Question 1

Regarding lifestyle diseases and behavioral risk factors,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost half of all deaths in the North America can be traced to unhealthful behaviors. 
B)  Obesity is currently the main cause of preventable deaths in the United States. 
C)  A person who is overweight at age 20 can expect to lose five to 20 years of life expectancy. 
D)  Roughly 65 percent of all American adults are overweight.

Question 2

Amy's mother-in-law is always critical of Amy when she comes to visit.Amy realizes that nothing she can say will change her mother-in-law's opinion of her.So,Amy has learned to not let her mother-in-law's comments sadden or anger her by taking a deep breath,smiling,saying "okay" and then forgetting the comment.Amy is using which coping strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  learned helplessness 
B)  emotion-focused coping 
C)  problem-focused coping 
D)  passive aggression

Question 3

When you need to get to class on time and cannot find a parking place,you experience the stressful condition known as

Accepted Answer

A)  frustration. 
B)  conflict. 
C)  burnout. 
D)  learned helplessness.

Question 4

If you are facing a controllable stressor,it is best to use

Accepted Answer

A)  primary process thinking. 
B)  problem-focused coping. 
C)  emotion-focused coping. 
D)  defense mechanisms.

Question 5

High levels of stress,overeating,and unsafe sexual behavior increase the chance of injury or illness and are considered __________ risk factors.

Accepted Answer

A)  refusal skills 
B)  moderate 
C)  behavioral 
D)  emotional

Question 6

If their spouse quits smoking,what percent of people are more likely to quit smoking?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  72 percent 
C)  67 percent 
D)  36 percent

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT one of the common sources of work stress listed in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  feeling undervalued 
B)  having too much control over one's work day 
C)  having to work long hours 
D)  the type of work people have to do

Question 8

A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods.According to the authors of your
Textbook,this difference in life expectancy is due to the

Accepted Answer

A)  women in the better-off neighborhoods working longer hours at more stressful jobs. 
B)  extra stress that the women living in the better-off neighborhoods feel from being constantly reminded that they are relatively poor. 
C)  women in the poorer neighborhoods having better social support than the women in the
Better-off neighborhoods. 
D)  better health care options available to the women in the poorer neighborhoods as
Compared to the health care options available to those in the better-off neighborhoods.

Question 9

Ultimately,stress depends upon

Accepted Answer

A)  how a situation is perceived. 
B)  whether or not the somatic nervous system is involved. 
C)  how the limbic system interprets the situation. 
D)  having a Type A or Type B personality.

Question 10

An attempt to deal with threat by managing one's feelings and anxiety is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  emotion-focused coping. 
B)  problem-focused coping. 
C)  focused threat assessment. 
D)  primary appraisal.

Question 11

Jayne eats a diet high in fruits,vegetables,and fish,and low in red meat and dairy products.This healthy diet is known as the __________ diet.

Accepted Answer

A)  American 
B)  Mediterranean 
C)  Asian 
D)  Hawaiian

Question 12

If a good friend quits smoking,what percent of people are more likely to quit smoking?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  72 percent 
C)  67 percent 
D)  36 percent

Question 13

Periods of stress are frequently followed by

Accepted Answer

A)  periods of no stress. 
B)  periods of more intense stress. 
C)  illness. 
D)  good health.

Question 14

Today people primarily die from

Accepted Answer

A)  infectious diseases. 
B)  lifestyle diseases. 
C)  accidents. 
D)  genetic diseases.

Question 15

Timothy is serving in the U.S.army in Iraq and experienced severe and repeated traumatic stresses during his tour of duty.Upon returning to the U.S.,Timothy appeared to his friends to be emotionally numb,avoided watching any news program when the Iraq war was mentioned,and confided to his parents that he cannot stop thinking about what he experienced in Iraq.Timothy should be referred to a psychologist to help treat his

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosis. 
B)  stress disorder. 
C)  conversion disorder. 
D)  depersonalization disorder.

Question 16

In the experiment in which college students breathed air with increased amounts of carbon dioxide through a mask,the students found it much LESS stressful if they

Accepted Answer

A)  were surprised by the trials that contained the increased amount of carbon dioxide. 
B)  were told which trial would contain an increased amount of carbon dioxide. 
C)  did not have to control the amount of carbon dioxide entering the mask. 
D)  experienced repeated trials of the "surprise whiffs" of carbon dioxide in increased amounts.

Question 17

The alarm reaction,the stage of resistance,and the stage of exhaustion are the three stages of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Cannon-Bard theory. 
B)  expectancy value theory. 
C)  general adaptation syndrome. 
D)  Yerkes-Dodson law.

Question 18

Mitzi 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.Mitzi is experiencing

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Physical symptoms in the earliest stage of the general adaptation syndrome are similar to those during

Accepted Answer

A)  any disease or trauma. 
B)  hypnosis. 
C)  sensory deprivation. 
D)  a psychotic break.

Question 20

Regarding external frustration,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  External frustration is based on an individual's outward personal characteristics. 
B)  External frustration always involves nonsocial obstacles to one's goal attainment. 
C)  External frustration is based on conditions outside a person that affect progress toward a goal. 
D)  External frustration is less intense when a person encounters an obstacle very close to the goal.

Exam 13: A: Health,stress,and Coping