PSYCH UNIT 6

When did the term stress enter scientific literature?

1930s

Which of the following statements about the relationship between stress and performance is true?

As stress levels increase from low to moderate, performance also increases

Ehab is a high school science teacher. He recently received a Teacher of the Year award for his district, but he believes he only received it because no one else bothered to apply for it. He is a popular teacher, but he is convinced the students only pretend to like him so they will get better grades. What aspect of job burnout does this exemplify?

Diminished personal accomplishment

People who reach the ________ level of stress feel burned out; they are fatigued, exhausted, and their performance begins to decline.

Distress

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conducts rigorous academic research on ________.

Healthy aspects of the mind, such as kindness, forgiveness, compassion, and mindfulness

What triggers the secondary appraisal of a stressor?

How a threat is perceived

How can a study that involves exposing people to live viruses demonstrate a link between stress and impaired immune function?

Stress weakens the immune system, so people with high stress levels should be more likely to get sick

What should be changed to make the following statement true? In the general adaptation syndrome, the fight-or-flight reaction describes the body's immediate reaction upon facing a threatening situation or emergency.

The phrase "flight or flight" should be changed to the word "alarm"

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In high-stress humans, exercise has been shown to prevent telomere lengthening.

The word "lengthening" should be changed to the word "shortening"

Doug is an emergency room nurse in a large, underfunded, public hospital. Lately, he finds himself assuming that the patients he sees are just trying to get free drugs to feed an addiction. Just yesterday a little boy was brought in with a broken arm, and Doug found that he was completely indifferent to the boy's pain. What aspect of job burnout does this exemplify?

depersonalization