Stress Management for Life A Research Based Experiential Approach 4th Edition By Olpin - Test Bank

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

True / False

 

1. ​It is the interpretation of an event that initiates the fight-or-flight response, not the event itself.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   True
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

2. ​The key message of the POPP formula for stress prevention is that there is an actual point in time where a positive interpretation of a potential stressor can prevent the stress response from initiating.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   True
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

3. ​When we sense any kind of danger, our body’s natural way to survive it is the fight-or-flight response.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   True
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

4. ​One can only inherit the characteristics of hardiness. They are genetically passed through the parents’ DNA to their children.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   False
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

5. ​The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ consists of two characters—danger and chance.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   False
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

6. ​Cognitive restructuring substitutes our perceptions of stressors from thoughts that are non-threatening to thoughts that are threatening.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   False
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

7. ​An inverse relationship exists between the amount of control we feel and the corresponding amount of stress we feel.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   True
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

8. ​Individuals with a tendency to think from the perspective of an external locus of control are more likely to take responsibility for the fact that they influence what happens in their life.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   False
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

9. ​Ultimately, we do not have the power to control anyone else.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   True
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

10. ​The essential concept in preventing stress is that only a modest number of events in life are inherently stressful.

  a. True
  b. False

 

ANSWER:   False
REFERENCES:   The World is NOT a Stressful Place
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

Multiple Choice

 

11. ​Which dimension of health is the focus of this chapter?

  a. ​physical
  b. ​spiritual
  c. ​emotional
  d. ​social
  e. ​intellectual

 

ANSWER:   e
REFERENCES:   The Power of Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

12. ​The most critical aspect in preventing unnecessary and unhealthy stress is _____.

  a. social training​
  b. ​genetic makeup
  c. ​perception
  d. ​one’s environment
  e. ​physical exercise

 

ANSWER:   c
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

13. ​The author estimates that in reality most Americans are in actual danger _____ percent of the time.

  a. ​less than 1
  b. ​5-10
  c. ​about 25
  d. ​about 40
  e. ​over 50

 

ANSWER:   a
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

14. ​Cognitive restructuring is sometimes referred to as _____.

  a. ​self-limiting beliefs
  b. ​cognitive distortion
  c. ​locus of control
  d. ​reframing
  e. ​self-efficacy

 

ANSWER:   d
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

15. ​Stress is a coupled action of the body and mind, involving appraisal of a _____.

  a. ​problem
  b. ​threat
  c. ​terror
  d. ​pain
  e. ​new situation

 

ANSWER:   b
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

16. ​Whenever we sense a potential for pain or danger of any kind—emotional, social, spiritual, or physical—our body reacts in its perfect way to help us _____.

  a. ​fix the problem
  b. ​anticipate a future threat
  c. ​change how we think
  d. ​survive the threat
  e. ​remain calm

 

ANSWER:   d
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

17. ​The POPP formula for prevention of stress stands for _____.

  a. ​periods of perceptive positioning
  b. ​practice of prevention pointers
  c. ​point of positive perception
  d. ​putting out paranoid perceptions
  e. ​period of preventive perception

 

ANSWER:   c
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

18. ​The characteristics of a hardy individual are _____.

  a. ​commitment, challenge, and control
  b. ​creativity, courage, and compassion
  c. ​candor, courage, and control
  d. ​confidence, commitment, and collaboration
  e. ​compassion, commitment, and control

 

ANSWER:   a
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

19. ​Which statement best demonstrates internal locus of control thinking?

  a. ​“I am stressed because my boyfriend never asks my opinion about what we should do on a date.”
  b. ​“I wouldn’t be so stressed if my teachers didn’t give us so much homework.”
  c. ​“How can I not be stressed when my parents don’t give me any money for car payments?”
  d. ​“I would get to class on time if this school provided more parking for students.”
  e. ​“Making a schedule and planning my time will help me reduce my stress levels.”

 

ANSWER:   e
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Apply

 

20. ​Benedict, a sophomore, pre-med major, finds himself thinking “I will never do well enough in these required courses to get into med school.” He is engaging in _____.

  a. ​positive perceptions
  b. ​self-limiting beliefs
  c. ​questioning reality
  d. ​phased-out thinking
  e. ​cognitive restructuring

 

ANSWER:   b
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Apply

 

Matching

 

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term.​

a. ​The mental act of changing the meaning or interpretation of an environmental stressor
b. ​When perceptions become distorted or magnified out of proportion to their seriousness
c. ​A mental process that consists of thinking and reasoning skills
d. ​Commitment to inaccurate beliefs about ourselves
e. ​Interpretation of a stressor
f. ​The belief in one’s ability to accomplish a goal or change a behavior
g. ​Faulty beliefs that a person does not have the ability to carry out a specific task

 

REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

21. ​cognition

ANSWER:   c

 

22. ​cognitive appraisal

ANSWER:   e

 

23. ​cognitive restructuring

ANSWER:   a

 

24. ​cognitive distortion

ANSWER:   b

 

25. ​premature cognitive commitment

ANSWER:   d

 

26. ​self-efficacy

ANSWER:   f

 

27. ​self-limiting beliefs

ANSWER:   g

 

Completion

 

28. ​To address the question “Can I handle this situation?” in order to help diffuse the stress response, we look to ____________________.

ANSWER:   our past experience
REFERENCES:   Putting It All Together
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

29. ​According to Dr. Daniel Freedman, an individual’s perception of threat is modified by the person’s ____________________ and experience.

ANSWER:   ​temperament
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

30. ​The purpose of the POPP formula is ____________________.

ANSWER:   prevention​
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Remember

 

Subjective Short Answer

 

31. ​According to the culture connection in Chapter 5, Fear of Failure, the Chinese word for ‘crisis’ consists of two characters: danger and opportunity. Explain how this understanding of the term ‘crisis’ relates to personal experience with stress.

ANSWER:   The text quotes Paul J. Rosch, M.D., president of the American Institute of Stress, who says that most anxiety is based on personal perception. “The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ consists of two characters — danger and opportunity. If you fear failure, you are under the kind of constant, slow-burning stress that can deplete your energy and corrode your health. If you can learn to see your failures as opportunities to learn and grow, the danger is gone and stress evaporates.”​
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

32. ​Give a specific example that shows how locus of control impacts an individual’s experience with stress.

ANSWER:   ​Student examples will vary. Locus of control (LOC) refers to the extent to which we believe that we control events that affect us. People with an internal locus of control see themselves as responsible for the outcomes of their own actions. People with an external locus of control believe that whatever happens to them is unrelated to their own behavior—making it beyond their control. People with a tendency to think from an internal LOC perspective are more likely to take responsibility and believe they can influence what happens to them. Moving toward this style of thinking positively affects one’s ability to reduce the stress in one’s life.
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

33. ​Briefly describe the three personality traits of hardy people.

ANSWER:   The three personality traits are commitment, challenge, and control. A hardy individual is someone who:

1. Views potentially stressful events as interesting and meaningful (commitment)

2. Sees change as normal and as an opportunity for growth (challenge)

3. Sees oneself as capable of having an influence on events (control)

REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

34. ​Discuss why the personality traits associated with hardiness can help buffer stress.

ANSWER:   ​Individuals strong in commitment believe in the truth and value of who they are and what they are doing. They have a sense of meaning and purpose in work and relationships. Therefore they remain committed and deeply involved rather than allowing themselves to become alienated by fear, uncertainty, or boredom. The term challenge reflects an outlook on life that enables an individual to perceive change as an opportunity for growth rather than a threat to one’s sense of security or survival. Change, rather than stability, is seen as the common mode of life. The term control reflects a belief that one can influence the course of life events within reasonable limits. Hardy individuals have an internal sense of personal mastery, confronting problems with confidence in their ability to implement effective solutions.
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

35. ​Describe the three questions we can ask ourselves when we find ourselves becoming tense, in order to diffuse the need to turn on the stress response.

ANSWER:   1. Is this stressor real? Am I really in danger, or am I just imagining or creating the danger or pain? If we look at the situation with a rational eye, we find that rarely is the danger or pain real.

2. Can I handle this situation? One sure source to determine if we can handle something, and therefore diffuse the need to turn on the stress response, is our past experience.

3. Can I think about this differently? As events happen, we have a choice about how we view them or what they mean to us. Depending on how we interpret the situations will lead to feelings of calmness or stress.​

REFERENCES:   Putting It All Together
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

36. ​Explain what is meant by the statement, “It is the perception or interpretation of an event that sparks the fight-or-flight response, rather than the event itself.”

ANSWER:   The chronic stress that we feel is rarely, if ever, the result of a truly threatening situation. Our stress almost always stems from situations that are not, by their nature, sufficient to put us in real danger. The outcome that we think is going to do us harm usually doesn’t. As a result, we create in our bodies a false sense of emergency. This leads to an important conclusion about the stress we feel: The perception or the interpretation of an event is what initiates the fight-or-flight response. The event itself is not what causes us to experience stress. As stress theory has evolved, the notion that human stress is a direct response to external stimulus is no longer credible. Whether we feel stressed seems to depend on how we view what is happening. Interpretation of stressors, not the stressors themselves, causes distress.​
REFERENCES:   Perception
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

37. ​Explain the statement, “The world is not a stressful place.”

ANSWER:   The essential concept in preventing stress is that no event in life is inherently stressful. Rather, we make stressful interpretations of the events of our days. No event in life causes stress universally for everyone. We have decided that some facet of the situation will inflict pain or discomfort, which may be physical, emotional, or spiritual. The situation also may be seen as a threat to our sense of well-being and comfort. This understanding shifts the influence of what causes stress from external factors to internal control. Although some situations, such as a tsunami, a hurricane, an incurable illness, or being attacked, will be interpreted as stressful almost universally, we usually have the power to take control of how we interpret any event in life.​
REFERENCES:   The World is NOT a Stressful Place
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

38. ​Briefly describe the research study highlighted in the text related to job stress and health problems.

ANSWER:   ​Job stress can raise blood pressure over the long term, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Men working 25 or more years in a demanding job where they felt they had little control had higher blood pressure at work and home than those who felt they had more control. The deterioration of health was not a result of the job itself but, rather, to the lack of control the worker felt. Feeling in control of our life reduces the unhealthy physiological changes induced by the stress response.
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

39. ​Explain cognitive restructuring.

ANSWER:   ​Cognitive restructuring refers to the mental act of changing the meaning or our interpretation of the environmental stressors in life. This is sometimes called reframing. This approach substitutes our perceptions of stressors from thoughts that are threatening to thoughts that are non-threatening. The source of excess stress is cognitive distortion, in which perceptions become distorted and magnified out of proportion to their seriousness. Cognitive restructuring entails first awareness, and then correction, of these stressful, erroneous thoughts.
REFERENCES:   Cognitive Restructuring
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

40. ​The authors pose the question, “If someone were to give you a thousand dollars to sit next to a crying baby during a 2-hour airplane flight, . . . could you do it?” What is the point that they are making?

ANSWER:   The authors are providing a contrast to self-limiting beliefs. If the need or desire is great enough, we can control a lot more than we think. In answer to question posed, they respond, “Of course you could. Could you do it without feeling stressed? Suddenly it is not so awful, is it? Events that seem irritating and stress-producing take on new meaning. When we are highly motivated, we can take control and prevent the event from initiating the stress response. If you could control your stress response for a thousand dollars, would you do it for a lifetime of less stress and better health? Again, we see the principle of perception and interpretation at play in virtually all events.”​
REFERENCES:   Hardiness
OTHER:   Bloom’s: Understand

 

 

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