Can Stress Ever Be Good for Relationships

question 53

Multiple Choice

Can stress ever be good for relationships?

• A) Yes,if it is acute stress.
• B) No,because the physiological effects of stress have immediate,powerful,and usually invisible effects.
• C) No,because stress tends to "pile up" and depletes couples' resources for dealing with it.
• D) Yes,especially when couples have the resources and skills to meet the challenge successfully.

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A state where an individual feels completely devoid of control, stemming from experiencing a traumatic incident or consistent inability to achieve success.

Basic Psychological Mechanisms

Fundamental processes underpinning human thought, emotion, and behavior, such as perception, learning, and motivation.

Locus of Control

A psychological concept that refers to individuals’ beliefs about the extent to which outcomes of their actions are under their own control (internal locus) or beyond their control (external locus).

Julian Rotter

An American psychologist known for his development of social learning theory and the concept of locus of control.