Exam Preview for 1611: Repressive Coping, Trauma, and Behavioral Ch

Repressive Coping, Trauma, and Behavioral Change

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1. Which of the following best represents the emotional regulation strategy cognitive therapy teaches? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
2. Josiah is an art history major in his sophomore year. He knows that when he goes home for spring break his parents are going to start a confrontation with him and try to make him feel like he is wasting his life. As a solution, he realizes that they won’t start anything in front of a guest, and so he decides to bring his girlfriend Candice to meet them for the first time. Which letter in the figure best represents the emotional regulation strategy that Josiah is relying on? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
3. Which letter in the figure best represents the emotional regulation strategy upon which Repressors exhibit a heavy reliance? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
4. Which of the following is the first type of emotional regulation strategy to appear in development? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
5. Trae is an adult man in his 40s married to his high-school sweetheart. One day, she confessed to having an affair. Trae is overwhelmed with emotion. He is furious and hurt, and so he goes and gets drunk. What emotional regulation strategy is he relying on? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
6. If a repressor has been exposed to severe emotional trauma, which of thefollowing best describes their ability to cope? They have fewer symptoms of psychopathology They have more supportive social contact Their close friends rate them as more resentful All of the above
7. An attempt to change the intensity or valance of an emotional response is referred to as a __________. An unconscious attempt to change the intensity or valance of an emotional response is a __________. Emotional regulation strategy; defense mechanism Emotional regulation strategy; repression strategy Attention deployment strategy; cognitive reappraisal Emotional control; cognitive control
8. Research finds that _______ does not work as a method for reducing anger. In fact, it actually increases the amount of anger felt. Repression Reaction Formation Catharsis Rumination
9. According to Byrne (1961) the opposite of repression is _____. Non-repression High anxiety Narcissism Sensitization
10. Despite high levels of anxiety, repressors are highly unlikely to present with ______. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia Narcissism
11. What proportion of the population do repressors represent? 0-10% 10-20% 20-30% More than 40%
12. Coping is distinguished from emotion regulation by: Its emphasis on much larger periods of time Its emphasis on reducing positive emotion Its emphasis on cognitive reappraisal Its emphasis on attention deployment strategies
13. In the course, a study examining how people with high suppression reacted to high-stress times in their lives was explored. What was the overall conclusion? Suppression leads to higher rumination and depression during times of high stress, but not low stress. Suppression is the opposite of depression. Suppression increases rumination but decreases depression. Suppression leads to higher rumination and depression during times of both low and high stress.
14. The theory that explains how repressors regulate negative emotions is called: the ironic avoidance hypothesis. the repression hypothesis. the vigilance-avoidance hypothesis. the ironic process theory.
15. Which of the following is an example of a situation that requires active coping? An individual coping with negative emotions caused by their drinking problem. An individual coping with negative emotions caused by sexual trauma. An individual coping with negative emotions caused by bereavement. An individual coping with negative emotions caused by a terminal diagnosis.