HSC300 FINAL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is Social support? - ANS Behaviors that communicate to an individual that he or she is
valued and cared for by others
What is a buffering hypothesis? - ANS Holds that social support, creates a buffer between
the stressful experience and feeling overwhelmed or helpless.
What is the direct-effect model? - ANS proposes that social support is beneficial, even when
we are not encountering a stressor
What is Coping? - ANS The process of managing stressful situations
What is Health self-efficacy? - ANS Belief that one can manage their health successfully
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, What is Locus of control (internal)? - ANS Belief that you control your own destiny
What is Locus of control (external)? - ANS Events are controlled mostly by outside forces
What is Dialectics? - ANS The ongoing tension between coexisting but contradictory
constructs
What is a crisis? - ANS An occurrence that exceeds a persons normal coping ability.
What is normalcy? - ANS The sense that things are comfortable, predictable and familiar
What is over support? - ANS excessive and unnecessary help
What is Palliative care? - ANS Specialized medical care for people with serious, terminal
illnesses provided for the purpose of relieving symptoms, pain and stress
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AND ANSWERS
What is Social support? - ANS Behaviors that communicate to an individual that he or she is
valued and cared for by others
What is a buffering hypothesis? - ANS Holds that social support, creates a buffer between
the stressful experience and feeling overwhelmed or helpless.
What is the direct-effect model? - ANS proposes that social support is beneficial, even when
we are not encountering a stressor
What is Coping? - ANS The process of managing stressful situations
What is Health self-efficacy? - ANS Belief that one can manage their health successfully
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, What is Locus of control (internal)? - ANS Belief that you control your own destiny
What is Locus of control (external)? - ANS Events are controlled mostly by outside forces
What is Dialectics? - ANS The ongoing tension between coexisting but contradictory
constructs
What is a crisis? - ANS An occurrence that exceeds a persons normal coping ability.
What is normalcy? - ANS The sense that things are comfortable, predictable and familiar
What is over support? - ANS excessive and unnecessary help
What is Palliative care? - ANS Specialized medical care for people with serious, terminal
illnesses provided for the purpose of relieving symptoms, pain and stress
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