Module 1
"Superstress" is a term coined by Dr. Roberta Lee to mean:
21st century lifestyle stress
Receiving how many emails per day is said to precipitate email stress? 50 100 150 200
50
Statistics provided by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggest that what percent of Americans (adults and children) use various forms of integrative (mind-body-spirit) therapies?
50 percent
We now know that what percentage of the immune system resides in the gut?
70 percent
Addison's disease is associated with the failure of which organ?
Adrenal
According to Ron Friedman, which of the following are suggestions for decreasing digital toxicity (stress)? 1. Leave your phones off your working space 2. Turn off your message alerts 3. Schedule unplugged time from technology 4. All of these are correct
All of these are correct
Lyme disease is transmitted via: A) ticks. B) mosquitos. C) fleas. D) mice. E) All of these are correct.
All of these are correct.
Which brain region is thought to be responsible for creating stressful memory imprints onto the nervous system?
Amygdala
According to the Borysenko stress and disease model, cancer is regarded as an: a. Exogenous overreaction b. Endogenous overreaction c. Exogenous underreaction d. Endogenous underreaction
Endogenous underreaction
"Tend and befriend" is a coping style used more by cancer patients than war veterans under stress. True or False?
False
Chakras are meridian points in which acupuncture needles are used to unclog passages of energy or Chi. T or F
False
Migraine headaches are now correlated primarily to chronic anxiety True or False
False
Neuroplasticity refers to the body's ability to create new nerve cells closest to the skin. True or False
False
Secondary Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) surfaces after a second severe stress encounter. T or F
False
The common cold would fall under the category of endogenous underreaction. T or F
False
The water footprint of as fast food hamburger is over 3,000 gallons per pound of beef. T or F
False
The threshold of 40 emails per day is now labeled as email stress. True or False?
False (50 per day)
According to recent surveys by the American Psychological Association and Harvard's School of Public Health, seniors (people over the age of 65) have more stress than millennials. True or False?
False (millennials have more stress)
Lyme disease, known as the "great mimicker" is related to the following chronic health issues except: 1. Chronic fatigue 2. Fibromyalgia 3. Multiple sclerosis 4. Herpes 5. Alzheimer's disease
Herpes
Which of the following characteristics is not typically experienced in the fight-or-flight response?
Increased gastric movement
All but one of these factors is thought to negatively impact sleep hygiene: 1. menopause 2. Alcohol consumption 3. Cell phone use 4. Kava tea 5. Ambient light
Kava tea
Which endocrine gland is called the master gland for its role in hormonal control
Pituitary
The term "screen addiction" was coined specifically to address:
The addiction to computer, smartphone, and tablet screens.
Which level of the brain is called the seat of emotions because it appears to the first to register pain
The limbic area
Conceptually speaking:
The stress response is antiquated in today's rapidly changing society where few stressors are of a physical nature.
For information to move from short-term to long-term memory there must be periods of rest. True or False
True
Hypnosis is said to have a great cure for warts as medical treatments. T or F
True
If you are inside playing video games, surfing the net, or using a smart phone all day long, more than likely you are not directly getting enough of the sunshine vitamin. True or False?
True
Lyme disease is now considered a sexually transmitted disease. True or False?
True
Panic attacks generally last 10 to 20 minutes (although some can last longer). True or False?
True
The key to helping relieve the stress of post/traumatic stress disorder appears to be releasing memories from the unconscious mind. T or F
True
The release of cortisol is initiated from the ACTH axis. T or F
True
The vegetative level of the brain is thought to be the most primitive of the three levels. T or F
True
The word health really means "to be whole." T or F
True
What vitamin is called the sunshine vitamin?
Vitamin D
The "tend and befriend theory" proposed by Shelley Taylor speaks best to the coping technique used by:
Women
Please finish this popular axiom. As population increases:
civil behavior decreases.
Epinephrine is: A) thought to deplete lymphocytes. B) considered to be the anger hormone. C) released five times as often as norepinephrine. D) released by the adrenal cortex. E) released 40 times more than ACTH.
released five times as often as norepinephrine
The adrenal medulla:
releases epinephrine and norepinephrine
