Relier Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 2 Vocab Part 2Version en ligne Part 2 par Spencer Leon 1 Temporal uncertainty 2 Benign-positive appraisal 3 Primary appraisal 4 Secondary appraisal 5 Irrelevant appraisal 6 Predictability 7 Type A behaviour pattern 8 Vulnerability 9 Harm/loss appraisal 10 Commitments as person variables 11 Beliefs as person variables 12 Imminence 13 Event uncertainty 14 Duration 15 Situation variables 16 Stressful appraisal 17 Challenge appraisal 18 Threat appraisal 19 Social dominance 20 Novelty 21 Reappraisal 22 Person variables 23 Cognitive appraisal 24 Cognitive transactional models A cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for an individual's well being 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 A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease 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 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 The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response Lack of knowledge about when an event will occur, which can result in stress A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve outcomes that are positive and may enhance well-being The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process A characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved 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" Values that influence appraisal by determining the importance of a particular encounter and that affect the choices made to achieve a desired outcome Appraisal in which, though an event is perceived to be stressful, the focus is one of positive excitement and the potential for growth The initial evaluation of a situation 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 Assessment of whether or not an event is stressful Models that emphasize the relationship between a person and his pr her environment and the appraisal that the individual makes of the situation A type of stressful appraisal at the time of primary appraisal that involves significant physical or psychological loss Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness