Question 1

Which of the following include such obvious practices as getting regular exercise, controlling smoking and alcohol use, maintaining a balanced diet, getting good medical care, and managing stress?

Accepted Answer

A) refusal skills training 
B) behavioral risk factors 
C) life skills training 
D) health-promoting behaviors

Question 2

Before attending a stress management seminar at work, Gabe took the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)and received a high score, which means that Gabe has been exposed to health-threatening levels of stress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Compensation and sublimation are

Accepted Answer

A) the two types of rationalization. 
B) generally considered to be positive defense mechanisms. 
C) part of a natural tendency to justify one's behavior. 
D) maladaptive because they serve to maintain an unrealistic self-image.

Question 4

The technique of stress inoculation

Accepted Answer

A) involves practicing a monologue of internal positive coping statements. 
B) involves learning to identify and monitor negative self-statements. 
C) has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression and increase self-esteem. 
D) is characterized by all of these.

Question 5

Regarding frustration, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) The intensity of the frustration decreases as the strength, urgency, and importance of the blocked motive increases. 
B) Frustration is most intense if the obstacle occurs at the beginning of the task. 
C) Repeated frustrations can accumulate until a small irritation sets off an unexpected violent response. 
D) Frustration is often based on choosing between incompatible or contradictory alternatives.

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT suggested as a solution to the problem of "burnout?"

Accepted Answer

A) redesigning requirements, work loads, and responsibilities required on the job 
B) building a social support system among the employees 
C) motivational seminars that encourage workers to double their efforts 
D) increasing the amount of control people have in their jobs

Question 7

Describe two types of school-based prevention programs and one type of community-based program developed by health psychologists to lessen the risks of smoking and other behavioral risk factors.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

As a consequence of his horrendous nightmares, Steve channeled these diabolical images and thoughts into becoming a mystery writer. Which of the following defense mechanisms is he using?

Accepted Answer

A) regression 
B) rationalization 
C) reaction formation 
D) sublimation

Question 9

Prolonged stress can result in

Accepted Answer

A) a psychosomatic illness. 
B) a serious loss of health. 
C) complete collapse. 
D) all of these.

Question 10

Explain the benefits of positive emotions and the advantages of being an optimist in life.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

According to Friedman and Rosenman, which of the following tend to be hard driving, ambitious, highly competitive, achievement-oriented, and striving?

Accepted Answer

A) Type A personalities 
B) Type B personalities 
C) individuals with acculturative stress 
D) individuals with hypochondria

Question 12

If you are in a situation in which the stressor appears to be uncontrollable, you will most likely show which two reactions?

Accepted Answer

A) apathy and double-approach conflict. 
B) helplessness and depression. 
C) assimilation and marginalization. 
D) psychosomatic disorders and hypochondria.

Question 13

Which of the following is a response to frustration that involves either physically leaving the source of one's frustration, such as quitting a job, or psychologically withdrawing through feigned apathy or the use of drugs?

Accepted Answer

A) escape 
B) displaced aggression 
C) scapegoating 
D) circumvention

Question 14

When Pablo's father died after a long illness, Pablo shielded himself from this emotional pain by thinking about how his father was now out of the pain that he had been in for over two years and how his father had lived such a long and meaningful life. Pablo is using the defense mechanism known as

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Simone must make a decision whether to take out a loan and buy a new car or keep her old car and just keep having it repaired. Simone's dilemma illustrates the concept of

Accepted Answer

A) frustration. 
B) conflict. 
C) pressure. 
D) burnout.

Question 16

As a coping mechanism, humor has been shown to

Accepted Answer

A) lower stress reactions to difficult events. 
B) be associated with better immunity to disease. 
C) help put things into perspective. 
D) do all of these.

Question 17

Frustration may be defined as a negative emotional state that occurs when

Accepted Answer

A) feelings of anger or aggression are displaced. 
B) one is attracted to two or more mutually exclusive goals. 
C) mixed positive and negative emotional states occur. 
D) one is prevented from reaching a goal.

Question 18

Celia is a counselor who has begun to feel emotionally exhausted and detached from the people she works with. Although she has always been an excellent counselor, she now feels that she is helping no one. Celia is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A) internal frustration. 
B) approach-avoidance conflict. 
C) burnout. 
D) pressure.

Question 19

Currently, in America, it is estimated that what proportion of all adults are overweight?

Accepted Answer

A) one-fourth 
B) one-third 
C) one-half 
D) two-thirds

Question 20

Jing has been persistently sad and anxious for much of the semester. He has difficulty concentrating and making decisions and has lost interest in many activities and hobbies that he once found pleasurable. Jing is experiencing symptoms of __________.

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Exam 13: Health, Stress, and Coping