PSYC 2070 EXAM 2 KNAPP
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION PRACTICE
SOLUTION QUESTIONS VERIFIED
LEARNING RESOURCE
●● Lazarus and Folkman
Answer: who came up with the stages of stress?
●● primary and secondary appraisal
Answer: what are the two stages of stress?
●● primary appraisal
Answer: an individual's assessment of an event to determine whether its
implications are positive, negative, or neutral
●● secondary appraisal
Answer: a person's answer to whether or not they can properly handle
the stress brought on by a situation
●● -events that produce negative emotions -situations that are
unpredictable, uncontrollable, confusing, or new
-multitasking
,Answer: what types of events produce stress?
●● an increase in academic and social stress
Answer: why do adolescents not get enough sleep?
●● jobs, raising a family, relationships, retirement
Answer: what are some stressors of adulthood?
●● many people in the middle ages are raising their children while
simultaneously caring for their elderly parents
Answer: what is the sandwich generation?
●● psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: the study of the relationship among the brain, the immune
system, and psychological factors
●● psychosomatic disorders
Answer: medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological,
emotional, and physical difficulties (ulcers, arthritis, high blood
pressure)
●● coping
,Answer: the effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that
lead to stress
●● problem-focused coping
Answer: managing a threatening situation by directly changing it to
make it less stressful (ex. switching schools, taking less classes)
●● emotion-focused coping
Answer: the conscious regulation of emotion, like focusing on the
positive aspect of something
●● coping with the presence of social support
Answer: assistance and comfort supplied by others
●● defense coping
Answer: unconscious strategies that distort or deny the true nature of the
situation
●● emotional insulation
Answer: unconsciously blocking one's emotions in order to avoid pain
●● people often run into problems with substance abuse when trying to
cope with pain, often ignoring it or denying
, Answer: what is the relation between substance abuse and coping?
●● hardiness
Answer: a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of
stress-related illness, people who take charge and revel in life's
challenges
●● resilience
Answer: the ability to withstand, overcome, and even thrive after
adversity
●● malnutrition
Answer: having the improper amount and balance of nutrients
●● slower growth, susceptibility to disease, lower IQ
Answer: what are the effects of malnutrition?
●● undernutrition
Answer: only one type of deficiency in a diet
●● marasmus
Answer: a disease in which infants stop growing, attributable to a severe
deficiency in proteins and calories, usually results in death
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION PRACTICE
SOLUTION QUESTIONS VERIFIED
LEARNING RESOURCE
●● Lazarus and Folkman
Answer: who came up with the stages of stress?
●● primary and secondary appraisal
Answer: what are the two stages of stress?
●● primary appraisal
Answer: an individual's assessment of an event to determine whether its
implications are positive, negative, or neutral
●● secondary appraisal
Answer: a person's answer to whether or not they can properly handle
the stress brought on by a situation
●● -events that produce negative emotions -situations that are
unpredictable, uncontrollable, confusing, or new
-multitasking
,Answer: what types of events produce stress?
●● an increase in academic and social stress
Answer: why do adolescents not get enough sleep?
●● jobs, raising a family, relationships, retirement
Answer: what are some stressors of adulthood?
●● many people in the middle ages are raising their children while
simultaneously caring for their elderly parents
Answer: what is the sandwich generation?
●● psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: the study of the relationship among the brain, the immune
system, and psychological factors
●● psychosomatic disorders
Answer: medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological,
emotional, and physical difficulties (ulcers, arthritis, high blood
pressure)
●● coping
,Answer: the effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that
lead to stress
●● problem-focused coping
Answer: managing a threatening situation by directly changing it to
make it less stressful (ex. switching schools, taking less classes)
●● emotion-focused coping
Answer: the conscious regulation of emotion, like focusing on the
positive aspect of something
●● coping with the presence of social support
Answer: assistance and comfort supplied by others
●● defense coping
Answer: unconscious strategies that distort or deny the true nature of the
situation
●● emotional insulation
Answer: unconsciously blocking one's emotions in order to avoid pain
●● people often run into problems with substance abuse when trying to
cope with pain, often ignoring it or denying
, Answer: what is the relation between substance abuse and coping?
●● hardiness
Answer: a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of
stress-related illness, people who take charge and revel in life's
challenges
●● resilience
Answer: the ability to withstand, overcome, and even thrive after
adversity
●● malnutrition
Answer: having the improper amount and balance of nutrients
●● slower growth, susceptibility to disease, lower IQ
Answer: what are the effects of malnutrition?
●● undernutrition
Answer: only one type of deficiency in a diet
●● marasmus
Answer: a disease in which infants stop growing, attributable to a severe
deficiency in proteins and calories, usually results in death
