Question 1

What do studies show about the relationship between stress and memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intense stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material.
B)   Moderate stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material.
C)   Recall of educational material is best under stress-free conditions.
D)   Stress has no effect on remembering educational material.

Question 2

Anna is a school counselor. She hates going to work and wants to lock the door and cry whenever a student comes to her for help. She just doesn't feel like she has anything left to give. What dimension of job burnout does this exemplify?

Accepted Answer

A)   dimension 1 - exhaustion
B)   dimension 2 - depersonalization
C)   dimension 3 - diminished personal accomplishment
D)   dimension 4 - giving up

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a stimulus-based definition of stress?

Accepted Answer

A)   Caroline experiences stress because she is home alone and hears unusual noises outside.
B)   Carrie experiences stress because she notices her car is almost out of gas and worries about being stranded on the highway, but then she feels better when she sees a gas station nearby.
C)   Grace experiences stress when she notices her heartbeat increasing in response to being separated from her parents at the amusement park.
D)   Laura experiences stress because she gasped and had difficulty breathing when she saw a spider.

Question 4

Angela transfers to a new high school for gifted children and has trouble making friends. She expected this and plans to change it by joining more after school clubs and sitting next to different people at lunch. She believes she has effective options for dealing with the stressor of having no friends; therefore, she experiences ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   less stress than someone who has no effective options
B)   more anxiety than someone who has no effective options
C)   more stress than someone who has no effective options
D)   no physiological response to the stressor of having no friends

Question 5

Which dimension of the Type A behavior pattern is most predictive of heart disease?

Accepted Answer

A)   impatience
B)   competitiveness
C)   time urgency
D)   anger/hostility

Question 6

________ is having an experience that is so engaging and engrossing that it becomes worth doing for its own sake. During this state a person might say that they feel that they "lose themselves" in the activity.

Accepted Answer

A)   Flow
B)   Completion
C)   Chi
D)   Zen

Question 7

Which pair of psychiatrists were responsible for developing the Social Readjustment Rating Scale?

Accepted Answer

A)   Selye and Cannon
B)   Lazarus and Folkman
C)   Holmes and Rahe
D)   Diener and Seligman

Question 8

Lydia is often described as having an easy, laid-back outlook on life. She tends to be very relaxed, is not particularly competitive, and rarely feels or demonstrates anger or hostility. Lydia exemplifies a Type ________ behavior pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)   A
B)   B
C)   C
D)   D

Question 9

What determines whether we adopt a problem-focused or an emotion-focused coping approach?

Accepted Answer

Problem-focused coping is more likely to...

Question 10

________ is the kind of stress that exceeds the optimal level, is no longer a positive force, and becomes excessive and debilitating.

Accepted Answer

A)   Distress
B)   Eustress
C)   Type A stress
D)   Type B stress

Question 11

The saying is "Money can buy happiness," but research finds that in the United States those who earn more than ________ per year are not measurably happier than those who earn below that amount.

Accepted Answer

A)   $40,000
B)   $55,000
C)   $75,000
D)   $92,000

Question 12

________ is stress-reduction technique whereby electronic equipment measuring a person's involuntary (neuromuscular and autonomic)  activity helps him gain a level of voluntary control over these processes.

Accepted Answer

A)   Biofeedback
B)   Meditation
C)   Relaxation response technique
D)   The Selye Method

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A)   A burst of energy enables Hassan to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path.
B)   Bill collapses by the side of the road after the marathon.
C)   Sheila almost drowned, but she was able to keep her head out of the water and focus on swimming to shore.
D)   William sleepwalks when he eats too much candy before bed.

Question 14

What was the most stressful event found on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale with a LCU score of 100?

Accepted Answer

A)   declaring bankruptcy
B)   divorce
C)   being the victim of a sexual assault
D)   the death of a spouse

Question 15

Brizan has just lost his job. He is proactive in trying to resolve this source of stress; he immediately uses the internet to look up other jobs in his field and plans to eliminate non-essentials from his budget to make his savings last longer. Which type of coping approach is Brizan using?

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive
B)   emotion-focused
C)   problem-focused
D)   stress reduction

Question 16

Jade hears a rattle. When she turns around she sees a rattlesnake inches from her leg. Her pupils dilate, her heart pounds, and she begins to sweat. This response is called the ________ response.

Accepted Answer

A)   emotion-threat
B)   eustress-distress
C)   fight-or-flight
D)   social supportive

Question 17

What are the four steps in the relaxation response technique?

Accepted Answer

The relaxation response technique combin...

Question 18

Developing stomach ulcers during a prolonged period of stress exemplifies how stress can have a negative ________ impact.

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive
B)   mental
C)   morbid
D)   physiological

Question 19

The process by which one's physiological defense system becomes less efficient at fighting illness is called ________ and this process is enhanced by elevated stress levels.

Accepted Answer

A)   problem-focused stressors
B)   exhaustion
C)   biopsychosocial flux
D)   immunosuppression

Question 20

Doug is an emergency room nurse in a large, underfunded, public hospital. Lately, he finds himself assuming that the patients he sees are just trying to get free drugs to feed an addiction. Just yesterday a little boy was brought in with a broken arm, and Doug found that he was completely indifferent to the boy's pain. What aspect of job burnout does this exemplify?

Accepted Answer

A)   dimension 1 - exhaustion
B)   dimension 2 - depersonalization
C)   dimension 3 - diminished personal accomplishment
D)   dimension 4 - giving up

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