Touro MPS667 All Modules Discussions Latest 2019 March Question # 00602396 Subject: Education Due on: 06/22/2019 Posted On: 06/22/2019 11:20 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.7/5

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 1 Discussion

DQ1 Introduction

Please take
a moment to introduce yourself. Where
are you from? What are your
hobbies? What are you hoping to learn
from this course?

DQ2 Sources
of Stress

2a. Based on
the background materials, differentiate at least 3 different sources of stress
in the 21st century.

2b. Explore
how these 3 sources of stress can affect the psychological and social well
being of an individual.

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 2 Discussion

DQ1 Three
types stress

1a. Based
on the background materials, differentiate between acute, episodic &
chronic stress.

1b. Explore
at least one example of acute, episodic & chronic stress in your own life.

DQ2 Eustress
versus Distress

2a. Based
on the background materials, differentiate between eustress and distress.

2b. Explore
the factors that lead towards the experience of eustress and provide some
examples of eustress in your current life.

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 3 Discussion

DQ1 Stages
of Stress

1a. Based
on the background materials, explore the 3 phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome
in response to stress.

1b. Based
on the background materials, elaborate on at least 3 examples showing the impact
of experiencing stress on the brain and the body. Please specify the names of
the brain regions affected by stress in your discussion postings.

DQ2 Coping
with the Physiological Impact of Stress

2a. Based
on the background materials, explore at least 3 methods to help counteract the
physiological effects of psychological stress on the body.

2b. After
reviewing the 3 methods to help counteract the physiological effects of
psychological stress on the body, discuss the challenges of making changes to
your own habits, lifestyle and behaviors to implement these stress coping
methods.

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 4 Discussion

DQ1 Types
of Coping

1a. Based
on the background materials, differentiate between the Emotion Focused and Problem
Focused Coping Strategies.

1b. Based
on the background materials, elaborate on at least 3 different types of
adaptive/positive coping skills or methods and how successful or unsuccessful
you have been to previously implement these in your own life.

DQ2 Effects
of Coping Strategies

Based on
the background materials, elaborate on at least 2 research results showing the
impact of coping strategies on various populations or settings.

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 5 Discussion

DQ1 Methods
of Measuring Coping

1a. Based
on the background materials, compare and contrast at least 2 different
instruments designed to measure psychological coping. For example, what are the
types of questions or scales that are found with each of the 2 different coping
measure instruments?

1b. If you
were revising a measurement of coping skills instrument, please list at least 5
additional questions you would ask. Why are you asking these 5 additional
questions?

DQ2 Screening
for Psychological Coping

After reviewing
the background materials, elaborate the importance of using psychological
coping instruments to screen individuals who are entering into a highly
stressful occupation (ex. medical doctor, police officer, lawyer, social
worker, elementary school teacher etc.). In other words, if a psychological
coping instrument can identify low ratings on some coping skills, how can this
information be used to inform the support and training for the person entering
to a highly stressful occupation?

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 6 Discussion

DQ1 Emotional
Regulation versus Emotion Suppression

1a. Based
on the background materials, compare and contrast the strategies of emotion
suppression versus emotional regulation.

1b. Based
on the background materials, explore the research findings about the impact of
using emotional regulation upon the psychological well-being of individuals.

DQ2 Emotional
Regulation Training

2a. Based
on the background materials, elaborate on how emotional regulation can be trained
to young children help cope with stress.

2b. Explore
on at least 3 challenges of being able to train emotional regulation to young
children or your family members

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 7 Discussion

DQ1 Cognitive
Reappraisal

1a. Based
on the background materials, differentiate between emotional regulation versus
cognitive reappraisal in coping with stress

1b. Explore
at least 2 everyday real-life situations where cognitive reappraisal would be
an effective method of coping with stress. Please provide examples

DQ2 Cognitive
Reappraisal Training

2a. Based
on the background materials, elaborate on how cognitive reappraisal can be
trained to teenagers to help cope with stress.

2b. Explore
on at least 3 challenges of being able to train cognitive reappraisal to
teenagers

MPS667 Stress and Coping in Health Psychology

Module 8 Discussion

DQ1 Gratitude

1a. Based
on the background materials, explore the research on how having a mindset of
gratefulness (i.e. the attitude of gratitude) can help with coping with
everyday stressors.

1b. Explore
some key factors that may prevent individuals to seek a mindset of gratefulness
to help manage stress in their lives.

DQ2 Lessons
Learned

After
learning from all the modules in this course, elaborate on how the different
coping methods you have learned in this course can be used to improve your own
coping methods or the people around you (ex. children, family, co-workers).