Question 1

When aggression is directed at a target other than the source of frustration, which type of aggression is likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  repressed 
B)  dissonant 
C)  displaced 
D)  sublimated

Question 2

Burnout would most likely occur in which of the following occupations?

Accepted Answer

A)  architecture 
B)  fashion design 
C)  professional football 
D)  law enforcement

Question 3

Justifying one's behavior by offering self-serving untruths that sound reasonable is a basic feature of

Accepted Answer

A)  compensation. 
B)  sublimation. 
C)  intellectualization. 
D)  rationalization.

Question 4

During which stage of the general adaptation syndrome is the body better able to cope with the original stressor with its resistance to other stresses being lowered, such as when animals placed in extreme cold are more resistant to the cold, but more susceptible to infection?

Accepted Answer

A)  alarm reaction 
B)  stage of resistance 
C)  maintenance stage 
D)  stage of resolution

Question 5

When Daniel's wife left him, he dealt with his unhappiness and loneliness by drinking alcohol, which would be an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  psychological escape. 
B)  displaced aggression. 
C)  reaction formation. 
D)  circumvention.

Question 6

A response to frustration that often involves more vigorous, more varied, and repeated efforts of responding is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive coping. 
B)  stress inoculation. 
C)  persistence. 
D)  assertive discipline.

Question 7

A person who has a sense of personal commitment to self, work, and family; who feels that he or she has control over his or her life and work; and who has the tendency to see life as a series of challenges, rather than as a series of problems, would best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  having a hardy personality. 
B)  having a Type C personality. 
C)  experiencing burnout. 
D)  experiencing sane delusions.

Question 8

Illnesses in which psychological factors contribute to bodily damage or to damaging changes in bodily functioning are called

Accepted Answer

A)  somatic symptom disorders. 
B)  hypochondriasis. 
C)  physio-disturbances. 
D)  psychosomatic disorders.

Question 9

Behaviors that increase the chances of disease, injury, or premature death are called __________ factors.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Behaviors that increase the chances of disease,...

Question 10

We attribute our own shortcomings and unacceptable feelings to others when we use

Accepted Answer

A)  reaction formation. 
B)  denial. 
C)  projection. 
D)  sublimation.

Question 11

When the trick lock jams, an escape artist submerged in a tank of water and bound with 200 pounds of chain becomes quite frustrated because of

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance and urgency of the blocked goal. 
B)  the severe approach-avoidance conflict he is experiencing. 
C)  the repetitive nature of this incident. 
D)  his realization that a mistake has been made.

Question 12

Marian would be described as physically and psychologically healthy.She is happy, optimistic, and self-confident and is able to bounce back emotionally from adversity.According to health psychologists, Marian is in a state of

Accepted Answer

A)  subjective well-being. 
B)  self-actualization. 
C)  incongruence. 
D)  stress inoculation.

Question 13

One thing that can be done to help combat depression is to

Accepted Answer

A)  reduce cognitive dissonance. 
B)  increase the use of self-criticism. 
C)  make a daily schedule. 
D)  try to sleep it off.

Question 14

Two defense mechanisms that have a decidedly more positive quality than the other mechanisms are

Accepted Answer

A)  rationalization and intellectualization. 
B)  intellectualization and projection. 
C)  compensation and sublimation. 
D)  fantasy and reaction formation.

Question 15

Characteristic traits of Type A people include

Accepted Answer

A)  worry, accompanied by decreased activity and exercise. 
B)  a tendency to be mobile, inconsistent, and desirous of change. 
C)  poor attention span and forgetfulness. 
D)  a sense of time urgency and chronic anger.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of responses that are triggered by stress?

Accepted Answer

A)  upsetting thoughts 
B)  ineffective behavior 
C)  stress inoculation 
D)  bodily effects

Question 17

People are more likely to develop stress disorders that require professional help, when traumatic stresses are

Accepted Answer

A)  severe or repeated. 
B)  unexpected. 
C)  natural disasters. 
D)  man-made disasters.

Question 18

Helen has several major projects that will all be due in two weeks.In order to deal with this situation, she makes out a plan of when to work on each project and schedules in breaks, during which she plans to walk for exercise and to meditate.She also plans to play some of her favorite music CDs as she works on the projects in order to lift her "spirits." Helen is utilizing a combination of

Accepted Answer

A)  problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. 
B)  directive and indirective coping. 
C)  primary and secondary coping. 
D)  defense mechanisms and vacillation.

Question 19

In adapting to a new culture, the pattern that involves rejecting your old culture but suffering rejection by members of the new culture is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation. 
B)  marginalization. 
C)  integration. 
D)  separation.

Question 20

Regarding traumatic stresses, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans faced elevated risks of hypertension and heart problems for three years after 9/11. 
B)  People who personally witness or survive a disaster are most affected by traumatic stress. 
C)  People who experience horror at a distance, such as viewing it on television, cannot really be traumatized by the event. 
D)  When traumatic stresses are severe or repeated, some people develop stress disorders, which can leave them emotionally handicapped for months or years.

Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping.