Relier Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Version en ligne Part 2 par Spencer Leon 1 Novelty 2 Imminence 3 Duration 4 Predictability 5 Benign-positive appraisal 6 Social dominance 7 Beliefs as person variables 8 Stressful appraisal 9 Situation variables 10 Reappraisal 11 Harm/loss appraisal 12 Threat appraisal 13 Type A behaviour pattern 14 Person variables 15 Primary appraisal 16 Cognitive appraisal 17 Vulnerability 18 Temporal uncertainty 19 Cognitive transactional models 20 Challenge appraisal 21 Event uncertainty 22 Irrelevant appraisal 23 Secondary appraisal 24 Commitments as person variables Physically, the adequacy of an individual's resources; psychologically, a threat to something that an individual values 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 as having no implications for an individual's well being Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness Assessment of whether or not an event is stressful 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 Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment Interval during which an event is being anticipated; the more imminent an event, the more intense the 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 characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved An individual's evaluation of their ability to cope with a situation following 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" Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease Situational factor involved in stress appraisal 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 Lack of knowledge about when an event will occur, which can result in stress The initial evaluation of a situation The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process 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