What events provoke stress responses? How do we respond and adapt to stress?/What are the links among basic outlooks on life, social support, stress, and health?/ How do psychological factors influence a person?s health? /You have a friend who is involved in a very stressful divorce. What advice would you give your friend to help them cope with their stress and why you would give them this advice./What does ?being in control? of one?s life mean? Can believing that you have total control ever be a negative thing? What factors influence whether or not a person feels they are in ?control? of their life?/What is the ?faith factor? and what are some possible explanations for the link between faith and health?

Respond to any two (2) of the following essay questions. Each response must be 300-500 words in length. Use appropriate citations when necessary.

1. What events provoke stress responses? How do we respond and adapt to stress?

2. What are the links among basic outlooks on life, social support, stress, and health?

3. How do psychological factors influence a person?s health?

4. You have a friend who is involved in a very stressful divorce. What advice would you give your friend to help them cope with their stress and why you would give them this advice.

5. What does ?being in control? of one?s life mean? Can believing that you have total control ever be a negative thing? What factors influence whether or not a person feels they are in ?control? of their life?

6. What is the ?faith factor? and what are some possible explanations for the link between faith and health?