Exam 21: Health,stress and Coping

The example of the woman experiencing severe allergic reactions to red roses illustrates that:

When faced with an avoidance-avoidance conflict,we:

You are able to engage in positive reappraisal,and can see the potential for growth even in the most difficult of situations.You are probably:

Psychosomatic symptoms are not really physical,only psychological.

If we make a stressful primary appraisal,we then make interpretations of the situation as:

Walter is wearing a blood pressure measuring device.He is told the green light in front of him will come on when his blood pressure drops,and further,that he should try to keep the light on.Walter is being treated with:

Which of the following situations would be most likely to elicit a threat appraisal?

Freud claimed that anxiety stems from:

Compared to people with an external locus of control,people with an internal locus of control tend to:

Chronic stress can make you sick.How?

The ____ describes the body's reaction to stressful situations as a series of three stages.

The part of the body that releases ACTH in the fight-flight response is the:

Which type of appraisal elicits positive emotions,such as exhilaration?

Ginger and Mary Ann are enrolled in a driver's education class.One of the requirements of the class is to watch a very graphic video of car accidents and victims.Ginger is having a very hard time watching these videos,since she focuses on the agony and pain of the suffering.Mary Ann tries to figure out how the accidents could have been avoided.Besides their reaction to the videos,how else do Ginger and Mary Ann differ?

Marlene claims that her chronic allergy symptoms are caused by the fact that she is stressed by her on-again off-again engagement to David.Marlene's claim is:

Treating PTSD with ____ shows positive long-term effectiveness when compared to drugs

A consequence of describing a primary appraisal as irrelevant,positive,or stressful is that:

Terrifying flashbacks,avoiding similar situations,and experiencing an event that involves actual or threatened death or injury refers to a condition known as:

Your initial,subjective evaluation of a situation is called:

"I'm really frustrated with this situation,because the conflict between this person and me has gotten worse." What strategy should this person use to cope with this situation?