Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping.

Sore muscles, headaches, indigestion, fatigue, and sexual dysfunctions are several complaints that can be psychosomatic and, thus, are most likely to be the result of the person's

Persons who are using the defense mechanism of projection

By allowing them to master difficult challenges, such as mountaineering, white-water canoeing, and wilderness survival, the Outward Bound schools help to "immunize" people against

Which psychologist stated that there are two important steps in managing a threat, which are primary appraisal and secondary appraisal?

Which of the effects of stress involves tight muscles, a pounding heart, poor sleep, and shallow breathing?

Which of the following is the study of links among behavior, stress, disease, and the immune system?

When the explanation you give for your behavior is reasonable and convincing, but not the real reason, you are using the defense mechanism of

Regarding how one can reduce hostility toward others, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Prolonged stress can result in

An important way that psychologists work to decrease behavioral risks to health is through the use of

In order to prevent the spread of learned helplessness, an individual should learn to attribute failure to

The impact of long-term stresses can be understood by examining the body's defenses against stress, a pattern known as

Which of the following is an unconscious process in which people see their own faults in other people, thus, protecting themselves against the anxiety they would feel if they discerned these faults in themselves?

Stress is almost always harmful and must be avoided at all costs.

A high school senior choosing among all the different college majors would be an example of __________ conflicts.

In one study, people who were deliberately exposed to the virus that causes common colds were more likely to get a cold if they had high stress scores.

Feigned apathy and drug use are examples of the reaction to frustration known as psychological ___________.

You are on your way to school, and a car pulls out in front of you.Its driver then proceeds to drive 20 miles an hour, slowing down at every bump in the road.Your frustration would be classified as

People who are unusually resistant to stress; have a sense of personal commitment to self, work, and family; feel that they have control over their lives and their work; and have a tendency to see life as a series of challenges, rather than as a series of threats or problems, would be described as having a(n)__________ personality.

You have appraised a situation as stressful.You have two major choices to handle the stressors, which are