Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping.

For centuries, the model that dominated Western thinking and viewed health as the absence of illness and your body as a complex biological machine that can break down and become ill was the __________ model.

A person who complains about illnesses that are imaginary would be diagnosed with a(n)__________ disorder.

Forty percent of U.S.high school students engaged in which of the following health-endangering behaviors ?

Unconsciously preventing anxiety-producing experiences from reaching conscious awareness is called

Which of the following suggestions would NOT help you handle conflicts more effectively?

Hans Selye developed a model, which describes the series of bodily reactions that occur to prolonged stress.He called this model the

Meichenbaum has encouraged clients to reduce stress through the use of

Heart disease, stroke, HIV/AIDS, and lung cancer often result from health-damaging personal habits and are examples of

The first response to frustration is most often

Tommy tends to ignore or deny problems rather than meeting them head-on.He often experiences anxiety and stress and does not take very good care of his health.Tommy would best be described as a(n)

List three of the bodily effects that are triggered by stress; and describe three techniques for reducing these effects.

Which of the following include such obvious practices as getting regular exercise, controlling smoking and alcohol use, maintaining a balanced diet, getting good medical care, and managing stress?

Mitzi is a counselor who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from the people she works with.Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one.Mitzi is experiencing

Frustrations become less intense as the strength, urgency, or importance of the blocked motive increases.

Explain the benefits of positive emotions and the advantages of being an optimist in life.

Regarding stress and the immune system, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Sports may be said to be an institutionalized way of dealing with unacceptable impulses for aggression and competition through the defense mechanism of __________.

Stress caused by the many changes and adaptations required when a person moves to a foreign culture is called __________ stress.

The habitual redirection of aggression to some person or group is called

When Selye examined animals in the last stage of the general adaptation syndrome, he found which of their organs to be enlarged and discolored?