Matching Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Online version Part 2 by Spencer Leon 1 Benign-positive appraisal 2 Beliefs as person variables 3 Stressful appraisal 4 Secondary appraisal 5 Social dominance 6 Duration 7 Temporal uncertainty 8 Threat appraisal 9 Predictability 10 Harm/loss appraisal 11 Irrelevant appraisal 12 Reappraisal 13 Type A behaviour pattern 14 Novelty 15 Event uncertainty 16 Person variables 17 Imminence 18 Vulnerability 19 Cognitive appraisal 20 Commitments as person variables 21 Situation variables 22 Challenge appraisal 23 Cognitive transactional models 24 Primary appraisal 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" A continuous experience in which existing appraisals of situations are changes or modified on the basis of new information Variables that interact with person variables to influence the appraisal of a situation 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 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 harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal Values that influence appraisal by determining the importance of a particular encounter and that affect the choices made to achieve a desired outcome Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness Interval during which an event is being anticipated; the more imminent an event, the more intense the appraisal Assessment of whether or not an event is stressful 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 initial evaluation of a situation An appraisal at the time of the primary appraisal that involves the anticipation of harm or loss Physically, the adequacy of an individual's resources; psychologically, a threat to something that an individual values Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment Situational factor involved in stress appraisal Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process 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 outcomes that are positive and may enhance well-being
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