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quiz 12
psychology of personality
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is stress subjective or objective? | subjective |
| According to the transactional model, what are the three potential effects of personality? | can influence coping, how a person appraises the events, & the events themselves. |
| Which personality illness model says a third variable causes both? | predisposition model |
| Which model focuses on bodily perceptions of illness? | illness behavior model |
| what are the 3 stages of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)? | alarm stage, resistance stage, & exhaustion stage |
| what happens in the alarm stage of GAS? | flight-or-flight response activates |
| what happens in the resistance stage of GAS? | the body uses its resources at above an average rate, even though fight-or-flight response has subsided |
| what happens in the exhaustion stage of GAS? | the person is susceptible to illness, because physiological resources are depleted |
| What are additive effects of stress? | cardiovascular, autoimmune, chronic inflammatory, psychiatric, and substance use disorders |
| in _______ appraisal, a person perceives an event as a threat to his/her goals | primary |
| in _________ appraisal, a person concludes that he/she does not have resources to cope with demands of the threatening event | secondary |
| what is the attributional style? | the answer to the question, “where does the person typically place the blame when things go wrong?” |
| what are the three dimensions of the attributional style? | - external versus internal. - unstable versus stable. - specific versus global. |
| What are the three different coping mechanisms for creating positive emotions during stress? | emotion-focused, problem-focused, and meaning-focused coping |
| ____________ optimism is the expectation that good events will be plentiful and bad events will be rare in the future | dispositional |
| What are the effects of inhibiting emotional expression? | may suffer effects of chronic sympathetic nervous system arousal |
| What subtrait of Type A is associated with cardiac problems and lethality? | hostility |
| Kody Scott (Monster) likely has which personality disorder? | antisocial personality disorder |
| what is the statistical definition of abnormality | whatever is different from normal is abnormal |
| what is the social definition of abnormality | whatever society does not tolerate |
| What do all forms of personality disorders result in? | impaired social relationships |
| What is the problem with both the statistical and social definitions of abnormality? | definitions are tied to changing social or cultural norms |
| What possible causes of altered personality would prevent someone from being diagnosed with a personality disorder? | drug abuse, medication, or other medical condition |
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