PSY 3340 Test Review Chapter 7, 8 & 10
Coping- thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external demands of situations
that are appraised as stressful
Negative affectivity- a persuasive negative mood marked by anxiety, depression, and hostility;
related to poor health
Optimism – leads to better coping mechanisms and reduces risk of illness, optimistic people
differ from pessimists in physiological functioning, are problem focused
High self-esteem helps low stress
Avoidant (minimizing) coping style- helpful if one can focus on the info present in the situation
rather than on one’s emotions and if specific actions can be taken to reduce the stressor
approach (confrontative,vigilant) coping style- may engage in the cognitive and emotional
efforts needed to deal with long-term threats
Emotion-focused coping – regulating emotions experienced because of the stressful event *not
good to use when two exams in same day, problem-focused better* *emotion-focused better
w/waiting for test results
Types of social support
oTangible assistance (loaning money)
oInformation support
oEmotional support (people care about you)
oInvisible support
Buffering hypothesis- the health benefits and mental health benefits of social support are chiefly
evident during periods of high stress; when there is little stress, social support may have few
health benefits
Neuroticism is linked to more likely report physical symptoms
Medical students’ disease- as medical students study an illness, many imagine they have it
Recognition of symptoms – stress, mood
3 models of illness
oAcute
oChronic
oCyclic (having symptoms in & out)
Adolescents/young adults less likely to use health services, child/elderly more likely
Between wealthy & poor, prevent health
Somaticizers’- those who express distress and conflict through bodily symptoms
Secondary gain- use symptoms to get out of something
Illness delay- the time between recognizing that a symptom implies an illness and the decision
to seek treatment
Study of wartime injures vs civilian injures, wartime injuries better b/c have meaning
Nervous system in athletes injures – sympathetic
Perception of pain = no subseption
A delta fibers – fibers transmit sharp pain
C fibers – transmit chronic pain
