Stress Management Final

Recent estimates suggest that this many Americans meditate regularly:

25 million+

In the ancient Chinese proverb, there are more than how many different ways to breathe?

40

The tongue's taste buds are now divided into how many different regions?

5

What percentage of sensory information is processed through our eyes?

70%

The art of calm includes which additional (6th) sense?

A sense of the divine

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MSBR) is

A structured 10-session group program of 31 hours

The overall effect of meditation appears to allow what?

Both hemispheres of the brain to work in unison

Carl Simonton used art therapy to treat which kind of people?

Cancer patients

The biggest benefit of art therapy is:

Catharsis (emotional release) Nonverbal communication of the unconscious mind Greater insight into problems or a different perspective

What is the first step in the creative problem-solving process?

Description of the problem

The primary difference between inclusive and exclusive meditation is that with inclusive meditation you need to have:

Detached observation

Which of the following is NOT named a creative block in Roger von Oech's book?

Evaluating and analyzing the idea

Transcendental meditation (TM) is an example of:

Exclusive meditation

T/F A koan is a verbal mantra.

False

T/F Art therapy is used primarily as a coping technique for cancer patients.

False

T/F Emotocons have taken the place of body language.

False

T/F Interpretations are best left to a professional art therapist.

False

T/F It's really hard to misinterpret messages through text messages and emails

False

T/F Meditation has been found to be ineffective for people suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD).

False

T/F Not all relaxation techniques are useful in treating chronic pain.

False

T/F Short text messages and tweets can easily convey one's entire message

False

T/F Sleeping is as good as meditation.

False

T/F The average person breathes about 20 times per minute.

False

T/F The use of the color blue in art therapy is a symbolic message from the unconscious mind about passion (anger or love).

False

T/F There is a one-size-fits-all relaxation technique.

False

Which human attribute is the creative block that inhibits all forms of creativity?

Fear

Perhaps THE most important habit with communication technology is:

Healthy Boundaries

Which of the following is not listed as a benefit of repeated practice of relaxation techniques? -Decreased resting heart rate -Increased integrity of immune system -Decreased resting blood pressure -Increased sex drive

Increased sex drive

The problem with high tech communication is?

It is hard to decipher the emotional messages. You can avoid (hide) people easily There is no body language to read

From split-brain research, what have we learned about stress management?

Left-brain thinking is closely associated with perceptions of stress and the right brain is alert during the dream state to resolve problems

Which relaxation technique is useful in the treatment of chronic pain?

Massage Yoga Exercise All of these

People who are diagnosed with ADD claim to not be able to do this:

Meditate

We use the five senses to determine a threat from non-threat.

Nature

Twenty percent of sensory information is acquired through what?

Our sense of smell

This area of the brain is associated with decision-making:

Pre-frontal cortex

The use of which color in art therapy is suggested to represent a spiritual essence?

Purple

Meditation is often perhaps best described as:

Quieting the mind

The use of which color in art therapy is suggested to represent passion?

Red

The new term to describe people's love affair with technology is called

Screen addictions

This describes the activity known as inclusive meditation?

The ability to step outside your thoughts and detach from consciousness.

According to the text, who can best fully comprehend the meaning of a dream?

The dreamer

Roger von Oech describes four roles of the creative process. Which of the following is not one of them?

The executive

As described by Roger von Oech, what is the lead role in the relay team of the creative process?

The explorer

At what stage of the creative process does the brain switch from the right side to the left?

The judge

As a rule, Americans are known to be this kind of breathers _____________?

Thoracic breathers

What is the main purpose of relaxation techniques?

To return the body to a state of homeostasis

T/F "Describing the problem" is not one of the steps of the creative problem-solving process.

True

T/F Art therapy is used as a technique for people with chronic pain.

True

T/F Each technique for relaxation has one aim: to return the body to homeostasis.

True

T/F In art therapy, as much can be revealed by what is not drawn as by what is drawn.

True

T/F Making mistakes is actually encouraged in the creative process.

True

T/F Mindfulness meditation has been shown to be effective for people suffering from chronic pain.

True

T/F One's perception makes the difference between annoyance and tranquility.

True

T/F Rainbow Meditation is an exercise that uses a series of visualizations with breathing to clear the body's energy centers.

True

T/F Technology makes it very easy to avoid confrontations with people

True

T/F The biggest roadblock to the creative process is the belief that you are not creative.

True

T/F The four roles of the creative problem-solving process are the explorer, the artist, the judge, and the warrior.

True

T/F The use of the color blue in art therapy is a symbolic message from the unconscious mind about passion (anger or love).

True

T/F To get the best benefits, relaxation techniques should be practiced at least once a week.

True

T/F We use the five senses to determine a threat from non-threat.

True

T/F When reading an email or text message it's best to answer right away

True

T/F Without touch through human contact, a newborn baby would die.

True

Anxiety breathing is best described as:

Unintentional breath holding

Learning to be "Multilingual" in the high tech age means?

Using more than one form of communication

The use of which color in art therapy is suggested to represent energy?

Yellow

Research reveals that people over the age of 30 would prefer to communicate via?

phone calls