1. What is Social support? ANS >>> Behaviors that communicate to an individual
that he or she is valued and cared for by others
2. What is a buffering hypothesis? ANS >>> Holds that social support, creates
a buffer between the stressful experience and feeling overwhelmed or helpless.
3. What is the direct-effect model? ANS >>> proposes that social support is
beneficial, even when we are not encountering a stressor
,4. What is Coping? ANS >>> The process of managing stressful situations
5. What is Health self-efficacy? ANS >>> Belief that one can manage their health
success- fully
6. What is Locus of control (internal)? ANS >>> Belief that you control your own
destiny
7. What is Locus of control (external)? ANS >>> Events are controlled mostly by
outside forces
8. What is Dialectics? ANS >>> The ongoing tension between coexisting but
contradictory constructs
9. What is a crisis? ANS >>> An occurrence that exceeds a persons normal coping
ability.
10. What is normalcy? ANS >>> The sense that things are comfortable,
predictable and familiar
11. What is over support? ANS >>> excessive and unnecessary help
, 12. What is Palliative care? ANS >>> Specialized medical care for people with
serious, terminal illnesses provided for the purpose of relieving symptoms, pain
and stress
13. What is Advanced Care Directives ANS >>> Describes the type of care to be
permitted, or withhheld, at the wishes of the patient if he/she becomes to ill to
communicate
14. What is action-facilitating? ANS >>> performing tasks and collecting informatio
15. What is Nurturing? ANS >>> building self-esteem, acknowledging and
expressing emo- tions and providing companionship
16. What are the five ways that you can be a supportive listener? ANS >>> -
Focus on the other person
-Remain neutral
-concentrate on feelings, rather than the even/crisis
-legitimize the other persons emotions
that he or she is valued and cared for by others
2. What is a buffering hypothesis? ANS >>> Holds that social support, creates
a buffer between the stressful experience and feeling overwhelmed or helpless.
3. What is the direct-effect model? ANS >>> proposes that social support is
beneficial, even when we are not encountering a stressor
,4. What is Coping? ANS >>> The process of managing stressful situations
5. What is Health self-efficacy? ANS >>> Belief that one can manage their health
success- fully
6. What is Locus of control (internal)? ANS >>> Belief that you control your own
destiny
7. What is Locus of control (external)? ANS >>> Events are controlled mostly by
outside forces
8. What is Dialectics? ANS >>> The ongoing tension between coexisting but
contradictory constructs
9. What is a crisis? ANS >>> An occurrence that exceeds a persons normal coping
ability.
10. What is normalcy? ANS >>> The sense that things are comfortable,
predictable and familiar
11. What is over support? ANS >>> excessive and unnecessary help
, 12. What is Palliative care? ANS >>> Specialized medical care for people with
serious, terminal illnesses provided for the purpose of relieving symptoms, pain
and stress
13. What is Advanced Care Directives ANS >>> Describes the type of care to be
permitted, or withhheld, at the wishes of the patient if he/she becomes to ill to
communicate
14. What is action-facilitating? ANS >>> performing tasks and collecting informatio
15. What is Nurturing? ANS >>> building self-esteem, acknowledging and
expressing emo- tions and providing companionship
16. What are the five ways that you can be a supportive listener? ANS >>> -
Focus on the other person
-Remain neutral
-concentrate on feelings, rather than the even/crisis
-legitimize the other persons emotions
