PSYC 2070 MIDTERM ACTUAL TEST BANK
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
●● Lazarus and Folkman
Answer: thought that people move through a series of stages that
determine whether they will experience stress
●● primary appraisal
Answer: the individual's assessment of an event to determine whether its
implications are positive, negative, or neutral
●● secondary appraisal
Answer: the assessment of whether one's coping abilities and resources
are adequate to overcome the harm, threat, or challenge posed by the
potential stressor
●● Why aren't adolescents getting enough sleep?
Answer: video games, school work, social life
●● sandwich generation
Answer: people (30-40 y.o.) responsible for bringing up their children
while also caring for their aging parents
,●● Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: the study of the relationship between the brain, the immune
system, and psychological factors
●● psychomatic disorders
Answer: medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological,
emotional, and physical difficulties
●● direct physiological effects of stress
Answer: -elevated blood pressure
-decrease in immune system functioning
-increased hormonal activity
-psychophysiological conditions
●● harmful behaviors caused by stress
Answer: -increased use of nicotine & alcohol
-decreased nutrition
-decreased sleep
-increased drug use
●● indirect health-related behaviors caused by stress
Answer: -decreased compliance with medical advice
, -increase in delays in seeking medical care
-less likely to exercise
●● 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
●● emotion-focused coping
Answer: the conscious regulation of emotion
●● 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 trying to block emotions to avoid pain
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
●● Lazarus and Folkman
Answer: thought that people move through a series of stages that
determine whether they will experience stress
●● primary appraisal
Answer: the individual's assessment of an event to determine whether its
implications are positive, negative, or neutral
●● secondary appraisal
Answer: the assessment of whether one's coping abilities and resources
are adequate to overcome the harm, threat, or challenge posed by the
potential stressor
●● Why aren't adolescents getting enough sleep?
Answer: video games, school work, social life
●● sandwich generation
Answer: people (30-40 y.o.) responsible for bringing up their children
while also caring for their aging parents
,●● Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: the study of the relationship between the brain, the immune
system, and psychological factors
●● psychomatic disorders
Answer: medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological,
emotional, and physical difficulties
●● direct physiological effects of stress
Answer: -elevated blood pressure
-decrease in immune system functioning
-increased hormonal activity
-psychophysiological conditions
●● harmful behaviors caused by stress
Answer: -increased use of nicotine & alcohol
-decreased nutrition
-decreased sleep
-increased drug use
●● indirect health-related behaviors caused by stress
Answer: -decreased compliance with medical advice
, -increase in delays in seeking medical care
-less likely to exercise
●● 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
●● emotion-focused coping
Answer: the conscious regulation of emotion
●● 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 trying to block emotions to avoid pain
