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1. Moderators of the stress experience may have an impact on

A. stress itself.
B. the relationship between stress and illness.
C. the relationship between stress and psychological responses.
D. All of these.
2. The process of _______________ involves an individual's efforts to manage internal or external demands
that tax his or her resources.
A. primary appraisal
B. secondary appraisal
C. coping
D. All of these.
3. The consideration of coping as a dynamic process implies that coping

A. involves a wide range of actions and reactions to stress.
B. efforts are moderated by personal resources.
C. involves an ongoing set of responses by which the person continues to act on the environment.
D. involves an ongoing set of responses by which the person and the environment are involved in a reciprocal
interaction.
4. Individuals high in negative affectivity

A. may be described as having a "disease-prone" personality.
B. are more likely to seek out medical care for minor complaints.
C. repress their stress-related symptoms but complain more about their general health.
D. are characterized as being depressed, anxious, and psychotic.
5. The "disease-prone" personality

A. is characterized by a pessimistic explanatory style.
B. is highly correlated with the presence of chronic diseases.
C. may predispose people to certain chronic diseases.
D. may be the result of long-term suffering from chronic diseases.
6. Individuals who are high in negative affectivity
A. are less likely to use health services.
B. are particularly likely to report physical symptoms.
C. suppress symptoms of psychological distress and physical illness.
D. All of these.
7. Scheier, Weintraub, and Carver (1986) found that optimists may cope more effectively because they are more
likely to use _______________ as a coping strategy.
A. denial
B. distancing
C. problem-focused coping
D. accepting personal responsibility
8. The belief that one can determine one's own internal states and behavior, influence one's environment, and/or
bring about desired outcomes is
A. optimism.
B. psychological control.
C. self-efficacy.
D. hardiness.
9. Control has been related to

A. emotional well-being.
B. successful coping.
C. improved cognitive performance.
D. All of these.
10. Sarah is scheduled for a hysterectomy. In the hospital a health psychologist visits her. He finds Sarah
worried about the pain involved in the surgery. The psychologist provides Sarah with some pamphlets on the
procedure and answers her questions. He teaches her a relaxation technique that Sarah can use to control her
anxiety before the surgery and her pain afterwards. Finally, he explains the drug-delivery method, making sure
Sarah understands that she will control when and how much of the pain-relief drug she receives. He even shows
her how it works. The health psychologist has performed a(n) _________________ intervention.
A. control-enhancing
B. relaxation-mediation
C. pain-reduction
D. anxiety-reducing
11. High self-esteem has been related to
A. increased longevity.
B. active coping strategies.
C. reducing the harmful effects of high levels of stress.
D. reducing the harmful effects of low levels of stress.
12. Friedman and colleagues (1993) found that cheerful people died sooner than those who are not cheerful.
They suggest this may be because
A. people who are not cheerful are more focused on making money and high SES results in better health.
B. cheerful people grow up being more careless about their health and, thus, may encounter health risks.
C. cheerful people engage in more risky physical activities and, thus are more likely to die in accidents.
D. They provided no suggestions as to why this occurred.
13. The personality style characterized by optimism, a sense of control, conscientiousness, self-esteem, and
resilience is the ____________________ personality.
A. disease-prone
B. selective coping
C. health-prone
D. stress-preventive
14. _____________________ is a general propensity to deal with stressful events in a particular way.
A. Primary response style
B. Individual difference
C. Personality style
D. Coping style
15. According to survey research what percentage of the U.S. population uses prayer to deal with health
problems?
A. 40 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 60 percent
D. 70 percent
16. James is a lawyer who worked in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He survived the building collapse.
Afterwards he had symptoms of PTSD. Over the next several months he spent a lot of time gathering
information about the attacks, talking to other survivors and organizing resources for them. James is using a(n)
______________ coping style.
A. avoidant
B. minimizing
C. approach
D. over-involved
17. James is a lawyer who worked in the World Trade Towers on 9/11. He survived the building collapse.
information about the attacks, talking to other survivors and organizing resources for them. James can be
expected to fare
A. poorly in the short-term, but better in the long-term.
B. poorly in both the short-term and the long-term.
C. well in the short-term, but poorly in the long-term.
D. well in both the short-term and the long-term.
18. Research investigating the effectiveness of avoidant and vigilant coping strategies suggests that
A. avoidant strategies are effective in dealing with long-term stressors.
B. vigilant copers may exhibit short-term anxiety but cope well with long-term stressors.
C. the use of vigilant or confrontational coping styles may represent a risk factor for negative responses to
stressors.
D. both avoidant and vigilant strategies are equally effective in coping with stress.
19. Emotion-focused efforts would be most effective in coping with the worry and stress due to
A. having two final exams scheduled for the same day.
B. waiting to hear if your application to graduate school has been accepted.
C. receiving a notice that your taxes will be audited by the IRS next week.
D. learning your child is failing first grade.
20. Problem-focused efforts would be most effective in coping with the worry and stress due to
C. learning your father has two months to live.
D. learning you failed a class.
21. Which of the following is LEAST likely to experience distress following a divorce?
A. Thomas, age 43, a high-school graduate who works as a checker at Wal-Mart.
B. Dr. Shafer, age 40, a university professor with an extensive circle of friends.
C. Allen, age 59, a lawyer who had a heart attack five years ago.
D. Ryan, age 40, a lawyer who has lung cancer.
22. People who are higher in socioeconomic status (SES) show

A. fewer medical disorders.
B. lower mortality from all causes of death.
C. fewer psychiatric disorders.
D. All of these.
23. Taking a vacation is known to be beneficial to

A. everyone.
B. middle-aged men and women.
C. middle-aged men at risk for heart disease.
D. parents of young children with chronic diseases.
24. Coping is considered successful if it

A. reduces physiological arousal.
B. allows the person to return to prestress activities (when appropriate).
C. reduces psychological arousal.
D. All of these.
25. Information from others that one is loved and cared for, esteemed and valued, and part of a network of
communication and mutual obligation is called
A. coping.
B. internal resources.
C. social support.
D. external resources.
26. _______________ involves the provision of services, financial assistance, or goods.

A. Visible support
B. Tangible assistance
C. Invisible support
D. Monetary assistance
27. A patient with AIDS decides to enter therapy. He explains that the therapist helps him in ways his friends
and family cannot. Specifically, his therapist helps him find ways to cope with the disorder and understand it.
This is an example of
A. personal control.
B. informational support.
C. tangible assistance.
D. emotional support.
28. The assurance that one is a valuable individual who is cared for is
A. emotional support
B. tangible assistance.
C. visible support.
D. instrumental support.
29. Invisible social support

A. is support provided to you without you being aware of it.
B. is the perception that when you need social support it will be available.
C. often produces a sense of guilt.
D. uses others' time and resources.
30. Research evidence suggests that social support may reduce

A. the likelihood of becoming ill, but it has no effect on recovery rates or mortality.
B. the likelihood of becoming ill only indirectly by affecting health habits.
C. the likelihood of becoming ill, shorten recovery rates, and reduce mortality.
D. perceived psychological distress, but it has no effect on physical health or illness.
31. Social support has beneficial effects on the

A. cardiovascular system.
B. endocrine system.
C. immune system.
D. All of these.
32. According to the buffering hypothesis,

A. the more resources an individual has, the better he or she is able to cope with stress.
B. individual resources augment one's ability to cope with high or low levels of stress.
C. individual resources improve a person's ability to cope with only moderate levels of stress.
D. individual resources have little effect on coping with low levels of stress but become important at high levels
of stress.
33. An important variable in understanding the mechanism by which stress is moderated by social support
appears to be the manner in which social support is assessed. When social support has been measured in terms
of social integration, _______________ have been found. When subjective levels of social support have been
assessed, however, _______________ have been found.
A. direct effects; few effects
B. buffering effects; few effects
C. buffering effects; direct effects
D. direct effects; buffering effects
34. According to Umberson (1987), the most effective social support for men may be
A. a large support network.
B. financial resources.
C. personal and social resources.
D. a confidante.
35. Evaluations of the effectiveness of social support have shown that having a large number of close friends
and family members
A. has a cumulative effect on physical health.
B. may contribute to stress in some cases.
C. is superior to having one close friend, especially for men.
D. None of these.
36. The idea that the effectiveness of social support is determined by the ability of an individual's social
network to provide the particular types of assistance needed in times of stress is the
A. direct effects hypothesis.
B. buffering hypothesis.
C. matching hypothesis.
D. None of these.
37. Social support from one's parents in early life _______________ in later life.
A. leads to more passive coping
B. is related to better health
C. is related to poorer health
D. is not related to health
38. Some research has found that negative social interactions
A. damage well-being more than positive interactions improve it.
B. act as stress inoculation.
C. are not common in health situations.
D. occur but do not impact health or well-being.
39. On the whole, persons who provide social support to others _______________ than those who do not
provide social support.
A. live longer
B. have better mental health
C. have better physical health
D. All of these.
40. Researchers investigating disclosure have found that subjects who freely express their feelings about
traumatic events
A. show increased levels of physiological arousal.
B. have difficulty maintaining adequate levels of social support.
C. are no longer upset about the events after expressing themselves.
D. are less likely to have subsequent health problems.
41. Stress management programs

A. are best conducted on an individual basis by a licensed psychotherapist.
B. are effective in relieving psychological distress but are seldom used in the treatment of stress-related
illnesses.
C. may be beneficial in controlling a broad array of stress-related disorders.
D. may be beneficial in controlling stress-related disorders and psychological distress, but have not yet been
proven to be cost effective.
42. Stress management programs typically involve _______________ phases.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
43. Sarah is taking a stress management class. Her instructor provides a variety of ways Sarah can combat her
stress. Sarah is instructed to try several of these techniques in order to discover the skills that work best for her.
The instructor is using _______________ training.
A. positive self-talk
B. relaxation
C. time management
D. stress inoculation
44. Relaxation training is designed to

A. provide cognitive insights into the nature and control of stress.
B. reduce the physiological arousal associated with stress.
C. mitigate the effect of stress carriers.
D. All of these.
45. Individuals that cause you special stress are

A. stress carriers.
B. not important to you.
C. easily ignored.
D. None of these.
46. Anger and depression can be part of the coping process.

True False
47. Negative affectivity has been related to alcoholism, depression, and suicidal behavior, but not poor health.
True False
48. Optimism is associated with the use of active coping strategies such as problem-focused coping.
True False
49. People with health-prone personalities are those who have a sense of control, self-esteem, optimism, and
resilience.
True False
50. Coping styles are the same as personality traits in that they are thought to come into play primarily when
events become stressful.
True False
51. There appears to be developmental differences in general coping strategies because problem-focused coping
appears to emerge during childhood, and emotion-focused coping develops somewhat later.
True False
52. Although social support is associated with physical and psychological well-being, research has failed to
establish a relationship between social support and good health habits.
True False
53. Overall, research investigating the effectiveness of social support fails to support the matching hypothesis.
True False
54. Research has found that talking about one's troubles results in a short-term improvement of mood but has
little long-term effect on health and illness.
True False
55. Ancillary skills of stress management include time management, good health habits, and social skills.
True False
56. Using the Hurricane Katrina example at the beginning of Chapter 7, discuss the four families in more detail
with what you know about stress from the rest of the chapter. Discuss the stressors, coping skills, and offer
suggestions for each to deal with its stress most effectively.
57. Explain what is meant by the term stress moderator. Identify three psychological variables and three social
variables that have been found to moderate stress. Citing research from the text, explain the relationship
between these variables and the experience of stress.
58. Explain how individual differences in personality are related to coping.
59. Explain how coping styles and coping strategies moderate the experience of stress. Citing research from the
text, evaluate the effectiveness of each in terms of the type of stressor with which a person might be faced.
60. What is social support? What are the benefits of having a sufficient amount of social support? What are the
costs of being in a dense social network?
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1. (p. 167) Moderators of the stress experience may have an impact on

A. stress itself.
B. the relationship between stress and illness.
C. the relationship between stress and psychological responses.
D. All of these.
Level: Factual
Taylor - Chapter 07 #1
2. (p. 167) The process of _______________ involves an individual's efforts to manage internal or external
demands that tax his or her resources.
A. primary appraisal
B. secondary appraisal
C. coping
D. All of these.
Level: Factual
3. (p. 167) The consideration of coping as a dynamic process implies that coping
A. involves a wide range of actions and reactions to stress.
B. efforts are moderated by personal resources.
C. involves an ongoing set of responses by which the person continues to act on the environment.
D. involves an ongoing set of responses by which the person and the environment are involved in a reciprocal
interaction.
Level: Conceptual
4. (p. 168) Individuals high in negative affectivity

A. may be described as having a "disease-prone" personality.
B. are more likely to seek out medical care for minor complaints.
C. repress their stress-related symptoms but complain more about their general health.
D. are characterized as being depressed, anxious, and psychotic.
Level: Conceptual
5. (p. 168) The "disease-prone" personality
A. is characterized by a pessimistic explanatory style.
B. is highly correlated with the presence of chronic diseases.
C. may predispose people to certain chronic diseases.
D. may be the result of long-term suffering from chronic diseases.
Level: Conceptual
6. (p. 168) Individuals who are high in negative affectivity

A. are less likely to use health services.
B. are particularly likely to report physical symptoms.
C. suppress symptoms of psychological distress and physical illness.
D. All of these.
Level: Conceptual
7. (p. 169) Scheier, Weintraub, and Carver (1986) found that optimists may cope more effectively because they are
more likely to use _______________ as a coping strategy.
A. denial
B. distancing
C. problem-focused coping
D. accepting personal responsibility
Level: Factual
8. (p. 170) The belief that one can determine one's own internal states and behavior, influence one's environment,
and/or bring about desired outcomes is
A. optimism.
B. psychological control.
C. self-efficacy.
D. hardiness.
Level: Factual
9. (p. 170-171) Control has been related to
A. emotional well-being.
B. successful coping.
C. improved cognitive performance.
D. All of these.
Level: Factual
10. (p. 171) Sarah is scheduled for a hysterectomy. In the hospital a health psychologist visits her. He finds Sarah
worried about the pain involved in the surgery. The psychologist provides Sarah with some pamphlets on the
procedure and answers her questions. He teaches her a relaxation technique that Sarah can use to control her
anxiety before the surgery and her pain afterwards. Finally, he explains the drug-delivery method, making sure
Sarah understands that she will control when and how much of the pain-relief drug she receives. He even shows
her how it works. The health psychologist has performed a(n) _________________ intervention.
A. control-enhancing
B. relaxation-mediation
C. pain-reduction
D. anxiety-reducing
Level: Applied
11. (p. 171) High self-esteem has been related to

A. increased longevity.
B. active coping strategies.
C. reducing the harmful effects of high levels of stress.
D. reducing the harmful effects of low levels of stress.
Level: Factual
12. (p. 172) Friedman and colleagues (1993) found that cheerful people died sooner than those who are not
cheerful. They suggest this may be because
A. people who are not cheerful are more focused on making money and high SES results in better health.
B. cheerful people grow up being more careless about their health and, thus, may encounter health risks.
C. cheerful people engage in more risky physical activities and, thus are more likely to die in accidents.
D. They provided no suggestions as to why this occurred.
Level: Factual
13. (p. 172) The personality style characterized by optimism, a sense of control, conscientiousness, self-esteem,
and resilience is the ____________________ personality.
A. disease-prone
B. selective coping
C. health-prone
D. stress-preventive
Level: Factual
14. (p. 172) _____________________ is a general propensity to deal with stressful events in a particular way.
A. Primary response style
B. Individual difference
C. Personality style
D. Coping style
Level: Factual
15. (p. Box 7.2, 173) According to survey research what percentage of the U.S. population uses prayer to deal with
health problems?
A. 40 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 60 percent
D. 70 percent
Level: Factual
16. (p. 174) James is a lawyer who worked in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He survived the building collapse.
information about the attacks, talking to other survivors and organizing resources for them. James is using a(n)
______________ coping style.
A. avoidant
B. minimizing
C. approach
D. over-involved
Level: Applied
17. (p. 174) James is a lawyer who worked in the World Trade Towers on 9/11. He survived the building collapse.
information about the attacks, talking to other survivors and organizing resources for them. James can be
expected to fare
A. poorly in the short-term, but better in the long-term.
B. poorly in both the short-term and the long-term.
C. well in the short-term, but poorly in the long-term.
D. well in both the short-term and the long-term.
Level: Applied
18. (p. 174) Research investigating the effectiveness of avoidant and vigilant coping strategies suggests that
A. avoidant strategies are effective in dealing with long-term stressors.
B. vigilant copers may exhibit short-term anxiety but cope well with long-term stressors.
C. the use of vigilant or confrontational coping styles may represent a risk factor for negative responses to
stressors.
D. both avoidant and vigilant strategies are equally effective in coping with stress.
Level: Factual
19. (p. 175) Emotion-focused efforts would be most effective in coping with the worry and stress due to
C. receiving a notice that your taxes will be audited by the IRS next week.
D. learning your child is failing first grade.
Level: Applied
20. (p. 175) Problem-focused efforts would be most effective in coping with the worry and stress due to
C. learning your father has two months to live.
D. learning you failed a class.
Level: Applied
21. (p. 176) Which of the following is LEAST likely to experience distress following a divorce?
A. Thomas, age 43, a high-school graduate who works as a checker at Wal-Mart.
B. Dr. Shafer, age 40, a university professor with an extensive circle of friends.
C. Allen, age 59, a lawyer who had a heart attack five years ago.
D. Ryan, age 40, a lawyer who has lung cancer.
Level: Applied
22. (p. 176) People who are higher in socioeconomic status (SES) show
A. fewer medical disorders.
B. lower mortality from all causes of death.
C. fewer psychiatric disorders.
D. All of these.
Level: Conceptual
23. (p. 172) Taking a vacation is known to be beneficial to

A. everyone.
B. middle-aged men and women.
C. middle-aged men at risk for heart disease.
D. parents of young children with chronic diseases.
Level: Factual
24. (p. 179) Coping is considered successful if it

A. reduces physiological arousal.
B. allows the person to return to prestress activities (when appropriate).
C. reduces psychological arousal.
D. All of these.
Level: Conceptual
25. (p. 180) Information from others that one is loved and cared for, esteemed and valued, and part of a network of
communication and mutual obligation is called
A. coping.
B. internal resources.
C. social support.
D. external resources.
Level: Factual
26. (p. 180) _______________ involves the provision of services, financial assistance, or goods.
A. Visible support
B. Tangible assistance
C. Invisible support
D. Monetary assistance
Level: Factual
27. (p. 180) A patient with AIDS decides to enter therapy. He explains that the therapist helps him in ways his
friends and family cannot. Specifically, his therapist helps him find ways to cope with the disorder and
understand it. This is an example of
A. personal control.
B. informational support.
C. tangible assistance.
D. emotional support.
Level: Applied
28. (p. 180) The assurance that one is a valuable individual who is cared for is
A. emotional support
B. tangible assistance.
C. visible support.
D. instrumental support.
Level: Factual
29. (p. 180) Invisible social support
A. is support provided to you without you being aware of it.
B. is the perception that when you need social support it will be available.
C. often produces a sense of guilt.
D. uses others' time and resources.
Level: Factual
30. (p. 18`) Research evidence suggests that social support may reduce
A. the likelihood of becoming ill, but it has no effect on recovery rates or mortality.
B. the likelihood of becoming ill only indirectly by affecting health habits.
C. the likelihood of becoming ill, shorten recovery rates, and reduce mortality.
D. perceived psychological distress, but it has no effect on physical health or illness.
Level: Factual
31. (p. 182) Social support has beneficial effects on the

A. cardiovascular system.
B. endocrine system.
C. immune system.
D. All of these.
Level: Factual
32. (p. 183) According to the buffering hypothesis,

A. the more resources an individual has, the better he or she is able to cope with stress.
B. individual resources augment one's ability to cope with high or low levels of stress.
C. individual resources improve a person's ability to cope with only moderate levels of stress.
D. individual resources have little effect on coping with low levels of stress but become important at high levels
of stress.
Level: Conceptual
33. (p. 183) An important variable in understanding the mechanism by which stress is moderated by social support
appears to be the manner in which social support is assessed. When social support has been measured in terms
of social integration, _______________ have been found. When subjective levels of social support have been
assessed, however, _______________ have been found.
A. direct effects; few effects
B. buffering effects; few effects
C. buffering effects; direct effects
D. direct effects; buffering effects
Level: Conceptual
34. (p. 183) According to Umberson (1987), the most effective social support for men may be
A. a large support network.
B. financial resources.
C. personal and social resources.
D. a confidante.
Level: Factual
35. (p. 184) Evaluations of the effectiveness of social support have shown that having a large number of close
friends and family members
A. has a cumulative effect on physical health.
B. may contribute to stress in some cases.
C. is superior to having one close friend, especially for men.
D. None of these.
Level: Conceptual
36. (p. 184) The idea that the effectiveness of social support is determined by the ability of an individual's social
network to provide the particular types of assistance needed in times of stress is the
A. direct effects hypothesis.
B. buffering hypothesis.
C. matching hypothesis.
D. None of these.
Level: Conceptual
37. (p. 183) Social support from one's parents in early life _______________ in later life.
A. leads to more passive coping
B. is related to better health
C. is related to poorer health
D. is not related to health
Level: Conceptual
38. (p. 184) Some research has found that negative social interactions
A. damage well-being more than positive interactions improve it.
B. act as stress inoculation.
C. are not common in health situations.
D. occur but do not impact health or well-being.
Level: Conceptual
39. (p. 185) On the whole, persons who provide social support to others _______________ than those who do not
provide social support.
A. live longer
B. have better mental health
C. have better physical health
D. All of these.
Level: Conceptual
40. (p. 185) Researchers investigating disclosure have found that subjects who freely express their feelings about
traumatic events
A. show increased levels of physiological arousal.
B. have difficulty maintaining adequate levels of social support.
C. are no longer upset about the events after expressing themselves.
D. are less likely to have subsequent health problems.
Level: Conceptual
41. (p. 186) Stress management programs
A. are best conducted on an individual basis by a licensed psychotherapist.
B. are effective in relieving psychological distress but are seldom used in the treatment of stress-related
illnesses.
C. may be beneficial in controlling a broad array of stress-related disorders.
D. may be beneficial in controlling stress-related disorders and psychological distress, but have not yet been
proven to be cost effective.
Level: Conceptual
42. (p. 187) Stress management programs typically involve _______________ phases.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Level: Factual
43. (p. 189) Sarah is taking a stress management class. Her instructor provides a variety of ways Sarah can combat
her stress. Sarah is instructed to try several of these techniques in order to discover the skills that work best for
her. The instructor is using _______________ training.
A. positive self-talk
B. relaxation
C. time management
D. stress inoculation
Level: Applied
44. (p. 189) Relaxation training is designed to

A. provide cognitive insights into the nature and control of stress.
B. reduce the physiological arousal associated with stress.
C. mitigate the effect of stress carriers.
D. All of these.
Level: Factual
45. (p. 190) Individuals that cause you special stress are
A. stress carriers.
B. not important to you.
C. easily ignored.
D. None of these.
Level: Factual
46. (p. 167) Anger and depression can be part of the coping process.
TRUE
Level: Factual
47. (p. 167) Negative affectivity has been related to alcoholism, depression, and suicidal behavior, but not poor
health.
FALSE
Level: Conceptual
48. (p. 169) Optimism is associated with the use of active coping strategies such as problem-focused coping.
TRUE
Level: Factual
49. (p. 172) People with health-prone personalities are those who have a sense of control, self-esteem, optimism,
and resilience.
TRUE
Level: Factual
50. (p. 172) Coping styles are the same as personality traits in that they are thought to come into play primarily
when events become stressful.
FALSE
Level: Factual
51. (p. 175) There appears to be developmental differences in general coping strategies because problem-focused
coping appears to emerge during childhood, and emotion-focused coping develops somewhat later.
TRUE
Level: Factual
52. (p. 180) Although social support is associated with physical and psychological well-being, research has failed
to establish a relationship between social support and good health habits.
FALSE
Level: Factual
53. (p. 184) Overall, research investigating the effectiveness of social support fails to support the matching
hypothesis.
FALSE
Level: Conceptual
54. (p. 186) Research has found that talking about one's troubles results in a short-term improvement of mood but
has little long-term effect on health and illness.
FALSE
Level: Conceptual
55. (p. 188) Ancillary skills of stress management include time management, good health habits, and social skills.
TRUE
Level: Factual
56. (p. 167) Using the Hurricane Katrina example at the beginning of Chapter 7, discuss the four families in more
detail with what you know about stress from the rest of the chapter. Discuss the stressors, coping skills, and
offer suggestions for each to deal with its stress most effectively.
Answers will vary
Level: Applied
57. (p. 167) Explain what is meant by the term stress moderator. Identify three psychological variables and three
social variables that have been found to moderate stress. Citing research from the text, explain the relationship
between these variables and the experience of stress.
Answers will vary
Level: Applied
58. (p. 167-168) Explain how individual differences in personality are related to coping.
Answers will vary
Level: Conceptual
59. (p. 172-176) Explain how coping styles and coping strategies moderate the experience of stress. Citing research
from the text, evaluate the effectiveness of each in terms of the type of stressor with which a person might be
faced.
Answers will vary
Level: Conceptual
60. (p. 180) What is social support? What are the benefits of having a sufficient amount of social support? What
are the costs of being in a dense social network?
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Level: Conceptual 21
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1. Moderators of the stress experience may have an impact on

3. The consideration of coping as a dynamic process implies that coping

4. Individuals high in negative affectivity

5. The "disease-prone" personality

9. Control has been related to

22. People who are higher in socioeconomic status (SES) show

23. Taking a vacation is known to be beneficial to

24. Coping is considered successful if it

26. _______________ involves the provision of services, financial assistance, or goods.

29. Invisible social support

30. Research evidence suggests that social support may reduce

31. Social support has beneficial effects on the

32. According to the buffering hypothesis,

41. Stress management programs

42. Stress management programs typically involve _______________ phases.

44. Relaxation training is designed to

45. Individuals that cause you special stress are

46. Anger and depression can be part of the coping process.

58. Explain how individual differences in personality are related to coping.

1. (p. 167) Moderators of the stress experience may have an impact on

4. (p. 168) Individuals high in negative affectivity

6. (p. 168) Individuals who are high in negative affectivity

11. (p. 171) High self-esteem has been related to

23. (p. 172) Taking a vacation is known to be beneficial to

24. (p. 179) Coping is considered successful if it

31. (p. 182) Social support has beneficial effects on the

32. (p. 183) According to the buffering hypothesis,

44. (p. 189) Relaxation training is designed to

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