Matching Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Online version Part 2 by Spencer Leon 1 Temporal uncertainty 2 Situation variables 3 Vulnerability 4 Duration 5 Commitments as person variables 6 Harm/loss appraisal 7 Challenge appraisal 8 Threat appraisal 9 Irrelevant appraisal 10 Event uncertainty 11 Stressful appraisal 12 Cognitive transactional models 13 Primary appraisal 14 Cognitive appraisal 15 Reappraisal 16 Person variables 17 Novelty 18 Predictability 19 Imminence 20 Beliefs as person variables 21 Social dominance 22 Secondary appraisal 23 Benign-positive appraisal 24 Type A behaviour pattern A continuous experience in which existing appraisals of situations are changes or modified on the basis of new information The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response 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 A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve outcomes that are positive and may enhance well-being Physically, the adequacy of an individual's resources; psychologically, a threat to something that an individual values A type of stressful appraisal at the time of primary appraisal that involves significant physical or psychological loss A characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved The initial evaluation of a situation A cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for an individual's well being Situational factor involved in stress appraisal Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease 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 An appraisal at the time of the primary appraisal that involves the anticipation of harm or loss Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal 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 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 Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process Models that emphasize the relationship between a person and his pr her environment and the appraisal that the individual makes of the situation
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