Galen College of Nursing Mental Health Exam 1
with correct answers
Define Stress - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the nonspecific response of the body to any
demand placed on it
The adjustment or response to stress can be: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Physical,
mental or emotional
Adaptation is defined as - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔restoration of homeostatis to the
internal environmental system
Adaptive behavior is viewed as behavior that - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔maintains
the integrity of the individual with a timely return to equilibrium
Adaptive behavior is viewed as positive and is correlated with - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔a healthy response
Maladaptive behavior - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔disrupts the integrity of the
individual, negative
Stressor - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a demand placed on the body to adapt
Stressors causes physical or emotional tension and may be a factor in what? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔the etiology of certain illnesses
,Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome occurs in ____ stages. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Three
What are the 3 stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Alarm reaction stage, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion
Alarm reaction stage - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔fight or flight syndrome initiated,
sympathetic nervous system, symptoms include increase in heart rate and respirations and
may include headache, sweaty palms and sensation of dizziness
Stage of resistance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Body's attempt to react to stressor,
symptoms may disappear if adaptation occurs
Stage of exhaustion - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔symptoms do not disappear, body is
exhausted, headaches, ulcer, CAD and without intervention = death
A 25 year old male barely avoids a motor vehicle accident. His heart is poinding, his palms
are sweaty, and his respirations are increased. This is an example of what state of the
General Adaptation Syndrome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alarm Reaction Stage
Fight or Flight Syndrome - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Initial biological stress
response, sustained biological stress response
A stress event is one that - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔creates change in the life
pattern of the individual, requires significant adjustment in lifestyle, taxes available personal
resources
Stress as an environmental event - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔CHANGE from the
existing steady state of the individual's life pattern, the thing or event that trigger the
physiological and psychological responses
, Stress overload is a casual link to illness it either: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔predisposes a person to illness or actually precipitates it
Weakness to the Miller and Rahe tool (a tool used to measure stress - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔it does not consider the individual's personal perception of the event and
his or her coping strategies and available support systems at the time of the life change.
precipitating event - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a stimulus arising from the internal or
external environment and perceived by the individual in a specific manner. Depends on
cognitive appraisal or perception
Primary appraisal may be _________, ________ or ___________. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔irrelevant, benign-positive, stressful
Secondary appraisal includes assessment and evaluation by the individual of ____________,
____________ and _____________ to deal with the stressful situation - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔skills, resources, knowledge
Predisposing factors - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔influence how an individual
perceives and responds to a stressful event.
Predisposing factors include: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔genetics, past experiences,
and existing conditions
Stress management - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the use of coping strategies in the
response to stressful situations
Adaptive and coping strategies protect the person from harm and restore
________________ _____________. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔overall homeostasis
with correct answers
Define Stress - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the nonspecific response of the body to any
demand placed on it
The adjustment or response to stress can be: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Physical,
mental or emotional
Adaptation is defined as - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔restoration of homeostatis to the
internal environmental system
Adaptive behavior is viewed as behavior that - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔maintains
the integrity of the individual with a timely return to equilibrium
Adaptive behavior is viewed as positive and is correlated with - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔a healthy response
Maladaptive behavior - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔disrupts the integrity of the
individual, negative
Stressor - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a demand placed on the body to adapt
Stressors causes physical or emotional tension and may be a factor in what? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔the etiology of certain illnesses
,Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome occurs in ____ stages. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Three
What are the 3 stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Alarm reaction stage, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion
Alarm reaction stage - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔fight or flight syndrome initiated,
sympathetic nervous system, symptoms include increase in heart rate and respirations and
may include headache, sweaty palms and sensation of dizziness
Stage of resistance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Body's attempt to react to stressor,
symptoms may disappear if adaptation occurs
Stage of exhaustion - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔symptoms do not disappear, body is
exhausted, headaches, ulcer, CAD and without intervention = death
A 25 year old male barely avoids a motor vehicle accident. His heart is poinding, his palms
are sweaty, and his respirations are increased. This is an example of what state of the
General Adaptation Syndrome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alarm Reaction Stage
Fight or Flight Syndrome - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Initial biological stress
response, sustained biological stress response
A stress event is one that - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔creates change in the life
pattern of the individual, requires significant adjustment in lifestyle, taxes available personal
resources
Stress as an environmental event - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔CHANGE from the
existing steady state of the individual's life pattern, the thing or event that trigger the
physiological and psychological responses
, Stress overload is a casual link to illness it either: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔predisposes a person to illness or actually precipitates it
Weakness to the Miller and Rahe tool (a tool used to measure stress - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔it does not consider the individual's personal perception of the event and
his or her coping strategies and available support systems at the time of the life change.
precipitating event - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a stimulus arising from the internal or
external environment and perceived by the individual in a specific manner. Depends on
cognitive appraisal or perception
Primary appraisal may be _________, ________ or ___________. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔irrelevant, benign-positive, stressful
Secondary appraisal includes assessment and evaluation by the individual of ____________,
____________ and _____________ to deal with the stressful situation - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔skills, resources, knowledge
Predisposing factors - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔influence how an individual
perceives and responds to a stressful event.
Predisposing factors include: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔genetics, past experiences,
and existing conditions
Stress management - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the use of coping strategies in the
response to stressful situations
Adaptive and coping strategies protect the person from harm and restore
________________ _____________. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔overall homeostasis
