Relier Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Version en ligne Part 2 par Spencer Leon 1 Stressful appraisal 2 Reappraisal 3 Situation variables 4 Primary appraisal 5 Benign-positive appraisal 6 Predictability 7 Person variables 8 Type A behaviour pattern 9 Cognitive transactional models 10 Temporal uncertainty 11 Vulnerability 12 Social dominance 13 Duration 14 Novelty 15 Commitments as person variables 16 Irrelevant appraisal 17 Imminence 18 Challenge appraisal 19 Secondary appraisal 20 Threat appraisal 21 Beliefs as person variables 22 Harm/loss appraisal 23 Cognitive appraisal 24 Event uncertainty A continuous experience in which existing appraisals of situations are changes or modified on the basis of new information A cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for an individual's well being A characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved A type of stressful appraisal at the time of primary appraisal that involves significant physical or psychological loss Models that emphasize the relationship between a person and his pr her environment and the appraisal that the individual makes of the situation 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 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 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 Situational factor involved in stress appraisal Lack of knowledge about when an event will occur, which can result in stress The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response 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 A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment 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 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 initial evaluation of a situation 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