Exam 10: Health and Stress

Emma commutes more than an hour each way to work, five or six days per week. The commute is very stressful. She has tried many different routes to work, altered her work schedule, and has even considered moving. Emma's coping mechanism can be best described as _____

Pedro is a psychologist. He has just given his client a checklist of 43 events to go through and has told his client to circle each event that she has experienced during the past year. When she is done, Pedro will add up the assigned point value of her experiences. This score will give him an understanding of her overall stress level and will help him predict her risk for a major health problem within the next two years. Which of the following tools is Pedro likely using with his client?

Strength training moderates the effects of aging by reducing the loss of _____ called sarcopenia, and osteoporosis, loss of _____

Which of the following would be considered an "alternative" treatment?

Exercise that uses large muscle groups in continuous, repetitive action and increases heart and respiration rate is _____ exercise.

Why is feeling that we have some sense of control over our lives so significant?

Based on research from your text, why is unemployment so stressful?

Diane works in a bar where there is always heavy smoke from cigarettes. Her husband is worried about her exposure to tobacco smoke. Diane tells him not to worry, it is unpleasant to smell, but other people's smoke can't really hurt her. Who is right?

Brenda found out last week that she was admitted into the respiratory therapy program at a prestigious university. Just today, she received her acceptance letter into a highly regarded nursing program. Brenda now faces the _____ conflict.

In terms of the general adaptation syndrome, the _____ stage occurs if the organism fails in its efforts to resist the stressor.

Helen is a researcher interested in topics such as cancer and heart disease. She wants her psychological research to address why some people get sick, how some people stay healthy, and what they do when they get sick in order to try to recover. Helen is likely a _____

According to Lazarus, _____ may neutralize the effects of many everyday stressors.

Terri collapsed at work and had to be rushed to the hospital. While she was in the hospital, she revealed to the medical staff that she had been working more than 80 hours per week for the last month and never had time to sleep or eat right. Terri's collapse was likely due to the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

According to the _____, a person's state of well-being can be threatened by major life changes.

According to Richard Lazarus, _____ may serve to buffer individuals from the effects of stress from everyday hassles.

According to your text, _____, _____, and _____ are three of the four social sources of stress.

In the _____, a person cognitively evaluates available resources and options prior to deciding how to deal with a stressor.

A(n)_____ is a microorganism that can cause illness.

Chester is an excellent employee at the local plastics plant. Unfortunately, he works under a strict and controlling supervisor who will not allow employees to veer from the work they were hired to do. Although Chester has some good ideas as to how to increase production while cutting costs, he feels that he cannot bring these ideas to his supervisor. This leaves Chester feeling frustrated and somewhat anxious. According to Albrecht's research on stress in the workplace, which variable would best describe what is causing Chester's stress at work?

Unlike normal human cells, cancer cells _____ unless destroyed by proper treatment.