devry psyc110 Chapter 11 preTest latest 2015 december

1)

Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale focuses on:

the impact of the uncontrollability of life’s events.

how life events cause stress in one’s life.

the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

how stress is a predictor of short-term illness.

2)

People facing _________ conflict are dealing with two or more goals or events that are unpleasant.

avoidance-approach

avoidance-avoidance

approach-approach

approach-avoidance

3)

Adults find the hassle of _______ to be the greatest source of stress.

lack of money

trouble at work

fighting among family members

poor health

4)

Drug abuse, as a reaction to a source of frustration, is a form of:

displaced aggression.

aggression.

conflict.

withdrawal.

5)

According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, what life event causes the highest number of “life change units”?

marital separation

a jail term

divorce

death of a spouse

6)

___________ results when people experience unpleasant stressors.

Distress

Eustress

Acute stress disorder

Depression

7)

Miller and Rahe found that overall stress associated with many of the items on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale had ________ from the original 1967 ratings.

decreased by about 51%

decreased by about 25%

increased by about 45%

increased by about 12%

8)

Which of the following is a typical first response to a source of frustration?

persistence

displaced aggression

escape

aggression

9)

If Tom has been adapting to a stressor and is now experiencing fatigue due to prolonged muscle tension, according to psychologist Selye, Tom is in the _____ stage.

alarm

resistance

exhaustion

sympathetic

10)

When Ravi found out that he didn’t get a high enough grade on his final for an A in his psychology course, he experienced stress from:

frustration.

controllability.

aggression.

displacement.

11)

Stress has been shown to:

cause the pituitary gland to release hormones that result in a burst of energy.

increase one’s sensitivity to pain.

make people live longer.

put people at higher risk for heart attacks.

12)

When Ben found out his girlfriend had been unfaithful, he didn’t say anything to her, but he was furious on the inside. Ben’s personality may be considered a ________.

Type C

Type B

Type H

Type A

13)

Claire’s boss scolded her in front of her coworkers in a meeting. When she got home, she started a fight with her roommate. What form of coping with this frustration did Claire demonstrate?

displaced aggression

withdrawal

aggression

escape

14)

Howard was upset that he got a B in Biology, but he felt better knowing that he had improved over his previous grade and that he could work hard to get an A on the next exam. Howard was using _______ to help himself feel better.

reverse social comparison

meditation

optimistic thinking

downward social comparison

15)

Marge is easygoing, slow to anger, and usually relaxed. Marge probably has a ________ personality.

Type A

Type H

Type C

Type B

16)

You are driving down the road in a country in the Eastern part of the world. You come across a man who is patiently polishing a large, wooden box with great care. You stop to chat with him, and learn that he is working on what will one day become his own coffin. You are probably driving through the country of ________.

Laos

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Croatia

17)

According to Lazarus’s cognitive appraisal approach, the first step in appraising a stressor is called ______ appraisal.

fundamental

primary

basic

initial

18)

The phases of the general adaptation syndrome are alarm, resistance, and:

exhaustion.

escape.

acceptance.

avoidance.

19)

Endocrinologist Hans Selye’s three stages of the body’s physiological reaction to stress are called the:

autonomic nervous system.

“fight-or-flight” system.

adaptation syndrome.

general adaptation syndrome.

20)

A person dealing with acculturative stress by choosing to maintain a sense of the original culture’s identity while also trying to form a positive relationship with members of the majority culture is using the _______ method.

assimilation

separation

marginalization

integration

21)

The ______ returns the body to normal functioning after the stress has ended.

vagus nerve

parasympathetic nervous system

immune system

sympathetic nervous system

22)

Two economically-based social factors discussed in the text that create stressful living conditions are poverty and:

unemployment.

job stress.

the economy.

inability to take vacations.

23)

_______ refers to negative changes in thoughts, emotions, and behavior as a result of prolonged stress or frustration.

Acculturative stress

Assimilation

Burnout

Depression

24)

During the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome, the adrenal glands release hormones that increase heart rate, blood pressure, and the supply of blood sugar.

activation

resistance

alarm

replenishment

25)

A strategy of coping with stress in which a person changes the way he or she feels or emotionally reacts to a stressor is ____________________

receptive meditation.

concentrative meditation.

problem-focused coping.

emotion-focused coping.