psych 2035 final (test banks)
emerging consensus among contemporary researchers is that stress is - correct
answer a special stimulus response transaction in which one feel threatened or
experiences loss or harm
one accepted definition of stress is - correct answer any circumstance that
threatens well being and taxes coping abilities
what is true regarding the nature of stress - correct answer routine hassles may
have significant negative effects on mental and physical health
research findings on minor hassles suggest that the effects of stress are - correct
answer cumulative or additive
whether or not an event is stressful is most likely to depend on - correct answer
how one appraises and adapts to the event
primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is - correct answer
relevant and stressful
secondary appraisal involves - correct answer evaluating your coping resources
and options for dealing with stress
the notion that stress lies in the eye of the beholder suggests that - correct
answer people's appraisals of stressful events are highly subjective
crowding and noise have been identified as sources of - correct answer ambient
stress that have been found to be correlated with elevated stress hormones
the term ambient stress refers to - correct answer chronic environmental
conditions that place adaptive demands on people
wha that been a major source of stress in many urban areas like Northern India -
correct answer crowding
what is a significant cause of stress for immigrants - correct answer overt
interracial conflict
one challenge faced by members of ethnic minorities in dealing with everyday
discrimination is tha manifestations of such discrimination are often - correct
answer ambiguous
,psych 2035 final (test banks)
acute stressors - correct answer are threatening events that have a relatively
short duration and clear endpoint
threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no apparent time limit
are referred to as - correct answer chronic stressors
dealing with a rude store clerk and waiting for results of an examination are two
examples of - correct answer acute stressors
which of the following is not a amor source of stress described in your textbook -
correct answer socialization
the four major types of stress described in textbook are - correct answer
frustration, internal conflict, pressure and change
according to psychologists, frustration occurs when - correct answer the pursuit
of some goal is thwarted
which of the following is a common kind of frustration leading to stress - correct
answer losses
internal conflict occurs when - correct answer two incompatible behavioural
impulses compete for expression
generally which kind of conflict tends to be the least stressful - correct answer
approach-approach
you want to ask someone for a date, but are afraid of being rejected, with type of
conflict applies to your situation - correct answer approach-avoidance
you are a talented artist and good at mathematics, you enjoy both and don't
know which to major in at collect, what type of conflict applies to your situation -
correct answer approach-approach
approach avoidance conflicts often produce - correct answer vacillation
research supports a previous theory that internal conflicts generate considerable
psychological stress, theorist who proposed this was - correct answer freud
what are noticeable alteration in one's life circumstances - correct answer life
changes
,psych 2035 final (test banks)
holmes and race concluded that change is stressful - correct answer whether it is
undesirable or desirable
social readjustment rating scale was designed to measure - correct answer
change-related stress
research with social readjustment rating scale has shown that people with higher
scores - correct answer are vulnerable to physical and psychological problems
current research indicates that - correct answer we have little reason to believe
that change is inevitably stressful
whenever others expect you to conform to their expectations or perform in
certain ways, you tend to experience - correct answer pressure
which of the following researches designs da scale to measure pressure as a form
of life stress - correct answer Wayne weiten
whiten's research on stressful effects of pressure indicates that there is a strong
relationship between pressure - correct answer and a variety of psychological
problems
according to research Janet has found studying for finals and her graduate exams
so stressful that the only behavior not likely to occur is - correct answer increased
concentration
psychologists study responses to stress at which of the following levels - correct
answer behaviours, emotional and physiological
what are largely uncontrollable and accompanied by physiological changes -
correct answer emotions
research findings indicate that subjective cognitive appraisals may influences
what sort of response to stressors - correct answer emotional responses
research suggests that positive emotional reactions to stress may have the
adaptive quality of enhancing - correct answer social, intellectual and physical
resources
, psych 2035 final (test banks)
ruth has been dealing with the losss of her home in a fire, according to lazarus'
research, ruth is most likely to experience - correct answer both positive and
negative emotions
correlation between test related anxiety and exam performance is through to be -
correct answer negative
optimal level of arousals is related to - correct answer complexity of the task
sometimes anxiety helps us by motivating us to study for a test, but if we become
too anxious we pass our optimal level of arousla and spend too much time
worrying instead of studying, this type of correlation is described as - correct
answer the inverted u-hypothesis
the fight of fight response was first described by - correct answer Walter cannon
the fight or flight response occurs in the - correct answer sympathetic division of
the automatic nervous system
the fight or flight response is a reaction that begins in response to a three this is a
- correct answer involuntary reactions
betty jumped when she heard a loud crashing sound behind her, this is because
her sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system - correct answer was
mobilizing her bodily resources for emergencies
research on gender and fight or flight response indicates taht - correct answer
fighting and fleeing may be less adaptive for females because both responses may
endanger offspring
alternative to fight or flight response that may be present for females is the -
correct answer tend and befriend response
in humans, the fight or flight response is less adaptive than it was in ancestral
humans because - correct answer most modern human stresses can't be
managed with these strategies
hans syle's works as important because it showed - correct answer how
prolonged physiological arousal that I meant to be adaptive could lead to diseases
emerging consensus among contemporary researchers is that stress is - correct
answer a special stimulus response transaction in which one feel threatened or
experiences loss or harm
one accepted definition of stress is - correct answer any circumstance that
threatens well being and taxes coping abilities
what is true regarding the nature of stress - correct answer routine hassles may
have significant negative effects on mental and physical health
research findings on minor hassles suggest that the effects of stress are - correct
answer cumulative or additive
whether or not an event is stressful is most likely to depend on - correct answer
how one appraises and adapts to the event
primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is - correct answer
relevant and stressful
secondary appraisal involves - correct answer evaluating your coping resources
and options for dealing with stress
the notion that stress lies in the eye of the beholder suggests that - correct
answer people's appraisals of stressful events are highly subjective
crowding and noise have been identified as sources of - correct answer ambient
stress that have been found to be correlated with elevated stress hormones
the term ambient stress refers to - correct answer chronic environmental
conditions that place adaptive demands on people
wha that been a major source of stress in many urban areas like Northern India -
correct answer crowding
what is a significant cause of stress for immigrants - correct answer overt
interracial conflict
one challenge faced by members of ethnic minorities in dealing with everyday
discrimination is tha manifestations of such discrimination are often - correct
answer ambiguous
,psych 2035 final (test banks)
acute stressors - correct answer are threatening events that have a relatively
short duration and clear endpoint
threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no apparent time limit
are referred to as - correct answer chronic stressors
dealing with a rude store clerk and waiting for results of an examination are two
examples of - correct answer acute stressors
which of the following is not a amor source of stress described in your textbook -
correct answer socialization
the four major types of stress described in textbook are - correct answer
frustration, internal conflict, pressure and change
according to psychologists, frustration occurs when - correct answer the pursuit
of some goal is thwarted
which of the following is a common kind of frustration leading to stress - correct
answer losses
internal conflict occurs when - correct answer two incompatible behavioural
impulses compete for expression
generally which kind of conflict tends to be the least stressful - correct answer
approach-approach
you want to ask someone for a date, but are afraid of being rejected, with type of
conflict applies to your situation - correct answer approach-avoidance
you are a talented artist and good at mathematics, you enjoy both and don't
know which to major in at collect, what type of conflict applies to your situation -
correct answer approach-approach
approach avoidance conflicts often produce - correct answer vacillation
research supports a previous theory that internal conflicts generate considerable
psychological stress, theorist who proposed this was - correct answer freud
what are noticeable alteration in one's life circumstances - correct answer life
changes
,psych 2035 final (test banks)
holmes and race concluded that change is stressful - correct answer whether it is
undesirable or desirable
social readjustment rating scale was designed to measure - correct answer
change-related stress
research with social readjustment rating scale has shown that people with higher
scores - correct answer are vulnerable to physical and psychological problems
current research indicates that - correct answer we have little reason to believe
that change is inevitably stressful
whenever others expect you to conform to their expectations or perform in
certain ways, you tend to experience - correct answer pressure
which of the following researches designs da scale to measure pressure as a form
of life stress - correct answer Wayne weiten
whiten's research on stressful effects of pressure indicates that there is a strong
relationship between pressure - correct answer and a variety of psychological
problems
according to research Janet has found studying for finals and her graduate exams
so stressful that the only behavior not likely to occur is - correct answer increased
concentration
psychologists study responses to stress at which of the following levels - correct
answer behaviours, emotional and physiological
what are largely uncontrollable and accompanied by physiological changes -
correct answer emotions
research findings indicate that subjective cognitive appraisals may influences
what sort of response to stressors - correct answer emotional responses
research suggests that positive emotional reactions to stress may have the
adaptive quality of enhancing - correct answer social, intellectual and physical
resources
, psych 2035 final (test banks)
ruth has been dealing with the losss of her home in a fire, according to lazarus'
research, ruth is most likely to experience - correct answer both positive and
negative emotions
correlation between test related anxiety and exam performance is through to be -
correct answer negative
optimal level of arousals is related to - correct answer complexity of the task
sometimes anxiety helps us by motivating us to study for a test, but if we become
too anxious we pass our optimal level of arousla and spend too much time
worrying instead of studying, this type of correlation is described as - correct
answer the inverted u-hypothesis
the fight of fight response was first described by - correct answer Walter cannon
the fight or flight response occurs in the - correct answer sympathetic division of
the automatic nervous system
the fight or flight response is a reaction that begins in response to a three this is a
- correct answer involuntary reactions
betty jumped when she heard a loud crashing sound behind her, this is because
her sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system - correct answer was
mobilizing her bodily resources for emergencies
research on gender and fight or flight response indicates taht - correct answer
fighting and fleeing may be less adaptive for females because both responses may
endanger offspring
alternative to fight or flight response that may be present for females is the -
correct answer tend and befriend response
in humans, the fight or flight response is less adaptive than it was in ancestral
humans because - correct answer most modern human stresses can't be
managed with these strategies
hans syle's works as important because it showed - correct answer how
prolonged physiological arousal that I meant to be adaptive could lead to diseases
