Questions

Acute stressors have:

A clear endpoint

The process of adjusting or adapting to a new culture is called:

Acculturation

Albert Ellis created the ABC model of stress that includes which three components?

Activating events, belief systems, consequences

Research shows that smoking increases the likelihood of developing

All of these

Which component of Type A behavior seems to be most responsible for the increased rate of heart attacks?

Anger and hostility.

In _______ conflict, you must choose between 2 attractive goals or options.

Approach-approach

is the gradual narrowing of the coronary arteries. ​

Atherosclerosis

What does the term empiricism refer to?

Basing knowledge on observation

David just received a mediocre performance review from one of his supervisors at work. Because of this performance review, David starts to think that he is likely going to get fired soon and will probably not be able to find a new job. These negative thoughts quickly spiral until David starts to feel like his entire life has been ruined by this event. In this example David is experiencing:

Catastrophic thinking

______ are stressors that typically have long durations.

Chronic stressors

Research suggests that people who attribute their failures to internal causes while discounting external causes may be more prone to than people who display opposite tendencies

Depression

Diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target is which one of Freud's defense mechanisms?

Displacement

Which of the following characteristics is most closely associated with the Type B personality?​

Easy going

Stress is an ________

Everyday event

Joe is feeling the pressure to make friends at his new school. However, instead of talking to people and making new connections, Joe spends his time watching the TV show Community. When doing so, Joe likes to pretend that he is in the show, and that all the characters are his best friend. Joe is exhibiting which defense mechanism?

Fantasy

Don just completed writing a ten-page report. When he tried to save it, the computer crashed, and he lost all of his work. What type of stress is don experiencing?

Frustration

When first-year students look around the classroom and see upper-division classmates who possess the characteristics they wish they had, sometimes the first-years will experience a discrepancy between their actual and selves

Ideal

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in class as a physical effect of meditation?

Improved flexibility

Which of the following is very important to our subjective sense of happiness?

Job satisfaction

Suzie responds to most stressful events with avoidance and resigns quickly when dealing with an unavoidable stress event. She passively accepts setbacks and gives up instead of trying to deal with them effectively. She is exhibiting:

Learned helplessness

Which of the following best describes the defense mechanism overcompensation

Making up for deficiencies by focusing on, desirable characteristics

Whether or not something is stressful depends mostly on

Our individual perception

Penelope would like her son Maurice to clean his room more often. So, each time he cleans his room, she rewards him with a hug. This is an example of:

Positive reinforcement

The term selves refers to one's conceptions about the kind of person one might become in the future.

Possible

Spongebob enjoys blowing bubbles but Squidward and Mr. Krabs scold him repeatedly over the behavior so Spongebob gives up his favorite past time. This is an example of:

Pressure to conform

In _______ appraisal, you determine if a stressful event is relevant to you.

Primary

Brennan, a 39-year old man, is truly upset that his mother is getting remarried. At the wedding, he yells out his frustrations about having to eat salmon at dinner, he states that he refuses to call his mother's new husband Dad, and he leaves. This type of childish outburst is best explained by which defense mechanism:

Regression

Constructive coping refers to

Relatively healthy ways of dealing with stress

Which of the following was not one of the appraisal-focused coping techniques that we discussed in class?

Seeking help

The "cocktail party effect" illustrates the concept of

Selective attention

is an organized set of beliefs about the self.

Self concept

Defense mechanisms involve the use of ________ to guard against negative_______

Self-deception, emotions

Richard feels sure that he failed his calculus exam, making him very upset. When he gets home he orders a jumbo sized pizza and drinks two six packs of beer. Richard's behavior illustrates which of the following:

Self-indulgence

Self-actualization refers to:

The need to fulfill ones potential

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the psychoanalytical perspective of Freud, Jung and Adler?

They focus too heavily on behavior and ignore many internal processes

Depression is associated with heart disease

True

Things in the environment, such as noise and crowding, can cause significant amounts of stress on a daily basis

True

Which of the of the following was NOT given as a criticism of self-help books

he topics the cover are often quite narrow

In an experiment, the _____ variable is manipulated and the _____ is measured.

independent, Dependent

In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the _____ operates as our moral compass, whereas the _____ operates our raw biological urges.

superego, Id

People have a tendency to the risk of their own health-impairing habits.

underestimate

Which of the following health problems is NOT linked to stress?

​All of these may be linked to stress.

The Type A behavior pattern of anger and hostility is MOST closely linked to which of the following physical ailments

​Coronary heart disease

Which of the following characteristics is MOST closely associated with the Type A personality?

​Hostility.

Sociometer theory suggests that self-esteem is

​a subjective measure of one's interpersonal popularity and success

Research suggests that parental and are major determinants of a child's self-esteem.

​acceptance; control

Social comparison theory proposes that we compare ourselves to others in order to

​assess our abilities and opinions.

Tia's stepfather wears a t-shirt that says "Who's your daddy? I am!" He is usually critical of his stepdaughter and her friends. Moreover, he considers her unfit to voice her opinions during family meetings. Tia's stepdad is exhibiting the traits associated with the parenting style

​authoritarian

According to Baumrind's parental classification system, authoritative parents display

​high acceptance and high control

The immune response is ________________

​the body's defensive reaction to invasive bacteria, viral agents, or other foreign substances