Chris Has Had a Bad Day at Work-Lots of Complaints

question 17

Multiple Choice

Chris has had a bad day at work-lots of complaints from customers and her boss gave her a deadline that she knows she will be unable to meet.When she gets home that night,she is in a bad mood and feels distant from her partner,Pat.Pat senses Chris' coolness and begins to wonder if there is trouble in their relationship.Chris' behavior that evening is an example of ________,and Pat's reaction is an example of ________.

• A) stress spillover;stress crossover
• B) stressor salience;perceptual confirmation
• C) stress crossover;stress spillover
• D) chronic stress;acute stress

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Definitions:

Action Therapies

Therapeutic approaches that emphasize direct action and behavioral change rather than introspection or cognitive analysis.

Biomedical Therapies

Treatments for mental disorders that involve physiological interventions, such as medication, surgery, or electroconvulsive therapy, to restore normal psychological functioning.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic therapy technique where the patient is asked to freely share thoughts, words, and anything else that comes to mind.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where a maladaptive response to a stimulus is replaced with an incompatible positive response.