Question 1

The simplest way of coping with stress is to

Accepted Answer

A)  learn to manage stress. 
B)  modify or remove the source of the stress. 
C)  learn to ignore upsetting conditions. 
D)  increase your immune system to withstand any emotional stresses. 
A)  learn to manage stress. 
B)  modify or remove the source of the stress. 
C)  learn to ignore upsetting conditions. 
D)  increase your immune system to withstand any emotional stresses.

Question 2

In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body mobilize its resources to cope with added stress by producing more adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol?

Accepted Answer

A)  alarm reaction 
B)  activation phase 
C)  stage of resistance 
D)  defensive reaction 
A)  alarm reaction 
B)  activation phase 
C)  stage of resistance 
D)  defensive reaction

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the major health-promoting behaviors listed in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  learn stress management and lower hostility 
B)  provide for periods of relaxation every day 
C)  minimize sun exposure 
D)  eat a high protein, low carbohydrate diet 
A)  learn stress management and lower hostility 
B)  provide for periods of relaxation every day 
C)  minimize sun exposure 
D)  eat a high protein, low carbohydrate diet

Question 4

The use of defense mechanisms prevents us from developing large blind spots in our awareness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When you are feeling stressed, remember if you spend time loafing, browsing, or napping, you will just get further behind and become more stressed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

If you were faced with having to cope with a threat, and you were unable to control the distressing situation, itself, your best strategy would involve

Accepted Answer

A)  emotion-focused coping. 
B)  hypothalamic relaxation. 
C)  problem-focused coping. 
D)  primary appraisal. 
A)  emotion-focused coping. 
B)  hypothalamic relaxation. 
C)  problem-focused coping. 
D)  primary appraisal.

Question 7

People who use humor to cope with stressful situations tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  lose their focus on solving the problem. 
B)  lower their distress and stress reactions to difficult events. 
C)  distract themselves and others from working on the problems. 
D)  come up with less creative and less realistic solutions to problems. 
A)  lose their focus on solving the problem. 
B)  lower their distress and stress reactions to difficult events. 
C)  distract themselves and others from working on the problems. 
D)  come up with less creative and less realistic solutions to problems.

Question 8

Margo is a counselor, who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from her clients. Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one. Margo is experiencing __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Margo is a counselor, who has begun...

Question 9

Approximately 20% of all deaths are the result of smoking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  community health campaigns that provide role models. 
B)  jail time for people who violate health codes. 
C)  electroconvulsive shock therapy for unhealthy, anxious patients. 
D)  sensory deprivation activities. 
A)  community health campaigns that provide role models. 
B)  jail time for people who violate health codes. 
C)  electroconvulsive shock therapy for unhealthy, anxious patients. 
D)  sensory deprivation activities.

Question 11

According to your textbook, the main cause of preventable deaths in the United States, presently, is alcoholism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Seventy percent of all medical costs are related to just six of the behavioral risk factors. These are smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, poor diet, insufficient exercise, and

Accepted Answer

A)  violence. 
B)  risky sexual practices. 
C)  excessive sun exposure. 
D)  reckless driving. 
A)  violence. 
B)  risky sexual practices. 
C)  excessive sun exposure. 
D)  reckless driving.

Question 13

In order to interrupt upsetting thoughts and quiet her body, Maggie closes her eyes and focuses on a phrase that she repeats over and over. Maggie is using the stress management technique known as __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In order to interrupt upsetting thoughts and...

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  somatic immunology 
B)  psychoneuroimmunology 
C)  psychosomatology 
D)  immunobiology 
A)  somatic immunology 
B)  psychoneuroimmunology 
C)  psychosomatology 
D)  immunobiology

Question 15

A stressful condition that occurs when a person must respond at or near maximum capacity for long time periods is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  pressure. 
B)  frustration. 
C)  anxiety. 
D)  conflict. 
A)  pressure. 
B)  frustration. 
C)  anxiety. 
D)  conflict.

Question 16

Regarding the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both positive and negative events cause stress. 
B)  Improvements in life conditions can be as costly as declines. 
C)  Scores on the SRRS are measured in Life Change Units (LCUs). 
D)  Low scores on the SRRS suggest one is more likely to contract an illness. 
A)  Both positive and negative events cause stress. 
B)  Improvements in life conditions can be as costly as declines. 
C)  Scores on the SRRS are measured in Life Change Units (LCUs). 
D)  Low scores on the SRRS suggest one is more likely to contract an illness.

Question 17

Frustration-caused behavior that is repetitive and non-productive is called

Accepted Answer

A)  persistence. 
B)  stereotyped responding. 
C)  cognitive rigidity. 
D)  perseverance. 
A)  persistence. 
B)  stereotyped responding. 
C)  cognitive rigidity. 
D)  perseverance.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  idealism and maladaptive perfectionism. 
B)  learned helplessness and depression. 
C)  arrogance, individualism, and a lack of team spirit. 
D)  the use of reaction formation, projection, and rationalization. 
A)  idealism and maladaptive perfectionism. 
B)  learned helplessness and depression. 
C)  arrogance, individualism, and a lack of team spirit. 
D)  the use of reaction formation, projection, and rationalization.

Question 19

According to Seligman, learned helplessness results because people learn that they are powerless to avoid punishment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods. According to the authors of your textbook, this difference in life expectancy is due to the

Accepted Answer

A)  women in the better-off neighborhoods working longer hours at more stressful jobs. 
B)  extra stress that the women living in the better-off neighborhoods feel from being constantly reminded that they are relatively poor. 
C)  women in the poorer neighborhoods having better social support than the women in the better-off neighborhoods. 
D)  better health care options available to the women in the poorer neighborhoods as compared to the health care options available to those in the better-off neighborhoods. 
A)  women in the better-off neighborhoods working longer hours at more stressful jobs. 
B)  extra stress that the women living in the better-off neighborhoods feel from being constantly reminded that they are relatively poor. 
C)  women in the poorer neighborhoods having better social support than the women in the better-off neighborhoods. 
D)  better health care options available to the women in the poorer neighborhoods as compared to the health care options available to those in the better-off neighborhoods.

The simplest way of coping with stress is to

In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body mobilize its resources to cope with added stress by producing more adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol?

Which of the following is NOT one of the major health-promoting behaviors listed in the text?

The use of defense mechanisms prevents us from developing large blind spots in our awareness.

When you are feeling stressed, remember if you spend time loafing, browsing, or napping, you will just get further behind and become more stressed.

If you were faced with having to cope with a threat, and you were unable to control the distressing situation, itself, your best strategy would involve

People who use humor to cope with stressful situations tend to

Margo is a counselor, who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from her clients. Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one. Margo is experiencing __________.

Approximately 20% of all deaths are the result of smoking.

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

According to your textbook, the main cause of preventable deaths in the United States, presently, is alcoholism.

Seventy percent of all medical costs are related to just six of the behavioral risk factors. These are smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, poor diet, insufficient exercise, and

In order to interrupt upsetting thoughts and quiet her body, Maggie closes her eyes and focuses on a phrase that she repeats over and over. Maggie is using the stress management technique known as __________.

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

A stressful condition that occurs when a person must respond at or near maximum capacity for long time periods is known as

Regarding the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Frustration-caused behavior that is repetitive and non-productive is called

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

According to Seligman, learned helplessness results because people learn that they are powerless to avoid punishment.

A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods. According to the authors of your textbook, this difference in life expectancy is due to the

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Exam 12: Health Psychology

The simplest way of coping with stress is to

In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body mobilize its resources to cope with added stress by producing more adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol?

Which of the following is NOT one of the major health-promoting behaviors listed in the text?

The use of defense mechanisms prevents us from developing large blind spots in our awareness.

When you are feeling stressed, remember if you spend time loafing, browsing, or napping, you will just get further behind and become more stressed.

If you were faced with having to cope with a threat, and you were unable to control the distressing situation, itself, your best strategy would involve

People who use humor to cope with stressful situations tend to

Margo is a counselor, who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from her clients. Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one. Margo is experiencing __________.

Approximately 20% of all deaths are the result of smoking.

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

According to your textbook, the main cause of preventable deaths in the United States, presently, is alcoholism.

Seventy percent of all medical costs are related to just six of the behavioral risk factors. These are smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, poor diet, insufficient exercise, and

In order to interrupt upsetting thoughts and quiet her body, Maggie closes her eyes and focuses on a phrase that she repeats over and over. Maggie is using the stress management technique known as __________.

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

A stressful condition that occurs when a person must respond at or near maximum capacity for long time periods is known as

Regarding the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Frustration-caused behavior that is repetitive and non-productive is called

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

According to Seligman, learned helplessness results because people learn that they are powerless to avoid punishment.

A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods. According to the authors of your textbook, this difference in life expectancy is due to the

Introducing Psychology

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Human Sexuality

Personality

Psychological Disorders

Herapies

Social Psychology

Applied Psychology

Filters