PSYC 2315
Subjective well-being is:
A person's assessment of their own well-being or happiness
The five-factor model of personality includes which of the following characteristics?
Agreeableness and conscientiousness
Which stress response is related to driving home in heavy traffic?
All of these (Emotional, Behavioral, Physiological)
Which of the following should you look for in self-help books?
All of these (Some mention of the theoretical or research basis for the advice, Clarity in communication, Focus on a particular kind of problem)
_____ is a syndrome involving physical and emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a lowered sense of self-efficacy that is attributable to work-related stress.
Burnout
The majority of people who experience a traumatic event will develop post traumatic stress disorder.
False
The majority of people who experience a traumatic event will develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
False
_____ occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of some goal is thwarted.
Frustration
Wilma is going to set up a self-modification program to increase her time spent exercising each day. She is systematically observing her exercise behavior for a week before she begins her program. Which step is she doing?
Gathering baseline data
Which of the following is the primary advantage of the experimental method?
It allows scientists to draw cause-and-effect conclusions
Which of the following is NOT true of hardiness?
It is a poor predictor of success in high-stress occupations
In a behavior modification plan:
It is important for the target behavior to be clearly defined
______ is a personality trait marked by an inflated sense of importance, a need for attention and admiration, a sense of entitlement, and a tendency to exploit others.
Narcissism
In response to stress:
People may actually feel both positive and negative emotions
Twin studies have shown that:
Personality is affected by genetics
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
Physiological needs must be met before other needs can be met
Which of the following has the strongest relationship with psychological problems?
Pressure
Which of the following is not a cause of stress?
Resilience
Psychoanalysis was developed by:
Sigmund Freud
_____ is any circumstance that threatens well-being and taxes coping abilities.
Stress
Self-actualization refers to:
The need to fulfill one's potential
Social support is:
Various types of aid provided by members of one's social network
The results of empirical surveys about well-being indicate that
a small minority of people rate themselves as unhappy
The Social Readjustment Rating Scale measures changes
all of these (at work, in finances, in personal relationships)
Results of burnout include
all of these (increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, increased vulnerability to health problems)
Supporters of behavior modification assume that behavior is a product of
all of these. (environmental control, learning, conditioning)
Roger noticed that every time he started eating a bag of potato chips, he was watching television. Roger identified
an antecedent
Self-help books about self-improvement
are not likely to turn the reader's life around
Ambient stress refers to
chronic environmental conditions that place adaptive demands on people
Research on survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 indicates that a common reaction to severe stress is
depression and anxiety
The central aspect of burnout is
exhaustion
The stage of the general adaptation syndrome in which we are most likely to become ill, is the _____ stage.
exhaustion
An experiment is a research method in which the investigator manipulates the ______variable and observes whether any changes occur in a(n) ______ variable as a result.
independent; dependent
Which of the following is NOT a cause of burnout?
low salary
Optimistic bias
may lead to risky behaviors
The finding that when exercise increases weight decreases is a(n)
negative correlation
Modern technology has provided us with many time-saving devices, but
our quality of life and sense of personal fulfillment seem to have declined
Subjective well-being refers to
personal assessment of overall happiness
Bethany's friends think she spends too much time studying and should go out with them regardless of her upcoming test. Bethany may be experiencing
pressure to conform
Minor hassles seem to be more strongly related to mental health than major stressful events because
stressful events can be cumulative
According to Freud, the primitive component of personality that operates on the pleasure principle is:
the id
The best predictor of someone's future happiness is
their past happiness
Internal conflict occurs when
two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression
A correlation exists when
two variables are related to each other
The term psychobabble applies to
vague, but "hip" language.
