavior or thought to respond to a demand
Richard Lazarus: - ANSWER✔✔-perceived stress to be the result of a determination that
a demand exceeds resources available to meet that demand.
Task Oriented Coping - ANSWER✔✔-finding a successful way of coping with the
threat for example finding a better way to learn the material and earn a good grade
Emotion focused coping- - ANSWER✔✔-managing feelings towards the threat. For
example managing your feelings or accepting that is a subject in which you are not
particularly talented
Primary Appraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-judging how much of a threat is involved, and how
important is the outcome
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,Secondary Appraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-determining whether resources need to meet that
demand are available
Reappraisal: - ANSWER✔✔-Reappraisal: evaluation of whether the response made to a
demand/threat was effective
What is Self efficacy - ANSWER✔✔-confident in the ability to manage a demand/threat
two different types: outcome efficacy
personal efficacy
outcome efficacy - ANSWER✔✔-people can engage in a number of strategies to give up
smoking. What you do change the situation
Personal Efficacy: - ANSWER✔✔-Personal Efficacy: Ex: Believing that you will never be
successful at giving up smoking.
to believe it is worth the effort to attempt to manage the stressor.
cognitive appraisal - ANSWER✔✔-interpretation of a stressor. everyone has a different
cognitive appraisal
How can you describe Eustress? - ANSWER✔✔-It is stress that results in positive
consequences such as enhanced performance on personal growth
How can you describe Distress? - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that results in negative
consequences such as decreased performance and growth.
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, What is the model of stress - ANSWER✔✔-life situation-->Perceived as
Stressful(cognitive appraisal)→ Emotional arousal(psychological)→ physiological
arousal→ Consequences.
In a model of stress what does situation represent? - ANSWER✔✔-situation is
perceived as stressful
How is emotion played into the stress model? - ANSWER✔✔-fear anger and insecurity
psychological arousal - ANSWER✔✔-stress reactivity, emotional arousal
What are the consequences of stress? - ANSWER✔✔-poor performance, illness, possible
disease
The stress model is an example of feedback loop
Stress model can have many feedbacks loops
A consequence of stress (illness) can become a new stressor and start a new feedback
loop
physiological arousal - ANSWER✔✔-that is chronic or prolonged can lead to
consequences such as illness or disease even death. poor performance and impaired
personal relationships
what are some things someone can to do minimize stress? - ANSWER✔✔-set up
roadblocks incorporate stress management theories,
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