Chapter 16: Stress, Health and Coping
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Questions
- Stress can be viewed as a response, a stimulus or a ________.
- A coping strategy called ________ involves working while ill or injured or putting in longer hours.
- In response to stress, the adrenal glands release adrenalin and ________.
- Stress is experienced both ________ and psychologically.
- Hardiness includes elements of commitment, challenge and ________.
- The idea that stress can sometimes have a positive effect is captured by Selye’s concept of ________.
- The three phases of the general adaptation syndrome are ________, resistance and ________.
- Secondary appraisal involves an individual’s evaluation of their ________ resources and/or coping strategies.
- Reading, meditation and time management are all types of _________ stress management techniques.
- The ________ ________ hypothesis argues that too much or too little stress can result in poor performance, while moderate amounts of stress produce optimal performance.
Answers
- transaction
- presenteeism
- cortisol
- physiologically
- control
- eustress
- alarm, exhaustion
- secondary
- cognitive
- inverted u