Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following is an example of the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
  • training for a marathon
  • They tend to believe they can personally control and manage their reaction to life's stressors.
  • being in a car accident
  • Latricia has been lost in the woods for days. After such a long period of anxiety and fear, Latricia collapses by a tree.
________ is the kind of stress associated with positive feelings, as well as optimal health and performance.
  • distress
  • eustress
  • meditation
  • daily hassle
In Hans Selye's rat study, rats that were exposed to stressors over a long period of time showed signs of ________.
  • A burst of energy enables Hassan to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path
  • adrenal enlargement, thymus and lymph node shrinkage, and stomach ulceration
  • body's physiological reaction to any demand that is placed on it
  • moderate stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material
Rheumatoid arthritis is considered a(n) ________ disease because it involves the body mistaking its own healthy cells for invaders and repeatedly attacking them.
  • Coping
  • autoimmune
  • cognitive
  • primary
Lamont cares for his aging father, who suffers from dementia. This is an example of a(n) ________ stressor.
  • distress
  • Coping
  • significantly elevated rates of heart disease
  • chronic
The concept of perceived control refers to ________.
  • beliefs about the capacity to influence and shape outcomes in our lives
  • They tend to believe they can personally control and manage their reaction to life's stressors.
  • anticipates that it could lead to some kind of harm, loss, or other negative consequence
  • moderate stress can enhance both immediate and delayed recall of educational material
Which of the following is an example of the resistance stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
  • A burst of energy enables Hassan to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path
  • Latricia has been lost in the woods for days. After such a long period of anxiety and fear, Latricia collapses by a tree.
  • Depression may increase the likelihood of living an unhealthy lifestyle, which increases the risk of heart disease.
  • Tyrique almost falls out of the tree, but he grabs a branch, and now that the danger of falling has passed, he focuses his energy and attention on getting down from the tree safely.
Which term refers to mental or behavioral efforts used to manage problems relating to stress, including the cause and the unpleasant feelings and emotions it produces?
  • cognitive
  • primary
  • Type B
  • Coping
The relaxation response technique is a stress reduction technique that combines elements of relaxation and ________.
  • physiological
  • meditation
  • autoimmune
  • social support
Doug is an emergency room nurse in a large, underfunded, public hospital. Lately, he finds himself assuming that the patients he sees are just trying to get free drugs to feed an addiction. Just yesterday a little boy was brought in with a broken arm, and Doug found that he was completely indifferent to the boy's pain. What aspect of job burnout does this exemplify?
  • threat; challenge
  • physiological
  • depersonalization
  • Job burnout
Dr. Frobish possesses a ________ behavior pattern because she is an intensively driven workaholic, preoccupied with deadlines, and always seems to be in a rush.
  • cognitive
  • Type A
  • eustress
  • Coping
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