Chapter 14 Stress, Lifestyle, and Health Quiz

What do studies show about the relationship between stress and memory? - Intense stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material. - Moderate stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material. - Recall of educational material is best under stress-free conditions. - Stress has no effect on remembering educational material.

Moderate stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material.

Which dimension of the Type A behavior pattern is most predictive of heart disease? - impatience - competitiveness - time urgency - anger/hostility

anger/hostility

Hans Selye's definition of stress is considered a response-based definition because it conceptualizes stress chiefly in terms of the ________. - best action to take in order to eliminate the stressor - body's baseline reaction to ordinary events - body's physiological reaction to any demand that is placed on it - mental health of the individual

body's physiological reaction to any demand that is placed on it

Heather considers taking a new job. She focuses on the increased opportunities for promotion and the higher salary rather than her increased responsibilities; therefore, she views the new position as a ________ rather than a ________. - hassle; major life event - challenge; threat - distress; eustress - Type A stressor; Type B stressor

challenge; threat

Lamont cares for his aging father, who suffers from dementia. This is an example of a(n) ________ stressor. - acute - chronic - non-threatening - threatening

chronic

Noticing that you have difficulty concentrating during and after periods of prolonged stress exemplifies how stress can have a negative ________ impact. - cognitive - emotional - physical - social

cognitive

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? - dimension 1 - exhaustion - dimension 2 - depersonalization - dimension 3 - diminished personal accomplishment - dimension 4 - giving up

dimension 1 - exhaustion

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. - emotion-threat - eustress-distress - fight-or-flight - social supportive

fight-or-flight

Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease because it ________. - forces the heart to pump harder, which puts more physical strain on the heart - places stress on the thyroid system, which inflames the arteries - restricts a person's salt intake, which suppresses the immune system - slows the heart rate, which leads to less efficient distribution of oxygen through the body

forces the heart to pump harder, which puts more physical strain on the heart

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. - problem-focused stressors - exhaustion - biopsychosocial flux - immunosuppression

immunosuppression

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. - $40,000 - $55,000 - $75,000 - $92,000

$75,000

Which of the following is an example of the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome? - Betty steps down as class treasurer her senior year because she needs to focus on her grades. - Burt is determined to learn how to play chess, so he spends all his time reading chess books. - After wondering for months if he was going to lose his job, Nicolao begins to develop stomach ulcers. - Nanette stays up all night to study for her math test.

After wondering for months if he was going to lose his job, Nicolao begins to develop stomach ulcers.

________ 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. - Biofeedback - Meditation - Relaxation response technique - The Selye Method

Biofeedback

Which of the following individuals is demonstrating an optimistic outlook on life? - Cary, who gets angry when his favorite baseball team is losing a game. - Carlotta, who has had enough of her job and doesn't feel it will ever make her happy. - Carla, who is in a relationship that is just "for now" while waiting for the love of her life. - Carl, who tends to see the good in situations and always looks on the bright side of things.

Carl, who tends to see the good in situations and always looks on the bright side of things.

________ 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. - Flow - Completion - Chi - Zen

Flow

________ is/are the kind of stress associated with positive feelings, as well as optimal health and performance. - Peak experiences - Distress - Eustress - Anastress

Eustress

Which of the following is an example of a stimulus-based definition of stress? - Caroline experiences stress because she is home alone and hears unusual noises outside. - 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. - Grace experiences stress when she notices her heartbeat increasing in response to being separated from her parents at the amusement park. - Laura experiences stress because she gasped and had difficulty breathing when she saw a spider.

Caroline experiences stress because she is home alone and hears unusual noises outside.

Keegan is a police officer. She was recently placed on administrative leave because she was shot during an armed robbery. Since the shooting, she can't stop thinking about how it felt to be shot, she is often angry with her husband, she jumps when she hears a loud noise, and she takes a 15 minute detour when driving home to avoid the neighborhood where it happened. Keegan probably suffers from ________. - physiological stressors related to her shooting - posttraumatic stress disorder - bipolar depressive disorder - the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome

posttraumatic stress disorder

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? - proactive - emotion-focused - problem-focused - stress reduction

problem-focused

What was the most stressful event found on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale with a LCU score of 100? - declaring bankruptcy - divorce - being the victim of a sexual assault - the death of a spouse

the death of a spouse