HSC300 Final Exam quizzes

What is Social support? - Behaviors that communicate to an individual that he or she is valued and cared for by others What is a buffering hypothesis? - Holds that social support, creates a buffer between the stressful experience and feeling overwhelmed or helpless. What is the direct-effect model? - proposes that social support is beneficial, even when we are not encountering a stressor What is Coping? - The process of managing stressful situations What is Health self-efficacy? - Belief that one can manage their health successfully What is Locus of control (internal)? - Belief that you control your own destiny What is Locus of control (external)? - Events are controlled mostly by outside forces What is Dialectics? - The ongoing tension between coexisting but contradictory constructs What is a crisis? - An occurrence that exceeds a persons normal coping ability. What is normalcy? - The sense that things are comfortable, predictable and familiar What is over support? - excessive and unnecessary help What is Palliative care? - Specialized medical care for people with serious, terminal illnesses provided for the purpose of relieving symptoms, pain and stress What is Advanced Care Directives - Describes the type of care to be permitted, or withhheld, at the wishes of the patient if he/she becomes to ill to communicate What is action-facilitating? - performing tasks and collecting information What is Nurturing? - building self-esteem, acknowledging and expressing emotions and providing companionship