Exam 12: Health, Stress, and Coping

After Linus failed several courses and then dropped out of college near the end of his first year, he told his friends that he had been planning to transfer to a smaller school anyway. Linus is engaging in the defense mechanism of ____.

Rick's mother died eight months ago. For the past two weeks, Rick has been sick with the flu and does not seem to be improving. According to Selye, Rick is most likely in the ____.

Recent research suggests there may be a weak association between personality characteristics and ____ cancer.

Which personality characteristic appears to be associated with cancer incidence?

Rene practices a stress management technique in which she sits in a comfortable position with her eyes closed and her lips making a resonant sound. Rene is engaging in ____.

Which of the following is NOT a recommended method of stress management?

Primary appraisal refers to ____.

Rueben is sitting in traffic on a busy freeway. Reuben is experiencing a ____.

According to research, which of the following slows reaction time while driving even more than being drunk or high?

Which is the correct sequence of stages in Selye's general adaptation syndrome?

The stress of adapting to a new culture is called ____.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a Type A personality?

Sanuye is majoring in biology with the goal of going to medical school. He is struggling with his courses, but does not want to give up like his roommate who left at mid-term. From studying hardy individuals, how can Sanuye lessen his stress?

Research shows that meditating ____.

Daniel hates vegetables. His mother gives him the option of either having green beans or squash with dinner. What type of conflict is Daniel experiencing?

The varied responsibilities of being a mother, many of which are stressful, are a good example of what psychologists call ____.

A college student taking the Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale would ____.

Immunosuppression is most closely associated with which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Describe Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale, and what it has shown regarding stress.

Martin Seligman's initial research on learned helplessness was done with ____.