Question 1

According to Seligman, when people believe that they are powerless to avoid punishment, they often exhibit

Accepted Answer

A) sublimation. 
B) compensation. 
C) learned helplessness. 
D) reaction formation.

Question 2

Which characteristic of a hardy personality involves finding fulfillment in continual growth and seeking to learn from your experiences, even negative ones?

Accepted Answer

A) taking control of your life 
B) seeing life as a series of challenges 
C) personal commitment 
D) being power-oriented

Question 3

Choosing among all the different makes, models, fuel-efficiencies, price ranges, and available options on the various automobiles would be an example of __________ conflicts.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

You are offered two jobs. One has good pay but you have to work on weekends, while the other job has better hours but less pay. You vacillate between the alternatives. You are experiencing a(n)__________ conflict.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Self-critical thoughts that directly elevate physical arousal, increase anxiety, and increase one's tendency to make poor decisions are referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) sublimated statements. 
B) negative self-statements. 
C) displaced aggression. 
D) marginalizing.

Question 6

You have put your last quarter in a vending machine and pressing the button has had no effect, so you press the buttons more vigorously and then try all the other buttons. You are exhibiting which response to frustration?

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive coping 
B) aggression 
C) persistence 
D) displacement

Question 7

Maria has been experiencing prolonged stress at work due to taking over the work of several employees that have been laid off as the company downsizes. Most days she is irritable and rarely leaves her desk to eat lunch. She seems to take medicine for headaches every day. According to Hans Selye, Maria is experiencing the emotional, behavioral, and physical signs of the

Accepted Answer

A) stage of exhaustion. 
B) stage of resistance. 
C) alarm reaction. 
D) crisis mode.

Question 8

Acting out an opposite behavior to block threatening impulses or feelings is the basic idea behind which defense mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A) projection 
B) intellectualization 
C) regression 
D) reaction formation

Question 9

A high school senior choosing among all the different college majors would be an example of multiple approach-avoidance conflicts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Primary and secondary appraisal are the steps that occur when a person is

Accepted Answer

A) managing threatening situations. 
B) developing a romantic situation. 
C) trying to defeat a polygraph examination. 
D) studying body language and other aspects of kinesics.

Question 11

Which of the following describes the body's reaction to stressful situations as a series of three stages?

Accepted Answer

A) mind-body connection 
B) general adaptation syndrome 
C) locus of control model 
D) defense mechanism strategy

Question 12

The old phrase "the straw that broke the camel's back" is an example of how frustration can be increased due to

Accepted Answer

A) its strength. 
B) its repetition. 
C) its urgency. 
D) the emotion it precipitates.

Question 13

You are angry at your teacher and take out your anger on your dog or your little brother. You are displaying the classic pattern of

Accepted Answer

A) depression. 
B) displaced aggression. 
C) approach-approach conflict. 
D) projection.

Question 14

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 15

The concept of learned helplessness is most closely associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) depression 
B) sublimation 
C) reaction formation 
D) situational attribution

Question 16

A condition produced by chronic stress on the job, resulting in feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally drained, is called

Accepted Answer

A) burnout. 
B) job conflict. 
C) career cares. 
D) job jeopardy.

Question 17

Regarding the experiments on learning helplessness, animals that first learn to escape the shocks

Accepted Answer

A) were more persistent later in trying to escape the shocks and were more resistant to learned helplessness. 
B) gave up more quickly when the shocks became inescapable, which resulted in their being less resistant to learned helplessness. 
C) became extremely aggressive and hostile when the shocks became inescapable. 
D) showed stereotyped responding to the shocks.

Question 18

A century ago, people primarily died from

Accepted Answer

A) infectious diseases and accidents. 
B) lifestyle diseases. 
C) suicide and war. 
D) malnutrition.

Question 19

Physical symptoms and a tendency to make poor decisions are increased by

Accepted Answer

A) being unrealistically optimistic about situations. 
B) negative thoughts and negative "self-talk." 
C) not focusing intently on your goals. 
D) being too relaxed in stressful situations.

Question 20

Sports may be said to be an institutionalized way of dealing with unacceptable impulses for aggression and competition through the defense mechanism of __________.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping