The text listed several psychological and social characteristics that make us less vulnerable to the harmful effects of stress. Choose any two--define them, give an example of each, and describe what we know about them
What will be an ideal response?
* Explanatory style involves an individual's perspective on current and future events; pessimism has been associated with poorer health and optimism has been associated with longer life.
* Distraction is one way to deal with stressors and has been found to be effective with cancer victims and pain reactions.
* Social support is the availability of comfort, recognition, approval, advice, money, or encouragement from others.
* Social support provides us with someone who may help us to reduce the effects of major life events and daily hassles but can also have drawbacks.
* Religion/spirituality is positively correlated with health.
* A sense of humor has been shown to act as a stress modifier; laughter can have physiological benefits.
* The response should include two examples of vulnerability characteristics.
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A. They engage more schemas. B. They have larger amygdalae. C. They use more personal semantics. D. They focus more on implicit experience.
Like many individuals with personality disorders, individuals with histrionic personality disorder are
rarely able to maintain relationships over time. Why? A) Their exaggerated sense of self-importance is generally off-putting. B) Their self-reliance leads them to feel that they do not need anyone else. C) Their extreme distrust makes lasting relationships impossible. D) Their need for attention is likely to drive others away.
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a. that nonsense syllables are remembered longer because of their distinctiveness. b. that meaningful information is remembered longer because it is linked with prior knowledge. c. that learning nonsense syllables is easier because there is no proactive inhibition. d. so minimal that both types of information are remembered for virtually the same length of time.