Exam 16: Stress and Health

An individual who was self-satisfied, patient, and relaxed might be described as having:

Rina was in a meeting with several other employees when her boss started to criticize a proposal Rina had put together for the marketing department.As he started into his critique, Rina's heart rate and respiration increased, and she could feel her face and hands become flushed and red.According to Selye's general activation syndrome (GAS), Rina was experiencing:

Which of the following is one of the physical and psychological symptoms associated with nicotine withdrawal?

Discuss the physical consequences of reacting to prolonged stress, focusing on general susceptibility to disease and overall immune function.

Identical environmental events can lead to two very different stress reactions, depending on how the event is interpreted.

Posttraumatic stress disorder is:

Explain the role that cognitive appraisals play in the experience of stress.Discuss the two elements that must be perceived before an individual will experience a stress reaction.

In a study by McCann and Holmes, mildly depressed female college students were assigned to one of three treatment conditions.One group engaged in a regular program of aerobic exercise, one group learned relaxation techniques, and the third group received no treatment.After 10 weeks, McCann and Holmes found that:

The three stages or phases in the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), described by Selye, are:

Outline why it is necessary to consider both the quantity and the quality of food in a healthy diet, and identify the health consequences that have been associated with improper eating habits.

Research studies that have investigated the role of social support in psychological and physical health have found that strong social support:

Nan's life is very stressful now that she is a single parent, and she has noticed that she catches every illness that her little girl gets.If Nan had a complete physical, she would probably be found to have:

The idea that to feel stress you need to perceive a threat and come to the conclusion that you may not have adequate resources to deal with the threat, is a reference to the need for a(n):

Those with a(n) ____________________ personality seem to be immersed in a sea of perpetual self-imposed stress.

As part of Lamaze training, expectant mothers are taught to concentrate on specific muscle groups, tense the muscles in that muscle group, and then relax the muscles completely.This technique should help the women reduce the stress associated with labor and childbirth using:

Noel is waiting in a very long line at the bank, again.Rather than focusing on how this is going to throw his whole schedule for the day out, he thinks about how he could rearrange his errands.He decides that next time, he will cash his check before his noon-hour aerobic class, rather than after the class.That way the lines at the bank will probably be shorter.In this case, Noel is coping with potential stress:

The term ____________________ refers to the demanding or threatening situations that produce stress.

During the exhaustion stage of the general activation syndrome (GAS):

Which of the following is an example of primary prevention?

Karen Allen had female students attempt to solve relatively difficult math problems.Some of the participants had their dog with them while they worked on the problems, while others had a close friend with them.The researchers measured each participant's stress-related arousal.In this study, the independent variable was: