PSYCHOLOGY 220 STUDY GUIDE
UNIT 4
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NOTE: You Will Turn in This Study Guide on the Day of the Test.
QUESTIONS ON STRESS FROM THE CLASS HANDOUT
This handout can be found on the S Drive and eCompanion
1.
What is the definition of stress in the handout?
2.
What is a stressor?
3.
What are the two basic types of stress?
a.
b.
4.
List and define the five basic types of psychological stress?
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5.
Describe the four guidelines given that can help you stay functional during times of high stress.
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Describe each of the following long-term stress management principles and how each helps you
manage stress.
a.
Diet & Exercise
b.
Reduce stress caused by distorted thinking
c.
Decompression routines
d. Humor
e.
Play
f.
Social connection
g.
Purpose
h. Traditions
CHAPTER 11: HEALTH, STRESS, AND COPING
Stress—Thrill or Threat? (pp. 436-438, 440)
7.
How does your text define stress?
8.
How does your text define a “stress reaction”?
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What is the relationship between stress and illness?
10. Can reducing stress help prevent illness? Explain.
11. Describe the difference between the following (p. 440):
Emotion focused coping:
Problem-focused coping:
Psychological Defense—Mental Karate? (pp. 447-448)
12. What is a defense mechanism?
13. Define each of the following defense mechanisms and give an example of each.
Denial.
Projection.
Rationalization:
Repression:
Displacement: Shifting repressed motives and emotions from an original object to a substitute. See
page 447 for others.
Learned Helplessness—Is There Hope? (pp. 449-451)
14. Describe learned helplessness and the experiment that demonstrated this condition.
15. What is the key factor that contributes to human learned helplessness? (last paragraph on page 450)
16. What is the connection between learned helplessness and depression?
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17. How does the book say one can “unlearn” helplessness?
Another key to escaping learned helplessness is learning to identify specific factors in the original
situation that caused you to fail at something. Then, decide what you could do differently next time.
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