LearningCurve Module 39

Which of these people is the BEST example of a Type A personality?

Andre, a competitive, easily-angered journalist

Alan reluctantly decided to take a long-awaited trip to New Zealand. The thing that is most disturbing to him is that he must leave his pet monkey behind. There is a "pet hotel" in the city that has agreed to take him. Should Alan worry about him?

Yes. Monkeys under stress due to social disruptions have weakened immune systems.

Abdul has just discovered his term paper is due tomorrow when he thought it was due next week. According to Hans Selye, Abdul will likely be experiencing the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

alarm

Which choice pairs a stage of the general adaptation syndrome with a correct description?

alarm — perceiving a threat or stressor

Research seems to indicate that people who _____ are more vulnerable to disease.

are recently widowed

Process is to event as _____ is to _____.

stress; stressor

A challenging or threatening event that causes stress is called a(n) _____.

stressor

When faced with a stressor, your brain sounds an alarm and activates your _____ nervous system.

sympathetic

Maggie just started her fourth year of medical school and is an avid cyclist. During her summer off medical school, she had a bike accident that produced a large contusion on her knee. If Maggie had the same accident during finals week, what would be expected to happen?

She would heal more slowly than in the summer.

A health psychologist would be MOST likely to conduct research assessing the relationship between:

cancer and stress.

Cancer-producing substances such as smoking and radioactive materials are known as:

carcinogens

Marcus is going through a particularly difficult time because of work-related stress, his parents' health problems, impending final exams, and term paper deadlines. Marcus has a history of not dealing well with stress. The continuous stress is likely to cause all of these EXCEPT:

cause Marcus to develop cancer.

A stressor is a:

challenging or threatening event.

Mandisa is under an extreme amount of stress. She is battling with her ex-husband about money and their children. In this time of stress, Mandisa turns to her friends for support and spends as much time with her children as possible. Taylor and colleagues would say that Mandisa is demonstrating a _____ response to stress.

tend-or-befriend Submitanswer