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,
Explain roadblocks: - ANSWER✔✔-Intervention is used to block a stressful consequence
The blocks are set up at various points on the stress theory model.
Cognitive restructuring or medications can be used as roadblocks setting up roadblocks
A roadblock between the perception phase can be effectively block the continuation of stress after
psychological arousal occurred
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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,
Explain roadblocks: - ANSWER✔✔-Intervention is used to block a stressful consequence
The blocks are set up at various points on the stress theory model.
Cognitive restructuring or medications can be used as roadblocks setting up roadblocks
A roadblock between the perception phase can be effectively block the continuation of stress after
psychological arousal occurred
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