Exam 12: Health, stress, and Coping

Jimmy Fallon,the host of a late night talk show,is worried that no one likes his hosting ability.If Jimmy decides to engage in an emotional coping strategy,he's most likely to ____.

At a hostile family reunion,Paige is quite stressed.Her heart is racing,her emotions are frazzled,and she has crossed her arms to signal she's not to be disturbed.Paige's responses to the reunion are known as ____.

A person with a disease-resistant personality is one who ____.

Liz is observing her friend Betty tensing her muscles for a few seconds and then releasing that tension.Betty has just done this for her hands,arms,legs,feet,and abdomen.Liz thinks that Betty has gone crazy.However,Betty is most likely engaging in ____.

Marcella has been experiencing frequent headaches and irritability; therefore,she is attempting to improve her manner of coping with stress.According to the textbook,what should she do first?

Corbin recently found out that he has cancer,and he now strictly follows a treatment,diet,and exercise program that the doctor thinks will be helpful in keeping the cancer from spreading.These behaviors best illustrate ____ coping.

You are most likely to experience stress when you ____.

Trina is thinking about how many papers she has to do before the end of the term,how to mend things with her boyfriend,and how to earn enough money to buy her family presents for the holidays.In other words,Trina is thinking about ____.

Erwin,a decorated war hero,occasionally has flashbacks concerning his hand-to-hand combat experiences in Southeast Asia.This is a symptom of ____.

Which individual is most likely to suffer from coronary heart disease?

Scott has heart damage that his doctor says is due to prolonged stress from caring for a child with a serious,incurable illness.The doctor explains that the damage is probably due to high levels of adrenaline and cortisol produced by his body over a long period of time.Hans Selye would say that Scott is in the ____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

Carrie realizes that she smokes too many cigarettes and drinks too many alcoholic drinks every day.Acknowledging the serious effects her smoking and drinking can have on her health,she develops a plan to cut back on her smoking.She also checks herself into an alcohol treatment center and abstains from alcohol for four months.Carrie is in the ____ stage of readiness regarding her smoking and in the ____ stage of readiness regarding her drinking.

In times of stress,a person is likely to use mental sets when solving a problem.An example of a mental set is ____.

Margarita is writing a book about problem-focused coping strategies.Which title would be least relevant for this book?

Han-Sung is a university student who feels very anxious and on edge when he is struggling to get everything done.To feel less anxious,he listens to relaxing classical music.Which form of coping skills does Han-Sung employ?

Near the end of the semester,Gina shows signs of exhaustion.She is pulling all-nighters to finish papers and projects while working part-time and visiting her ailing grandmother.As a result,she becomes more vulnerable to illness.Hans Selye would refer to Gina's resulting illness as ____.

The field of psychoneuroimmunology traces its roots back to the research on bacteria and stress conducted by ____.

Edith is worried about her husband Archie's health because he is often angry,resentful,suspicious,and distrustful of other people.Archie is displaying a response pattern known as ____,which research suggests places him at higher risk for ____.

Harry,a hard-working executive in a major corporation,is under a tremendous amount of stress.All of the following are effective ways for him to cope with the stress of his job except ____.

Batman and Spiderman are having lunch together.Spiderman confides that he can't take the stress of crime fighting anymore.He's become accident prone,sad,irritable,and indifferent to the growing injustice of the city.Based on what you know from the text,Spiderman seems to be suffering from ____.