Stress management midterm

Only ___ % of lymphocytes are in circulation at any one time.

2

Super stress is a term coined by Dr. Roberta Lee to mean

21st century lifestyle stress

Receiving this many emails per day it said to precipitate email stress

50

According to manpower power, this percentage of Americans typically don't leave their workstation during the lunch hour

51%

Depression is:

A possible byproduct of anger and fear

This psychologists concept of the hierarchy of needs nicely mirrors the concept of the chakra system

Abraham Maslow

Regarding stress management, the holistic wellness paradigm suggests that

All of the above

According to the latest research and emotional intelligence this part of the brain is associated with fear

Amygdala

Research by Keicolt-Glasser reveals that stress affects all the following except

An increase in the entrainment response

Logotherapy is a therapy where one:

Attempts to find meaning in one's life

The rage reflex is attributed to

Charles Darwin

College students have their own life changes or stressors according to experts who track this information these three events top the list of the most stressful events during the academic year

Death of a family member, death of a friend, and parental divorce

Kübler-Ross's original order of the grieving stages is:

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

Cognitive surplus is a term the best explains

Digital consciousness with online media

The neurotransmitter associated with chemical addictions but now also associated with screen addiction is

Dopamine

According to Freud, the source of stress stems from an overactive

Ego

According to Candace Pert's stress and disease model

Emotions can either enhance or suppress the immune system through the synthesis and release of neuropeptides throughout the body

Based on her work involving neuropeptides, nuerophysiologist Candace Pert suggests the following hypothesis

Emotions can suppress or enhance the integrity of the immune system

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, lupus is regarded as an:

Endogenous over-reaction

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, cancer is regarded as an:

Endogenous underreaction

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, allergies are regarded as an:

Exogenous over-reaction

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, the common cold is regarded as an:

Exogenous under-reaction

Jung called this fear "misoneism"

Fear of unknown

Which of the following characteristics is not typically experienced in the fight or flight response?

Increased gastric movement

Which of the following defense mechanisms is not commonly associated with the psychology of every day stress

Narcissism

This factor above all else determines one's degree of stress?

Ones perception or interpretation

The term screen addiction

Refers to the addiction to computer screens

Systematic desensitization can be best describes as

Repeatedly exposing oneself to tolerable levels of stressors

The most common theme among theorist regarding the psychology of stress is:

Self-awareness

Cutting is an example of this mismanaged anger style

Self-punishers

This mismanaged style of anger is represented by substituting anger for another behavior

Self-punishers

The concept of individuation was coined by this person

Sigmund Freud

This mismanaged style of anger is represented by suppressing one's feelings

Somatizers

Allostatic load is a term that refers to:

Stress

Secondary post traumatic stress disorder refers to

Stress experienced by family members of those with PTSD

Stressfully speaking, the anxiety from the digital divide, informational overload, and cell phone proliferation can be summed up in one expression

Technostress

Bruce Lipton's stress and disease model is considered to be the bridge between

The Pert and Gerber model

The premise of Lipton stress and disease model is

The cell environment, including consciousness, controls DNA

Jung would agree with the following statement

The conscious mind rejects that which it does not know

The term shallow effect is related to this concept

The dumbing down of Americans from Internet exposure

The term "individuation" refers to:

The process of self reflection toward wholeness

Positive psychology is based on these three aspects

The study of happiness, positive virtues, and positive institutions

The use of sarcasm would be a mismanaged anger trait exhibited by

Underhanders

The following is not a myth about anger

Women do not get as angry as men

The following can be accurately stated about the gender difference of anger

Women not only express anger differently, they have different stressors

Emotional literacy refers to the ability to read and respond to

Your own emotions

During the stress response, which of the following does not directly affect an increase in blood pressure?

acetylcholine

When released, this substance is instrumental in returning the body to homeostasis

acetylcholine

Hans Selye listed this as the first stage of his General Adaptation Syndrome.

alarm

All but one of these factors is thought to negatively impact sleep hygiene

ambient light

This type of stress is most commonly associated with illness and disease?

chronic stress

Originally defined, active imagination is

conscious imagination to complete dream sequences

From a Tibetan perspective of mind and stress, stress is believed to be a consequence of:

desires

This substance is released as an immediate response to stress.

epinephrine

Maslow Called this fear the Jonah complex

fear of failure

Tragic optimism is:

finding or making the best of a terrible situation

This stressor would be classified as a bioecological influence.

inadequate sunlight

The adrenal gland rests on top of this organ

kidneys

The stress response initially involves this system

limbic system

This endocrine gland is called the master gland for its role in hormonal control.

pituitary

Future shock is best defined as

rapid societal change

Epinephrine is:

released five times as often as norepinephrine.

The adrenal cortex:

releases cortisol and aldosterone

A decrease in this hormone is thought to be related to symptoms of depression

serotonin

According to experts, the field of sociology involves the study of human behavior within all but the following

societies

According to Carl Jung, the unconscious mind is well versed in this method of articulating itself

symbolic thinking

The term psychic equilibrium means:

unity of conscious and unconscious minds

In his stress theory Richard Lazarus says that daily hassles cause stress. Which is a cause of hassles according to Lazarus?

unmet expectations