Exam 25: Stress, Coping, and Health Part 1

Which of the following would NOT qualify as a frustrating event?

Which of the following is the MOST accurate conclusion one can draw about Type A behavior and the risk of coronary heart disease?

When expectations or demands that a person behave in a certain way occur, the person experiences

Researchers have uncovered strong links between cognitive reactions or ____ and specific emotions.

What appears to mediate between a potentially stressful event and the emotional, physiological, and behavioral response to that event?

Suki routinely responds to stress with a learned helplessness response. Suki's response will involve

Dustin was driving his car on an icy road when the back end started to skid out of control. His car crossed the centerline, and he could see the headlights of rapidly approaching, oncoming traffic. His entire body became energized. His heart rate and respiration increased, and he began to perspire profusely. According to Selye's general adaptation syndrome, Dustin was experiencing

The person who is MOST likely to experience frustration is one who

Ivan's car began to slip sideways on the rain-slick road. As his car spun out of control, and into the path of oncoming traffic, his pituitary gland began to secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This would have stimulated the adrenal glands and caused

Mason is already late for an important appointment when he realizes he is almost out of gas. He stops to fill up, and the clerk has trouble getting approval on his credit card. When he finally pulls out of the service station, the traffic is crawling because of an accident. Inconveniences of this type

When a choice must be made between two attractive goals we are experiencing

Lola saw her family doctor last week because she had experienced a number of asthma attacks in the preceding month. Her family doctor told Lola that her asthma was a psychosomatic disease. Lola's doctor was telling her that

The hypothalamus communicates with the endocrine system by way of the

When compared to Type A people, Type B people tend to be more

Conflict

Which of the following statements concerning the effects of stress is MOST accurate?

Research has demonstrated that brief periods of mental stress can trigger sudden symptoms of heart disease in approximately ____ of patients with stable heart disease.

Four years have passed since the death of Bill's eldest son, and still Bill experiences bouts of depression and anxiety when he thinks about the tragic accident that led to his son's death. This lingering depression and anxiety is characteristic of

Disturbed behavior that occurs after a major stressful event is referred to as

Miranda started a small craft business in her home three years ago. Last year she finally moved her business into a small store along her town's main street. Last Saturday, most of her store's stock was destroyed as firefighters fought a fire that had started in the vacant office next to her store. As Miranda walks through her ruined store, she is most likely to experience a sense of