Exam 14: Stress and Health-Part C

Research has indicated that exercise is as effective as the most effective psychological interventions for depression.

Smokers on nicotine-replacement therapy usually quit smoking on their first attempt.

Sexually active college females who do not use birth control rate themselves as more likely to become pregnant than are the average sexually active college female.

The adrenal glands are stimulated by a hormone called ACTH.

Threats,but not challenges,increase the constriction of blood vessels.

Sex education programs increase awareness and interest in sex,making teenagers more likely to engage in unprotected sexual behavior.

There is evidence that living at lower levels of society increases the risk of infections by weakening the immune system.

Positive as well as negative events are important when considering the risk of stress-related illness.

The average meal duration is greater in the United States than it is in France.

Chronic stress is an effect,but not a cause,of atherosclerosis.

Walter Cannon termed the physiological reactions to stress the general adaptation syndrome.

Hans Selye developed relaxation therapy.

Biofeedback has been demonstrated to be about three times as effective in reducing stress as traditional relaxation therapy.

When sick,optimists tend to utilize social support more than do pessimists.

In response to a painful stimulus,low-pain-sensitive individuals exhibit less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex than do high-pain-sensitive individuals.

Environmental psychology is the scientific examination of the reasons why people tend to pollute their habitat.

Walter Cannon coined the term fight-or-flight.

Hostility,especially in men,is a better predictor of heart disease than is smoking cigarettes.

Some effects of placebos are due to classical conditioning.

Relaxation on a regular basis can reduce blood levels of cortisol,the biochemical marker of the stress response.