7. Which piece of research can be used to evaluate Marmot's study?
Lazarus: the point of individual differences is missed in Marmot's study, some people may percieve high demands as stressful while others do not
Lifton: students with high Hardiness scores were more likely to finish their degrees
8. What did Gervais find out?
Daily hassels increased job strain and decreased job performance, some nurses felt the uplifts counteracted the hassels and these uplifts improved job performance
There was no link between high workload and stress related illness, and it was concluded that job demard wasn't a major factor in stress
9. What are the methodological problems with daily hassels research?
Many researchers use retrospective recall to investigate daily hassels and this may make the reporting unreliable, causal conclusions cannot be drawn easily
The invention of new technology means our current knowledge is rapidly becoming out if date as technological advances may change stressors in the workplace
10. Which piece if research can be used to evaluate Gervais' research?
Ruffin: daily hassels were linked to greater psychological and physical disfunction than life events
Lifton: students with high Hardiness scores were more likely to finish their degrees
11. Who came up with the concept of Hardy Personality?
Marmot and Kobasa
Maddi and Kobasa
Maddi and Meichenbaum
12. What point can be used to evaluate studies into workplace stress?
The invention of new technology means our current knowledge is rapidly becoming out if date as technological advances may change stressors in the workplace
Much of the research has relied upon evidence from self-report questionnaires
13. Who's research can be used to support Kiecolt-Glaser's finding?
Marucha
Kobasa
Kiecolt-Glaser
14. What do Marmot do in his study?
Gave over 7000 civil servants a questionnaire on workload, job control and a health check for signs of Cardiovascular disease. An indepent assesment was also done by checking job specification and role, they were reassessed 5 years later
Asked nurses to keep diaries for a month recording their hassels and uplifts whilst at work
15. Who created the Hassels and Uplifts Scale?
Meichenbaum
Delongis
Kobasa
16. What is a problem with Hardiness research?
Much of the research has relied upon evidence from self-report questionnaires
Individual differences are important- one person may be more affected by life changes than another as well as this the relationship is correlational rather than causal
17. What did Marucha do in his study?
Inflicted punch biopsies in the mouths of students either in the holidays or during exam season
Took blood samples from students in a low stress and high stress period, immune system functioning was measured by NK cell activity
18. How do Beta Blockers work?
They reduce activity if the SNS by decreasing levels of Cortisol to slow down heart rate and lower blood pressure
They slow down activety in the CNS by increasing tbe body's reaction to GABA which slows down tbe activety of neurones
19. Keicolt-Glaser did a second study in 2005, what did she find out?
Blister wounds on the arms of married couples healed more slowly during discussions which were conflicting rather than supportive
A positive correlation between high life event scores and amount of illness while those who had low life event scores had low illness rates
20. What did Maddi find out in his study?
During a year in which a company wanted to dramatically decrease its number of employees, 2/3s suffered from stress-related illness but the remaing third thrived. This group showed attributes of the Hardy Personality
The set up a group of 3000 men and assesed their personalities by interview as well as examining them for signs of Coronary Heart Disease
