Stress RevisionHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

SPECIFICATION

Stress is the perceived inability to cope with an environmental demand,

this may result in physiological and/or psychological effects.

What are these effects and why do they arise?

WHAT IS STRESS?

What are the three causes of stress on your specification?

What studies are associated with these causes?Briefly outline the studies.

How would you evaluate this research?

How did they collect the data?Comment on the reliability and validity of the

data.

CAUSES OF STRESS

What are the three approaches to stress management on your specification? Name and define

What research is associated with them?

Briefly outline the studies.

STRESS MANAGEMENT

(a) Outline one behavioural technique for managing stress (10)

(b) Discuss the problems into research into stress management (15)

(a) Describe one cognitive technique for managing stress. [10]

(b) Discuss whether stress should be managed by treating the individual or their situation.

[15]

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

Assess the validity of different methods of measuring stress. Validity considers to what extent the data measures what it claims to measure. To what extent can we be confident that we are defining stress accurately, precisely and fully, and that any particular measure addresses this? Validity takes many forms and can refer to the validity of the definition and coverage of the term itself, the internal validity of the research being used, the ecological validity of whether the research is applicable to ‘real world’ situations, and so on. An awareness of these points is required for a top band answer as opposed to a more general commentary on validity per se.

MARK SCHEME 10 MARKS

MARK SCHEME 15 MARKS