Exam 16: Health, Stress and Coping

What does the health locus of control scale measure?

The hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from the adrenal glands in response to stress and are associated with the fight-or-flight response.

People living under stressful conditions tend to get sick more often than they would otherwise. How do researchers in psychoneuroimmunology explain this phenomenon?

Which major life event on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale has the highest number of "stress units"?

When Franz was young his father would beat him. Franz is now stronger than his father and could stop the beatings; however, Franz simply curls up into a ball and lets his father beat him. This might be an example of ______________.

Imagine that you have just flunked a class. You evaluate this situation and decide that flunking a class is stressful and important enough to be upset about. Next you decide to repeat the class in summer school. You have made _________________.

_____ is a hypothesized mechanism that serves to maintain body weight around a physiologically programmed level.

Which of the following is associated with positive coping strategies?

John is the type of person who wants everything done perfectly the first time. When playing a game, he feels like he must win. He is easily provoked to anger, but he is also readily ambitious. Based on these traits, John must be a _____________.

Many people cope with stressful life events through _______________, which refers to psychological strategies people use to preserve a sense of nonrandom order when personal control is compromised.

Miranda is questioning whether her upcoming business trip, where she must travel through an area with many mountains, will pose a danger for her. As such, this example illustrates _______________.

Jennet drives her car to and from work each morning. She sits at a desk in front of a computer most of the day, and then watches television and plays videogames when she gets home. Jennet's lifestyle can be described as:

According to studies, people who are involved in a religion and attend services regularly are more likely to:

The unintentional spreading of a behavior as a result of social interactions is referred to as _____________.

Researchers have found that older people who have a genetic risk of Alzheimer's can slow the rate of memory decline by

The tendency to respond to problems with a pattern of anxiety, hostility, anger, guilt or nervousness is referred to as _________________.

Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense and her blood pressure rises. According to Hans Selye, she is in the _______________.

Which of the following is true about HIV/AIDS and stress?

One way in which exercise is believed to improve cognitive functioning is by increasing levels of ____________ in the brain.

_____________is as great a mortality risk as smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure.