Exam 11: Stress and Health

Since Melinda is attempting to make a difficult choice as whether or not to file for divorce, she is probably experiencing ________.

Miranda is questioning whether her upcoming business trip, where she must travel through an area with many mountains, will pose a danger for her. As such, this example illustrates ________.

Which of the following methods of acculturation will most likely result in the lowest degree of acculturative stress?

Professor Willoughby assigns his class a term paper that is to make up 30% of their final grade. The students are given clear guidelines about what is expected in this assignment and are given two months to complete the assignment. Because students know that this paper is important, but not the only thing upon which their grades will be based, this assignment would be likely to cause ________.

The field of psychoneuroimmunology studies the effects of psychological factors such as stress, emotions, thinking, and behavior on the immune system.

An unpredictable situation is one that is not controllable, which may at least partially explain the stress it causes.

Concentrative meditation emphasizes focusing the mind on a spot on the wall as a means of clearing the mind and relaxing the body.

What does the research tell us about the effects of laughter on alleviating stress?

Jordan is very frustrated because another customer at the bar is talking to the woman with whom Jordan was just dancing. According to Berkowitz's reformulation of the frustration-aggression hypothesis, which of the following factors makes Jordan unlikely to lash out in a physically aggressive manner?

When faced with an approach-avoidance conflict, some people tend to go back and forth with their choice because they cannot decide for or against the goal or event. The text refers to this mind-changing behavior as ________.

The ________ control one has, the ________ the degree of stress.

Which major life event on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale has the highest number of life change units?

A person in the ________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome may feel better, even though he or she continues to secrete hormones to help the body fight a stressor.

Coping strategies can be either ________-focused or ________-focused in nature.

Research has found that work-related stress is NOT related to several different types of cancer. This study examined all but which of the following types of cancer?

Stress has been shown to put people at a higher risk for ________.

Which of the following is the type of conflict that occurs when a person must choose between two goals that have both positive and negative aspects?

Once seated at his favorite restaurant, Malik was torn between ordering a turkey sandwich and ordering a plate of lasagna. He loves both equally, and is struggling to make a choice. Malik is experiencing an avoidance-avoidance conflict.

Overall, research has indicated that ________ influences the amount of stress that people experience.

Research shows that ________ lowers blood pressure in those observed.