1. Textbook Additional Topics Chapter 12

2. What are the three types of conflict identified in the text?  Approach/approach conflict  Avoidance/avoidance conflict  Approach/avoidance conflict  Click here to view the Types of Conflict table Click here to view the Types of Conflict table

3. What are the three methods of direct coping identified in the text?  Confrontation –Acknowledging stress directly and initiating coping  Compromise –Choosing a more realistic goal when an ideal goal cannot be met  Withdrawal –Avoiding a situation when other options are NOT practical

4. The Biology of Stress  Who came up with the idea of GAS?  Hans Seyle  What does GAS stand for?  General Adaptation Syndrome  What are its three stages?  Alarm Reaction  Resistance  Exhaustion

5. Identify the Defense Mechanism:  John thought that almost everyone but himself was cheating on the psychology exam.  Projection

6. Identify the Defense Mechanism:  After her new baby brother came home from the hospital the parents discovered Cheryl had dismembered her favorite doll.  Displacement

7. Identify the Defense Mechanism:  Tommy began wetting his pants again after the birth of his baby brother.  Regression

8. Identify the Defense Mechanism:  Curt began assuming many of the behaviors and characteristics of the professor he most feared.  Identification