Exam 4: Psychological Factors and Health

The final stage of the general adaptation syndrome is the ______ stage.

Stress is a psychological event, not a physical event.

Which of the following countries has the highest death rate from cancer?

Psychological factors, such as stress, ______ in determining the length and quality of our lives.

Evidence shows that people who experience more life changes in a given period of time are ______ likely to encounter psychological health problems and ______ likely to encounter physical health problems.

The division of the autonomic nervous system that tones down states of bodily arousal and controls bodily processes that replenish resources, such as digestion, is the ______.

Testosterone appears to ______ feelings of self-confidence and ______ aggression.

Each of the following is one of the limitations in the research on connections between daily hassles, life changes, and health problems EXCEPT ______.

A strong sense of ethnic identity and pride in their cultural heritage boosts the ability of ethnic minorities to cope with racism and prejudice.

When comparing the following groups, which of the following are most likely to be health care "underusers"?

Diseases of adaptation result primarily from ______.

When cancer cells spread by establishing other colonies elsewhere in the body, they are said to have ______.

The researcher who has been playfully called "Dr. Stress," is ______.

Prolonged stress appears to impair immune system functioning because stress stimulates the production of ______, which suppress(es) immune system functioning.

After a bad day at the office, when compared to women, men are ______ likely to withdraw from the family and are ______ likely to start arguments.

The ______ regulates the glands and involuntary activities such as heartbeat and digestion.

Explain what health psychology is and the types of things it studies.

Stress can influence the course of cancer.

In the resistance stage of the general adaptation syndrome, levels of endocrine and sympathetic activity are ______ than in the alarm reaction stage, and are ______ than normal.

Anger is closely associated with the risk of coronary heart disease.