7.4 stress and health

In order, the sequence of stages in the general adaptation syndrome is:

alarm reaction, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion.

People tend to use emotion-focused rather than problem-focused coping strategies when they:

believe they cannot change a stressful situation.

When would you expect that your immune responses would be weakest?

during exam weeks

A white blood cell that is formed in the thymus and that attacks cancer cells is:

a T lymphocyte.

The second phase of the general adaptation syndrome is characterized by:

resistance.

Researchers Friedman and Rosenman refer to individuals who are very time-conscious, supermotivated, verbally aggressive, and easily angered as:

Type A.

During which stage of the general adaptation syndrome is a person especially vulnerable to disease?

stage of exhaustion

One person, alone in a house, dismisses its creaking sounds and experiences no stress; someone else suspects an intruder and becomes alarmed. These different reactions illustrate the importance of:

stress appraisal.

Stress is defined as:

the process by which we perceive and respond to challenging or threatening events.

After an initial rapid weight loss, a person on a diet loses weight much more slowly. This slowdown occurs because:

when a person diets, metabolism decreases.