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All of the following are examples of stressors EXCEPT |
| | A) | noise. |
| | B) | bad relationships. |
| | C) | finals week. |
| | D) | loss of a job. |
| | E) | none is an exception. |
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Person-environment fit is determined by a |
| | A) | person's resources that are not quite right to meet the challenge. |
| | B) | person's appraisal process in adjusting to the environment. |
| | C) | person's anticipated help from others while taxed by the environment. |
| | D) | person's perceived resource being adequate to meet the difficult situation. |
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Fight-or-flight response |
| | A) | was a phrase coined by Hans Selye. |
| | B) | is considered today the same as it was when first described. |
| | C) | involves the sympathetic nervous and endocrine system response to perceived danger. |
| | D) | is not as relevant today because we are no longer fleeing from predators.. |
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The three phases of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) are |
| | A) | normal stress level, increased stress, and increased resistance. |
| | B) | alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. |
| | C) | alarm, resistance, and increased resistance. |
| | D) | alarm, exhaustion, and illness. |
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GAS has been criticized because |
| | A) | it does not pay attention to psychological factors and appraisal of events. |
| | B) | it accounts for stress that is not uniform, and this is too difficult to quantify. |
| | C) | it understands that stressors might produce differing endocrinological responses. |
| | D) | stress does not contribute to cardiovascular disease, arthritis, or immune-related deficiencies as Selye reported. |
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All are true for Tend-and-Befriend EXCEPT |
| | A) | it refers to social and nurturant behaviors in response to stress. |
| | B) | it was describe by Shelly Taylor (author of your text) and her research team. |
| | C) | it takes the place of fight-or-flight in females. |
| | D) | tending and befriending behaviors are seen as complex tasks that protect self and offspring. |
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Primary appraisal processes were |
| | A) | the view by Lazarus that psychological appraisal determines the meaning of the stressful event. |
| | B) | based on the premise that all threats are universal. |
| | C) | understood that after primary appraisal comes secondary appraisal. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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SAM system is all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | sympathetic-adrenomedullary system. |
| | B) | responsible for the secretion of catecholamines. |
| | C) | responsible for increased blood pressure, heart rate, and feelings of alertness. |
| | D) | responsible for elevation of growth hormones. |
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Long-term effects of stress on health may be caused by |
| | A) | direct physiological effects, i.e., decreased immunity. |
| | B) | poor health habits, i.e., decreased exercise. |
| | C) | decreased likelihood of seeking medical care. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Children who live or go to school in noisy areas, like next to freeways or in air corridors, are more likely to |
| | A) | have difficulty in learning and performing simple and complex tasks. |
| | B) | learn to screen out the noise and attend to relevant stimuli. |
| | C) | make corrections once they are no longer in the noisy environment. |
| | D) | have perceived control because everyone in the environment must deal with the noise. |
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