Exam 4: Stress-Related Disorders

Julia is walking through the forest when she encounters a bear. Her body enters the alarm reaction stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). Which of the following is most likely occurring in her body?

Adjustment disorders are classified in the DSM-5 within a category of ____________.

EMDR is a technique to treat ______.

Summarize the steps one can take to restore emotional wellbeing and a sense of control following a disaster or other traumatic experience,

Correlational research helps scientists demonstrate causal connections.

Ann recognizes her stressors, evaluates them and modifies her reactions to render them less harmful. She is applying ______ coping.

Why is terrorism-related trauma a source of chronic stress?

The more direct the exposure to the trauma, the greater the person's likelihood of developing PTSD.

About ______ of people suffer a traumatic experience at some point in their lives.

Research by Tindle (2009) links greater optimism in women to lower rates of heart disease and greater longevity.

The immune system is weakened by continuous secretion of ______.

Strong social and family networks, coping skills, ethnic identity and self-efficacy are particular factors that help buffer stress among ______.

Stronger or more persistent symptoms of dissociation around the time of the trauma is associated with a greater likelihood of later development of PTSD.

In order to be diagnosed with acute stress disorder, the person with acute stress disorder must have been directly exposed to the trauma.

Kim is an Asian immigrant living in San Francisco. She is most likely to experience emotional problems if ______.

Denial is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Norepinephrine is also produced in the amygdala, where it functions as a neurotransmitter.

The effects of self-efficacy expectancies on buffering stress were first investigated by ______.

Self-efficacy expectancies refer to our expectations that we will not succeed in coping with the challenges ? we face.

According to DSM-5, a maladaptive reaction to an identified stressor, characterized by impaired functioning or emotional distress that exceeds what would normally be expected is a (n)_______.