Exam 11: Stress and Health Psychology

Each of the following is one of the three main theories of road rage except the ________.

Compare and contrast direct coping methods with defensive coping methods. In your discussion, describe at least three direct coping methods and one method of defensive coping.

According to Lazarus, ________.

Which of the following statements is true?

For someone who likes both movies and concerts, choosing between going to one or the other represents an ________ conflict.

Gloria wants to be the best account executive her firm has ever seen, in the hope that she may quickly be promoted to vice president for investment and finance. She is pushing herself to achieve perfection because of ________.

A person deemed well adjusted by one set of standards may not be considered so by other criteria.

The proper order in which the stages of the general adaptation syndrome occur is ________.

We are most likely to first use direct or defensive coping techniques during the ________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

There are two general types of coping with stress: ________ coping.

Each of the following is true of defense mechanisms except ________.

People who scored high on an anger scale were ________ times more likely to have heart attacks or sudden cardiac death than their calmer peers.

Each of the following is a type of direct coping except ________.

When under stress ________ secrete oxytocin.

"Crying like a baby" to manipulate someone into giving you what you want is a form of ________.

Which of the following people is likely to experience the least stress in a given situation?

Which of the following is not one of the techniques discussed in your text for coping with stress at college?

Which of the following is not one of the criteria developed for evaluating adjustment, according to your text?

In general, one's risk of developing a stress-induced illness goes up with ________ scores on the College Life Stress Inventory.

Adjustment is any effort to cope with stress.