Exam 16: Stress and Health

When their trip home was interrupted by car trouble, Sam got very upset even though they had no reason to hurry and the repairs were covered by a warranty.Trudy said, "This isn't so bad.We can relax by the pool and the car will be better than before." Trudy experienced less stress because:

A number of doctors and HMOs recommend that all men over the age of 40 have PST levels in their blood checked on a regular basis.The goal is to identify possible prostate cancer as early as possible.This is one example of:

Diego's house was almost completely destroyed by fire last week.As he walked through the charred remains with the insurance adjuster, Diego joked and said: "It's too bad that the only thing that wasn't destroyed is that ugly paining that my brother-in-law gave me for my last birthday." In this stressful situation, Diego's joking attitude reflects:

Efforts to manage conditions of threat or demand that tax one's resources are called:

The amount of stress that people experience is influenced by ____________________, which refers to the extent to which one feels that he or she can influence situations.

In the general activation syndrome (GAS), described by Selye, the final stage, during which a person's resources for fighting stress may be totally depleted, is:

The fight-or-flight response, which occurs when the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system becomes activated, corresponds to the resistance phase of Selye's general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

Progressive relaxation has been used successfully to treat a variety of stress-related health problems ranging from tension headaches to posttraumatic stress disorder.

The psychological experience of stress is always negative in the short term, although it can have long-term psychological benefits.

Laboratory research has shown that rats who are allowed to escape shock, and thereby reduce the level of stress they experience, show:

Holmes and Rahe developed the:

People under high stress are more likely to get sick because stress inhibits:

Educating people about the proper use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases is an example of tertiary prevention.

Some psychologists believe that the cumulative effect of small stressors or "daily hassles" may actually be more important in creating lasting stress than are significant life events.

Which of the following is a correct statement concerning male-female differences in psychological reactions to stress?

Which of the following is NOT true of someone with a Type A personality?

Aerobic exercises have a:

In the general adaptation syndrome, the body begins to give-up because its energy resources are depleted during: ____________________.

The Social Readjustment Rating Scale was developed by:

Someone with a Type B personality would tend to be: