Chapter 22: Physical Problems, Psychological Sources

Chapter 22: Physical Problems, Psychological Sources

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. The human physiological stress response mechanism is also called the ____ response.

a.	Startle
b.	Neuroleptic
c.	Homeostasis
d.	Fight-or-flight

 

 

ANS:  D

The stress response is also called the fight-or-flight response (general adaptation response) and occurs in an attempt to maintain homeostasis.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 250             OBJ:   1

TOP:   Role of Emotions in Health              KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

 

2. People who are able to recognize and defuse their stressors early ____ suffer from the physical effects of stress.

a.	Never
b.	Often
c.	Always
d.	Seldom

 

 

ANS:  D

People who are able to recognize and defuse their stressors early seldom experience the physical effects of stress. It is nearly impossible to never experience or always feel the effects of stress.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 251             OBJ:   2

TOP:   Anxiety and Stress                          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

3. Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in:

a.	Puberty
b.	Adulthood
c.	Childhood
d.	Adolescence

 

 

ANS:  C

How an individual perceives and responds to stress is established in childhood.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 251             OBJ:   3

TOP:   Childhood Sources                          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

4. The physiological stress response has an effect on _____ system(s).

a.	Many body
b.	Only the nervous
c.	The gastrointestinal
d.	The cardiovascular and respiratory

 

 

ANS:  A

When an individual perceives stress, the body initiates production of a cascade of biochemicals that affect many body systems.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 251             OBJ:   2

TOP:   Anxiety and Stress                          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity