Stress Management Chapter 1 Quiz
Statistics provided by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggest that what percentage of Americans (adults and children) use various forms of integrative (mind-body-spirit) therapies?
50%
Hans Selye listed this as the first stage of his General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm
According to recent surveys by the American Psychological Association and Harvard's School of Public Health, Seniors (people over the age of 65) have more stress than Millennials.
False
Conceptually speaking, the holistic paradigm of health was inspired by the philosophy made famous by Rene Descartes.
False
Social influences are the influences most likely to cause the greatest stress in one's life.
False
Trauma is really just another word for stress.
False
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 cycle
All but one of these factors is thought to negatively impact sleep hygiene.
Kava tea
According to comprehensive studies by the APA in 2014 & 2015, this demographic suffers from the most stress.
Millennials
Which of the following factors, above all else, determines one's degree of stress?
One's perception or interpretation
According to the APA Stress in America report of 2019, members of Generation Z tend to exhibit high levels of loneliness.
True
Avoiding using your smart phone or tablet before bed is thought to help one get to sleep and stay asleep.
True
The Yerkes-Dodson Curve suggests that there is an optimal level of stress, but beyond that, stress compromises performance.
True
The word health really means "to be whole."
True
Whether it can be daily hassles or bigger issues, both sleep patterns and eating behaviors are greatly (negatively) impacted by stress.
True
In his stress theory, Richard Lazarus says that "daily hassles" cause stress. Which is a cause of hassles according to Lazarus?
Unmet expectations
The Yerkes-Dodson principle suggests that:
after a certain point, stress can impede one's performance/health.
According to the 2019 American Psychological Association report on Stress in America, members of Generation Z:
exhibit high levels of loneliness
The symptoms of PSTD include:
flashbacks, insomnia, chronic anxiety, and restlessness
Trauma:
may become PTSD, can work its way deep into the muscle tissue, and is stress on steroids.
Regarding stress management, the holistic wellness paradigm suggests that:
one should address the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of well-being, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, the Newtonian view of medicine is wrong, and one should address the causes and the symptoms of stress equality.
