Exam 3: Stress and Stress Management

Brain surgery can be done with a local anesthetic.

Discuss what self-efficacy expectations are and how they affect us.

To relax muscles, it may help to tense them first.

Which of the following is NOT one of the methods described in your text as an effective psychological method for coping with pain?

Alan is trying to lower his bodily arousal by focusing on relaxing, repetitive stimuli, and thereby narrowing his consciousness so that the outside world seems to "fade away." This technique is called ______.

Justin believes he has little influence over his own life and sees his fate as being in the hands of others who control him. According to your text, he has ______.

Which of the following is NOT true of defensive methods of coping with stress?

"Stress" is a concept psychologists have borrowed from ______.

Psychologically hardy people are more resistant to stress because they learn how to avoid it.

The thwarting of a motive to attain a goal, or something that prevents us from doing or getting what we desire produces ______.

People who are highly driven, competitive, rushed, perfectionistic, and impatient are ______ personalities.

Your hearing can be permanently impaired from prolonged exposure to noise levels beginning at about ______ dB.

Type B personalities are just as competitive and driven as Type A personalities.

According to a recent national survey by the American Psychological Association, more than one in three Americans report having headaches as a result of stress and more than one in four say stress causes indigestion.

Uplifts are the opposite of life changes.

A unit that expresses the loudness of noises is called a(n) ______.

Routine sources of annoyance or aggravation that have a negative impact on health are called ______.

The number one reason that college students seek help at college counseling centers is ______.

Extraverts are more prone than introverts to developing infectious diseases such as colds when under stress.

A trance state in which the person becomes highly suggestible is ______.