Understanding Stress and Coping: Definitions, Strategies, and Characteristics, Quizzes of Abnormal Psychology

Download Understanding Stress and Coping: Definitions, Strategies, and Characteristics and more Quizzes Abnormal Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 stress DEFINITION 1 -effects created within an organism when facing demands that require coping-can result from both positive and negative events TERM 2 stressor DEFINITION 2 external demands that require coping TERM 3 coping strategies DEFINITION 3 -efforts to deal with stress TERM 4 stress tolerance DEFINITION 4 -ability to withstand stress without serious impairment TERM 5 crisis DEFINITION 5 -stressful situation that approaches or exceeds the adaptive capacities of an individual or group-sudden and intense stress-typical coping methods do not work TERM 6 resilience DEFINITION 6 -ability to adapt successfully to even very difficult circumstances-healthy psychological and physical functioning after a potentially traumatic event-not rare! TERM 7 characteristics of stressors DEFINITION 7 1. severity - the more severe the harder it is to deal with2. chronicity - the longer the stressor operates the harder it is to deal with3. timing - cumulative effect of many stressors at once4. how closely it affects life - affects how you handle it5. how expected - stressors hit harder when unexpected than if you saw it coming6. how controllable - feeling like you don't have control will add to stress TERM 8 type a personality DEFINITION 8 -uptight, competitive, workaholic-linked to cardiovascular disease TERM 9 type b personality DEFINITION 9 relaxed, go with the flow TERM 10 HPA axis DEFINITION 10 hypothalamus --(Corticotropin releasing hormone)--> anterior pituitary --(adrenocorticotropic hormone)-->adrenal cortex -- > cort --> (negative feedback to hypothalamus and anterior pituitary)