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