Whether or Not an Event Is Stressful Is Most Likely

question 44

Multiple Choice

Whether or not an event is stressful is most likely to depend on 

• A) how much physiological arousal it causes.
• B) how much change there is.
• C) how one appraises and adapts to the event.
• D) whether one is prepared for the event.

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Definitions:

Game

A structured form of play or competitive activity, often undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as a tool in therapy to address psychological issues.

Ulterior Transactions

In transactional analysis, refers to communication exchanges that have a hidden psychological message, differing from the overt social message sent.

Psychological Payoff

The benefit, often unconscious, that individuals derive from maintaining certain behaviors or psychological states.

Transactional Analysis

A psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator as a basis for understanding behavior.