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