Question 1

How might stress assist in the growth of a tumor?

Accepted Answer

A) Actually,it doesn't. 
B) by causing a reduction in the effectiveness of NK cells 
C) by causing the tumor to develop in the first place 
D) by destroying brain cells 
A) Actually,it doesn't. 
B) by causing a reduction in the effectiveness of NK cells 
C) by causing the tumor to develop in the first place 
D) by destroying brain cells

Question 2

Which of the following is the type of conflict that occurs when a person must choose or not choose one goal or event that has both positive and negative aspects?

Accepted Answer

A) approach-avoidance 
B) avoidance-avoidance 
C) approach-approach 
D) multiple approach-avoidance 
A) approach-avoidance 
B) avoidance-avoidance 
C) approach-approach 
D) multiple approach-avoidance

Question 3

Which of the following statements best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness according to psychoneuroimmunologists?

Accepted Answer

A) Stress compromises the body's immune system,leaving a person vulnerable to illness. 
B) Stress increases the production of natural killer cells,which causes cell death and leads to illness. 
C) Stress causes high blood pressure,heart disease,and cancer. 
D) Stress has no direct relationship to physical illness,though physicians tell us that these things are related so that we will be more willing to take unnecessary medications. 
A) Stress compromises the body's immune system,leaving a person vulnerable to illness. 
B) Stress increases the production of natural killer cells,which causes cell death and leads to illness. 
C) Stress causes high blood pressure,heart disease,and cancer. 
D) Stress has no direct relationship to physical illness,though physicians tell us that these things are related so that we will be more willing to take unnecessary medications.

Question 4

Which of the following are considered mental symptoms of stress?

Accepted Answer

A) sleeping irregularity,frequent colds,anger 
B) depression,fear,irritability 
C) difficulty making decisions,loss of sense of humor,difficulty concentrating 
D) chest pains,nausea,memory loss 
A) sleeping irregularity,frequent colds,anger 
B) depression,fear,irritability 
C) difficulty making decisions,loss of sense of humor,difficulty concentrating 
D) chest pains,nausea,memory loss

Question 5

Which of the following is a mental series of exercises meant to refocus attention and achieve a trance-like state of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A) meditation 
B) biofeedback 
C) relaxation response 
D) progressive relaxation 
A) meditation 
B) biofeedback 
C) relaxation response 
D) progressive relaxation

Question 6

An urgent demand or expectation for our behavior that comes from an outside source is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety 
B) pressure 
C) overload 
D) cognitive dissonance 
A) anxiety 
B) pressure 
C) overload 
D) cognitive dissonance

Question 7

When thinking about GREs,applying to graduate school,and studying for mid-terms,Nichole starts to have sweaty palms and a racing heart.It is MOST probable that Nichole is responding to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) T cells 
B) the pressure 
C) stressors 
D) lymphocytes 
A) T cells 
B) the pressure 
C) stressors 
D) lymphocytes

Question 8

A conflict in which a person must choose between two undesirable routes to a goal or goals is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) approach-avoidance 
B) avoidance-avoidance 
C) approach-approach 
D) multiple approach-avoidance 
A) approach-avoidance 
B) avoidance-avoidance 
C) approach-approach 
D) multiple approach-avoidance

Question 9

Joey put a quarter in the gumball machine only to find that the machine was not working.He continued to turn the dial on the machine in the hope that he would retrieve a gumball.Joey's behavior is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) persistence 
B) increasing efforts 
C) varying efforts 
D) aggression 
A) persistence 
B) increasing efforts 
C) varying efforts 
D) aggression

Question 10

Research has consistently shown that having a good ________ is of critical importance in a person's ability to cope with stressors.

Accepted Answer

A) friendship 
B) camaraderie 
C) therapist 
D) social support system 
A) friendship 
B) camaraderie 
C) therapist 
D) social support system

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) divorce 
B) marriage 
C) death of a spouse 
D) damage to the home 
A) divorce 
B) marriage 
C) death of a spouse 
D) damage to the home

Question 12

Hachi is working against a deadline.She must have a term paper written by 8 a.m.tomorrow.The deadline is an example of a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) stress 
B) stressor 
C) stress response 
D) stress reaction 
A) stress 
B) stressor 
C) stress response 
D) stress reaction

Question 13

Joey put a quarter in the gumball machine,only to find that the machine was not working.He continued to turn the dial on the machine in hope that he would retrieve a gumball.Unfortunately,after several minutes of forcefully turning the dial,he still did not retrieve a gumball.As a result,he kicked the machine several times.Kicking the machine is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) persistence 
B) increasing efforts 
C) varying efforts 
D) aggression 
A) persistence 
B) increasing efforts 
C) varying efforts 
D) aggression

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) completely adopting the values and customs of the new culture 
B) living a life that does not depend on adopting any set of values and customs 
C) rejecting the majority culture's ways and maintaining one's original cultural identity 
D) developing a new set of values that is a compromise between the old and the new cultures 
A) completely adopting the values and customs of the new culture 
B) living a life that does not depend on adopting any set of values and customs 
C) rejecting the majority culture's ways and maintaining one's original cultural identity 
D) developing a new set of values that is a compromise between the old and the new cultures

Question 15

Steven doesn't think that his actions will help change his stressful job.Instead,he adopts the "Smile-the world looks brighter when you do!" coping style to deal with his stress.He is using what type of coping style?

Accepted Answer

A) emotion-focused 
B) problem-focused 
C) decision-focused 
D) avoidance-focused 
A) emotion-focused 
B) problem-focused 
C) decision-focused 
D) avoidance-focused

Question 16

The primary concern of a health psychologist is focusing on how various factors,including physical activities,psychological traits,and social relationships,affect our overall health and rate of illnesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Type C behavior pattern is strongly associated with ________.

Accepted Answer

A) mental illness 
B) coronary heart disease 
C) cancer 
D) respiratory illnesses 
A) mental illness 
B) coronary heart disease 
C) cancer 
D) respiratory illnesses

Question 18

Mary just received a traffic ticket but decided it is not worth being upset about.Mary just made a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) primary appraisal 
B) secondary appraisal 
C) stress-related decision 
D) hassle-related decision 
A) primary appraisal 
B) secondary appraisal 
C) stress-related decision 
D) hassle-related decision

Question 19

Which of the following statements is NOT true about hassles at different developmental stages?

Accepted Answer

A) Elderly people are more strongly affected by hassles such as going shopping,doctor's appointments,and bad weather than are children and younger adults. 
B) Younger adults are more strongly affected by hassles such as going shopping,doctor's appointments,and bad weather than are elderly people. 
C) For children ages 3 to 5,the biggest hassle is getting teased. 
D) Youth 11 to 15 years old report feeling pressure to use drugs. 
A) Elderly people are more strongly affected by hassles such as going shopping,doctor's appointments,and bad weather than are children and younger adults. 
B) Younger adults are more strongly affected by hassles such as going shopping,doctor's appointments,and bad weather than are elderly people. 
C) For children ages 3 to 5,the biggest hassle is getting teased. 
D) Youth 11 to 15 years old report feeling pressure to use drugs.

Question 20

Events that cause a stress reaction are referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) hassles 
B) catastrophies 
C) eustresses 
D) stressors 
A) hassles 
B) catastrophies 
C) eustresses 
D) stressors

How might stress assist in the growth of a tumor?

Which of the following is the type of conflict that occurs when a person must choose or not choose one goal or event that has both positive and negative aspects?

Which of the following statements best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness according to psychoneuroimmunologists?

Which of the following are considered mental symptoms of stress?

Which of the following is a mental series of exercises meant to refocus attention and achieve a trance-like state of consciousness?

An urgent demand or expectation for our behavior that comes from an outside source is called ________.

When thinking about GREs,applying to graduate school,and studying for mid-terms,Nichole starts to have sweaty palms and a racing heart.It is MOST probable that Nichole is responding to ________.

A conflict in which a person must choose between two undesirable routes to a goal or goals is called ________.

Joey put a quarter in the gumball machine only to find that the machine was not working.He continued to turn the dial on the machine in the hope that he would retrieve a gumball.Joey's behavior is called ________.

Research has consistently shown that having a good ________ is of critical importance in a person's ability to cope with stressors.

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

Hachi is working against a deadline.She must have a term paper written by 8 a.m.tomorrow.The deadline is an example of a ________.

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

Steven doesn't think that his actions will help change his stressful job.Instead,he adopts the "Smile-the world looks brighter when you do!" coping style to deal with his stress.He is using what type of coping style?

The primary concern of a health psychologist is focusing on how various factors,including physical activities,psychological traits,and social relationships,affect our overall health and rate of illnesses.

The Type C behavior pattern is strongly associated with ________.

Mary just received a traffic ticket but decided it is not worth being upset about.Mary just made a ________.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about hassles at different developmental stages?

Events that cause a stress reaction are referred to as ________.

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How might stress assist in the growth of a tumor?

Which of the following is the type of conflict that occurs when a person must choose or not choose one goal or event that has both positive and negative aspects?

Which of the following statements best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness according to psychoneuroimmunologists?

Which of the following are considered mental symptoms of stress?

Which of the following is a mental series of exercises meant to refocus attention and achieve a trance-like state of consciousness?

An urgent demand or expectation for our behavior that comes from an outside source is called ________.

When thinking about GREs,applying to graduate school,and studying for mid-terms,Nichole starts to have sweaty palms and a racing heart.It is MOST probable that Nichole is responding to ________.

A conflict in which a person must choose between two undesirable routes to a goal or goals is called ________.

Joey put a quarter in the gumball machine only to find that the machine was not working.He continued to turn the dial on the machine in the hope that he would retrieve a gumball.Joey's behavior is called ________.

Research has consistently shown that having a good ________ is of critical importance in a person's ability to cope with stressors.

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

Hachi is working against a deadline.She must have a term paper written by 8 a.m.tomorrow.The deadline is an example of a ________.

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

Steven doesn't think that his actions will help change his stressful job.Instead,he adopts the "Smile-the world looks brighter when you do!" coping style to deal with his stress.He is using what type of coping style?

The primary concern of a health psychologist is focusing on how various factors,including physical activities,psychological traits,and social relationships,affect our overall health and rate of illnesses.

The Type C behavior pattern is strongly associated with ________.

Mary just received a traffic ticket but decided it is not worth being upset about.Mary just made a ________.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about hassles at different developmental stages?

Events that cause a stress reaction are referred to as ________.

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Statistics in Psychology

Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Psychology in Action

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