Stress Management, Exam 1
8. Short Answer: Whitehall study - link of stress:
-Lower the ranking = Higher the Stress -More Power = Less Stress -Lawyer + Service Worker
31. Short Answer: how can addictions be stressful + relate screen addictions
-Relation with Psycho-Interpersonal -Not be able to develop relationships/concentrate on other things
Short Answer: What is important about the distribution of weight within the Portrait of a Killer?
-The Lower the are on Hierarchy = More Abdominal Weight -Stress causes weight, negative effect on health
13. People on cell phone find a dropping impairment
.08 Blood Alcohol Level (C)
According to research, Holmes and Raw, a person who ranks ____ on social adjustment scale is more susceptible to stress.
150 (D)
23. Receiving ____ number of emails = email stress
50 Emails
Movie Question: 1 year of chronic stress = ___ years of aging
6 Years
36. "Screen-addition" refers to:
A - Addition of Computer Screens
9. Secondary PTSD referes to:
A - Stress experience with family members of PTSD
38. Regarding stress management, the holistic wellness paradigm suggests that:
All of the Above (E)
16. Based on brain imaging research, which of the following statements is not true
B - Damage to brain cells from chronic stress is reversible
This neurotransmitter, associated with chemical additions + screen addictions:
C - Dopamine
2. The sunshine vitamin:
C - Vitamin D
10. Explain the difference of Chronic and Acute Stress
Chronic: Medium pain, but goes on continuously Acute: Extreme for a short period of time
College students have their own stressors, according to experts, these three events top the list for most stressful during academic year.
Death of a Family or Friend, or Parental Divorce (D)
22. Adrenal Gland rests of top of _____ organ.
E - Kidney
18. Stressfully speaking, the anxiety of digital divide and information overload can be summed up in one expression:
E - Techo-Stress
Based on her work, Candice Pert Suggests:
Emotions can suppress or enhance the integrity of our immune system (C)
Richard Lazarus says this daily hassle causes stress:
Expectations (C)
11. T/F: The term "presentee-ism," is a cooperate business term to describes high productivity levels often motivated by one's optimal stress level
FALSE
4. T/F: Healing and curing mean the same thing:
FALSE
T/F: Migraine headaches are now correlated to chronic anxiety
FALSE
19. This stressor would be classified as a bio-ecological influence:
Inadequate Sun (B)
34. This factor above all else, determines one degree of stress.
Perception or Interpretation (A)
29. Experts suggest most stressors fall under this category:
Psycho-interpersonal (A)
33. Future shock:
Rapid Societal Change (B)
1. The Adrenal Medulla:
Releases epinephrine and noepinephrine (B)
30. Decrease in this hormone is thought to be related to depression:
Serotonin (B)
25. T/F: The shallow effect, cherry picking, leads to the inability to concentrate, focus, and comprehend a subject well
TRUE
27. T/F: It is not the situation that causes stress, but the idea
TRUE
32. T/F: "Health" really means "to be whole."
TRUE
35. T/F: The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the relaxation response
TRUE
37. T/F: When used correctly, co-roomination is considered an effective coping skill for women to cope with stress.
TRUE
T/F: Emotional wellbeing is best described as the ability to feel and express the entire range of emotions and not to be controlled by them
TRUE
T/F: Experts in the field of sociology, suggest narcism and lack of values promote incivility in our culture.
TRUE
Techo-Stress + Incivility Stress + Environmental Disconnect = the perfect storm of stress
Techo-Stress: having phones + social media, outside pressures Incivility Stress: Social Scripts - holding door Environmental Disconnect: Office/Home Environment
12. Shallow Effect is related to this concept:
The dumbing down of Americans from internet exposure (A)
20. Conceptually speaking:
The stress response in today's rapidly changing society have few stressors of the physical nature (C)
24. The "Tend to be Friend" Theory, is used by:
Women