Stress, Health and Lifestyle 2

Exhaustion

According to Selye, some people may develop illnesses such as high blood pressure or a weakened immune system during what stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Live longer than do those who do not have religious beliefs

According to studies, people who are involved in a religion and attend services regularly are more likely to?

Hassles

Burning your toast, having trouble opening an e-mail attachment, breaking a glass, and running late for an appointment are all examples of?

Physiological

Developing stomach ulcers during a prolonged period of stress exemplifies how stress can have what kind of negative impact?

Type A

Dr. Frobish possesses a ________ behavior pattern because she is an intensively driven workaholic, preoccupied with deadlines, and always seems to be in a rush.

Pressure

Gloria is a tax accountant who is very busy from January to April 15, which is the tax return filing deadline. She feels that she must work very long hours during this time to meet the April 15 deadline for all of her clients. Gloria is experiencing?

Social support

Guidance, encouragement, acceptance, emotional comfort, and tangible assistance are all examples of?

Challenge; threat

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 ________.

Stress weakens the immune system, so people with high stress levels should be more likely to get sick

How can a study that involves exposing people to live viruses demonstrate a link between stress and impaired immune function?

Both a primary and a secondary appraisal

Imagine that you have just flunked a class. You evaluate this situation and decide that flunking a class is stressful and important enough to be upset about. You then decide to repeat the class in summer school, you have made?

Eustress

Is the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being?

Stress

Is the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are threatening or challenging?

Fight-or-flight

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 what kind of response?

Approach-avoidance

Ken wants to go to law school because he believes being a lawyer will bring him prestige and a good income. However, he is not sure he should attend because he is very concerned about the hard work law school will involve and the money it will cost. Ken is faced with what kind of conflict?

Helping herself avoid burnout

Lupe works 50 hours each week. However, she plays tennis twice a week and attends a book group every Tuesday night. By engaging in fun activities each week, Lupe is?

Type B

Noomi seems to live by the "don't sweat the small stuff" concept. She is relaxed, laid-back, and never seems too concerned about meeting deadlines or finishing a to-do list. Noomi has a what type of personality?

Cognitive

Noticing that you have difficulty concentrating during and after periods of prolonged stress exemplifies how stress can have what kind of negative impact?

Positive outlook and positive expectations

Optimism is a tendency toward what?

Related so that we will be more willing to take unnecessary medications

Stress has no direct relationship to physical illness, though physicians tell us that these things are?

Less; greater

The ________ control one has, the ________ the degree of stress.

Psychoneuroimmunology

This field studies the effects of psychological factors such as stress, emotions, thinking, and behavior on the immune system?

Being in car accident

This is an example of a stressor?

A burst of energy enables Hassan to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path

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

Aggression

This is not a form of stress?

Distress

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

Stress compromises the body's immune system, leaving a person vulnerable to illness

This statement best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness according to psychoneuroimmunologists?

Alarm, resistance, exhaustion

What is the correct sequence of stages in the general adaptation syndrome?

Type A

A person who is ambitious, time conscious, extremely hardworking, easily annoyed, and tends to have high levels of hostility and anger is said to be exhibiting what type of personality?

Sympathetic

Which part of the nervous system reacts when the human body is subjected to stress?

Coping

Which term refers to mental or behavioral efforts used to manage problems relating to stress, including the cause and the unpleasant feelings and emotions it produces?

Primary

Which type of appraisal involves judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat to well-being that a stressor might entail?