Stress Management Exam 1

Panic attacks typically last for:

10-20 minutes.

According to Manpower, about this many Americans typically don't leave their workstation during the lunch hour.

50%

We now know that this percentage of the immune system resides in the gut.

70%

When released, this substance is instrumental in returning the body to homeostasis.

Acetylcholine

All of the following are suggestions for decreasing digital toxicity (stress) from Ron Friedman except:

All of these are correct (leave you smart phones off your working space; turn off your message alerts; schedule unplugged time from technology).

This illness is not considered a nervous system-related disorder.

Allergies

This brain region is thought to be responsible for creating stressful memory imprints onto the nervous system.

Amygdala

This term is used to describe the first stage of coronary heart disease.

Atherogenesis

This type of stress is most commonly associated with illness and disease.

Chronic stress

Smart phones negatively affect your memory process in which of the following ways?

Constant surfing doesn't allow storage of info into long term memory.

This substance is released as an immediate response to stress.

Epinephrine

"Digital dementia" is a term that is best summed up by which of the following statements?

Inability to move information from short term to long term memory

This stressor would be classified as a bioecological influence.

Inadequate sunlight

Which of the following characteristics is not typically experienced in the fight-or-flight response?

Increased gastric movement

There are many physiological cycles affected by environmental stressors. Which of the following cycles occurs less than once in a 24-hour period?

Infradian cycles

Which of the following is not in the sequence of the fight-or-flight response?

Limbic system releases ACTH from the hypothalamus.

Which of the following terms explains the brain's ability to create new cell tissue and repair itself well into adulthood?

Neuroplasticity

Experts suggest that most stressors fall in this category.

Psychointerpersonal influences

The association with the physiology of stress and diabetes includes this aspect.

Stress hormones increase blood sugar levels.

Which statement is true about inflammation, a common chronic health issue?

Stress is a precursor.

The term "shallow effect" is related to which of the following concepts?

The dumbing down of Americans from Internet exposure

The adrenal gland rests on top of this organ.

The kidneys

This level of the brain is called the seat of the emotions because it appears to be the first to register pain.

The limbic area

The stress response initially involves this system.

The limbic system

As a result of the stress response, this neuroendocrine pathway is said to have the longest lasting effect.

Thyroxin axis

In his stress theory, Richard Lazarus says that "daily hassles" cause stress. Which is a cause of hassles according to Lazarus?

Unmet expectations

This nerve is associated with relaxation.

Vagus nerve

The Yerkes-Dodson principle suggests that:

after a certain point, stress can impede one's performance/health.

"Cognitive surplus" is a term that best explains:

digital consciousness with online media.

The neurotransmitter associated with chemical addictions, which is now also associated with screen addictions, is:

dopamine.

Based on her work involving neuropeptides, neurophysiologist Candace Pert suggests the following hypothesis:

emotions can suppress or enhance the integrity of the immune system.

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, allergies are regarded as an:

exogenous overreaction.

"Future Shock" is best defined as:

rapid societal change.

The term "screen addiction" was coined specifically to address:

the addiction to computer, smart phone, and tablet screens.

The "direct" link between stress and cancer is now thought to be:

the reduction of T-lymphocytes.

The Yerkes-Dodson principle suggests that:

there is an optimal stress level that promotes performance.

True or False? A compromised microbiome is associated with inflammation.

true

True or False? The premise of Gerber's stress and disease model is that consciousness is energy that surrounds and permeates the human body, and disruptions in the harmony of oscillations can cause illness to the physical body.

true

"Superstress" is a term coined by Dr. Roberta Lee to mean:

twenty-first century lifestyle stress.

The "tend-and-befriend theory," proposed by Shelley Taylor, speaks best to the coping technique used by:

women.