Sources of Stress (AQA A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What are daily hassles?
What are daily hassles?
Small, frequent everyday irritations
Who developed the daily hassles concept in 1980?
Who developed the daily hassles concept in 1980?
Richard Lazarus and colleagues
What occurs during primary appraisal?
What occurs during primary appraisal?
Assessing how threatening the situation is
What is evaluated during secondary appraisal?
What is evaluated during secondary appraisal?
Ability to cope with the hassle
What type of stress source are daily hassles?
What type of stress source are daily hassles?
Proximal sources (immediate effects)
What does the amplification hypothesis suggest?
What does the amplification hypothesis suggest?
Major life changes make hassles worse
How many participants were in Kanner et al.'s (1981) study?
How many participants were in Kanner et al.'s (1981) study?
100 adults aged 45-64
What did Kanner et al. find about daily hassles compared to life changes?
What did Kanner et al. find about daily hassles compared to life changes?
Better predictors of psychological symptoms
What is a key weakness of retrospective daily hassles research?
What is a key weakness of retrospective daily hassles research?
Minor events may be forgotten easily
What did Ivancevich (1986) find daily hassles predicted better than life changes?
What did Ivancevich (1986) find daily hassles predicted better than life changes?
Health, job performance, & absenteeism