Exam 9: Stress-Related Disorders and Health Psychology

Which of the following is true about stress and adjustment?

When a new semester of school begins, most students would be in this phase of the general adaptation syndrome.

Hans Selye, formally of McGill University in Montreal, is world-renowned for his work on:

In Canada, a national survey (Wilkins et al., 2010)conducted between 2007 and 2009 found _____ of adults with blood pressure in the pre-hypertensive range.

What percentage of Canadian veterans who had participated in the Vietnam War experienced PTSD symptoms?

What percentage of death is caused by cardiovascular disease in Canada?

Contemporary research on biofeedback as a treatment for essential hypertension by Greenhalgh et al. (2009)indicates that:

Endler and Parker's Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations is an instrument which measures:

Celeste is known and liked by everyone on campus. Celeste has high

Mary is chronically stressed. How will this affect her nervous system?

Subsequent research (Chida & Steptoe, 2009)on the Type A behaviour construct _____ its predictive utility.

The term stress originated from Physics.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Canada.

When asked to identify the major causes of heart disease, ________ of Canadians correctly identified hypertension.

Which biological factor has been found to predict coronary heart disease?

The goodness of fit hypothesis refers to the match between:

The social gradient of health has been shown in Canadian studies, meaning that _________ has been linked with poorer health.

The technique that gives people prompt and exact information on autonomic functions is called

Which of the following has been implicated in PTSD?

A large U.S. study of 80,000 students was conducted by the American College of Health Association (ACHA; 2009). What did students report regarding their health status?