Chapter 13 before class quiz
Most of Conrad's friends consider him to be highly neurotic. It is likely that, compared to his friends, Conrad is
more likely to perceive events as stressful
Mildred has to drive across town to help a friend who is experiencing a crisis. It is a time of day when traffic is light, so this should be a fairly simple task. Research into the link between arousal level and task performance suggests that under these circumstances...
a fairly high level or arousal should be optimal for this task
Clarice was in a meeting with several other employees when her boss started to criticize a proposal Clarice had put together for the marketing department. As he started into his critique, Clarice's heart rate and respiration increased, and she could feel her face and hands become flushed and red. According to Selye's general adaptation syndrome, Clarice was experiencing...
an alarm reaction
You've been invited to dinner at a nice restaurant on the final night of a TV mini series you've been watching and thus find yourself confronted with
an approach - approach conflict
LuAnn exhibits effective problem-focused coping and seeks the help of others when necessary. Her behavior is consistent with someone who is...
an optimist
When you tell yourself that you will never be happy again now that your significant other has ended the relationship, you are engaging in what Albert Ellis calls
catastrophic thinking
Your friend asks you for advice as to how he can improve his communication with his healthcare provider. Which of the following would you not offer him?
consult a healthcare provider who is not of your same sex
Virginia has wanted to be a physician for as long as she can remember, but she has been unable to gain entry to medical school. Virginia is probably experiencing
frustration
Suki routinely responds to stress with a learned helplessness response. Suki's response will involve
passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events
Luigi knows that the surgeon general has determined that smoking increases the risk of various types of cancers, but he is sure that he won't develop cancer. Luigi's pattern of behavior illustrates the idea that
people often underestimate the risks associated with their own health impairing behavior
Imagine you studied for this psychology exam with two of your classmates. If one classmate, Becky, was very nervous and "stressed out" about the exam, and the other classmate, Craig, thought the exam "wasn't a big deal," their differing attitudes are MOST consistent with the finding that
peoples appraisals of stressful events are highly subjective
The week of final exams subjects MOST students to what kind of stress?
pressure
When final exam time rolls around, Murray finds himself eating all the time. This reaction to stress can be referred to as
self-indulgence
Dionne is trapped in an elevator that is stuck between the third and fourth floors of an office building. As maintenance workers try to restart the elevator, it suddenly drops 10 feet before becoming stick once more. As the elevator drops, Dionne's sympathetic nervous system is activated. This nervous system activation will cause...
the adrenal medulla to begin to release large amounts of catecholamines
Allie has a chronic medical condition. She was advised to take a drug from a manufacturer that claims it reduces the risk of mortality from her condition by 25%. Before taking the drug, it is MOST important that Allie investigate
the base rate for mortality from her condition