Matching Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Online version Part 2 by Spencer Leon 1 Threat appraisal 2 Person variables 3 Irrelevant appraisal 4 Cognitive transactional models 5 Beliefs as person variables 6 Commitments as person variables 7 Event uncertainty 8 Reappraisal 9 Duration 10 Cognitive appraisal 11 Imminence 12 Challenge appraisal 13 Predictability 14 Situation variables 15 Benign-positive appraisal 16 Type A behaviour pattern 17 Stressful appraisal 18 Secondary appraisal 19 Social dominance 20 Temporal uncertainty 21 Vulnerability 22 Primary appraisal 23 Novelty 24 Harm/loss appraisal Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness A characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved Interval during which an event is being anticipated; the more imminent an event, the more intense the appraisal A cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for an individual's well being An individual's evaluation of their ability to cope with a situation following primary appraisal The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment Assessment of whether or not an event is stressful Situational factor involved in stress appraisal Variables that interact with person variables to influence the appraisal of a situation Values that influence appraisal by determining the importance of a particular encounter and that affect the choices made to achieve a desired outcome A risk factor for coronary disease that is independent of hostility; described as "a set of controlling behaviours, including the tendency to cut off and talk over the interviewer" An appraisal at the time of the primary appraisal that involves the anticipation of harm or loss Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease Appraisal in which, though an event is perceived to be stressful, the focus is one of positive excitement and the potential for growth A type of stressful appraisal at the time of primary appraisal that involves significant physical or psychological loss A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve outcomes that are positive and may enhance well-being Lack of knowledge about when an event will occur, which can result in stress Physically, the adequacy of an individual's resources; psychologically, a threat to something that an individual values A continuous experience in which existing appraisals of situations are changes or modified on the basis of new information Models that emphasize the relationship between a person and his pr her environment and the appraisal that the individual makes of the situation The initial evaluation of a situation The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process