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Essentials of Psychology
Benjamin B Lahey, University of Chicago

Stress and Health

Internet Exercises

1. How does our society’s emphasis on monetary success and power influence the Type A personality?

http://www.msnbc.com/onair/nbc/nightlynews/stress/default.asp
Discussion of Type A behavior pattern By Paul J. Rosch, M.D. President, American Institute of Stress. Also included is a link to on online test: Are You a Type A Personality? Another link takes you to the web site of the American Institute of Stress.

 

2. What kinds of help would you suggest to someone interested in finding more effective methods for coping with stress?

http://helping.apa.org/daily/naps.html
Helpful site on how and when to get help for stress, with some useful links.

 

3. Do the members of your family exercise enough? If not, do you think there is any way that you could convince them to change?

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4563
A web page of the American Heart Association which gives information about appropriate levels of exercise, the risks of physical inactivity, and how to improve one’s physical fitness. Contains links to related pages within the AHA site.