Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health

Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below 

 

Chapter 5: Stress and Physical and Mental Health

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

5.1-1. According to the text, the term “stress” will be used to refer to

1. only those external events in our lives that challenge us.
2. any positive demand made on an organism.
3. the effects of external stressors within the organism.
4. anything that makes us unhappy.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-1

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. the effects of external stressors within the organism.

 

5.1-2. Selye

1. recognized that both happy and sad life events can be sources of stress.
2. conducted extensive research on the effects of stress on the immune system.
3. failed to acknowledge the role of the environment in adapting to stress.
4. focused on the cognitive component of the stress response.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-2

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. recognized that both happy and sad life events can be sources of stress.

 

5.1-3. Distress is

1. seen when a situation is ambiguous.
2. a response to a happy life event.
3. the same thing as eustress.
4. a response to a negative event.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-3

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. a response to a negative event.

 

5.1-4. Which of the following terms refers to efforts to deal with stress?

1. coping strategies
2. compensatory strategies
3. sublimation
4. projection

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-4

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Applied

Answer: a. Coping strategies

 

5.1-5. What do positive and negative stressors have in common?

1. They usually last indefinitely.
2. Both occur without warning.
3. They have an equivalent potential for causing lasting damage.
4. Both tax one’s resources and coping skills.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-5

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. Both tax one’s resources and coping skills.

 

5.1-6. In DSM-5, a new category has been added. What is this new category?

1. stress not specified
2. positive stressor disorders
3. stress and psychopathology
4. trauma- and stressor-related disorders

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-6

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. trauma- and stressor-related disorders

 

5.1-7. Which of the following psychological disturbances does not occur in response to an identifiable experience?

1. adjustment disorder
2. acute stress disorder
3. depression
4. post-traumatic stress disorder

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-7

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. depression

 

5.1-8. According to your textbook, which of the following is most stressful to people and animals?

1. constant stressors
2. predictable stressors
3. uncontrollable stressors
4. physical stressors

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-8

Page Ref: 132

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. Uncontrollable stressors

 

5.1-9. Coping strategies are

1. efforts to deal with stress.
2. efforts to avoid conflict.
3. the same thing as eustress.
4. the dynamic interaction between the types of stressors and the person.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-9

Page Ref: 130

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. efforts to deal with stress.

 

5.1-10. Which of the following factors is linked to a person’s ability to cope better?

1. intelligence
2. social support
3. absence of the 5HT-TLPR gene
4. early life stress

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-10

Page Ref: 131

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Applied

Answer: b. social support

 

5.1-11. Stress tolerance is

1. a biological attribute
2. a pressure
3. a person’s ability to withstand stress without becoming seriously impaired
4. a crisis for most people

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-11

Page Ref: 131

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Applied

Answer: c. a person’s ability to withstand stress without becoming seriously impaired

 

5.1-12. Crisis is

1. a double avoidance conflict.
2. when the individual cannot make a decision.
3. an internal pressure.
4. when a stressful situation overwhelms the individual.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-12

Page Ref: 132

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Applied

Answer: d. when a stressful situation overwhelms the individual.

 

5.1-13. Which of the following is not considered a life change?

1. being promoted
2. being diabetic
3. getting pregnant
4. a death in the family

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-13

Page Ref: 132

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: b. being diabetic

 

5.1-14. What is not a key factor in making a stressor more serious?

1. how long it lasts
2. how severe it is
3. its type or category
4. how expected it is

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 5.1-14

Page Ref: 131

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Applied

Answer: c. its type or category

 

5.1-15. According to the text, a factor that does not make one stressor more serious than another includes:

1. severity
2. chronicity
3. geographic region
4. how expected it is.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-15

Page Ref: 131

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. geographic region

 

5.1-16. The term “crisis” refers to

1. any time when a stressful situation exceeds one’s ability to cope.
2. encountering a number of stressors simultaneously.
3. a period of especially acute stress.
4. any encounter that requires a readjustment of self concept.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 5.1-16

Page Ref: 132

Topic: What Is Stress?

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. any time when a stressful situation exceeds one’s ability to cope.