Question 1

_____ is making efforts to reduce or manage your experience of stress.

Accepted Answer

Coping involves making conscious efforts to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to minimize or tolerate stress or conflict.

Question 2

The sequence of the general adaptation syndrome is:

Accepted Answer

The general adaptation syndrome, a concept introduced by Hans Selye, describes the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress. It consists of three stages: 1) Alarm, where the body recognizes the stress and starts responding; 2) Resistance, where the body adapts to the stressor; and 3) Exhaustion, where the body's resources are depleted, leading to a reduction in stress resistance.

Question 3

Managing stress from one culture can be difficult, but managing stress from two cultures can be overwhelming. Describe what this particular kind of stress is called, who would experience it, and what choices people have to manage this type of stress.

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Question 4

The consequences of stress affect:

Accepted Answer

Stress has a comprehensive impact on an individual, affecting both the physical body (e.g., causing headaches, muscle tension, fatigue) and the mental or psychological state (e.g., causing anxiety, depression, or irritability).

Question 5

Lamar is walking down a dark, isolated alley in the middle of the night. A large figure approaches him from the other end of the alley. How will Lamar's body MOST likely respond to this perceived threat?

Accepted Answer

Lamar's body is likely to respond with a "fight or flight" reaction due to the perceived threat, preparing him to either confront the figure or run away. This response is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

Question 6

One study of digital stress defined two focuses of digital stress. Which example does NOT fall into the category that focuses on hostility and cruelty?

Accepted Answer

Breaking into accounts is more related to privacy and security concerns rather than hostility and cruelty, which involve direct negative interactions such as shaming, impersonation, and harassment.

Question 7

When Nazrin moved to the United States 5 years ago, she was very immersed in her native culture and her family. Now as a teenager, Nazrin is heavily influenced by American culture. She is starting to feel _____ stress because she is trying to balance both cultures.

Accepted Answer

Acculturative stress refers to the psychological impact of adapting to a new culture, which Nazrin is experiencing as she tries to balance her native culture with American culture.

Question 8

_____ ethnicities emphasize the well-being of the group over the individual.

Accepted Answer

Collectivistic ethnicities prioritize the group's needs and goals over those of the individual, emphasizing community, cooperation, and interdependence.

Question 9

Which acculturation strategy produces the MOST stress?

Accepted Answer

Marginalization produces the most stress because it involves neither maintaining one's original culture nor joining the majority culture, leading to a sense of alienation and lack of community support.

Question 10

Psychophysiological illnesses are any illnesses that stress can cause, worsen, or maintain. List three illnesses that would be considered a psychophysiological illness and describe how stress contributes to the illness.

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Question 11

In hardiness, it is important to see a stressor as a _____ to face courageously rather than a threat to be avoided fearfully.

Accepted Answer

In the context of hardiness, seeing a stressor as a challenge to face courageously is key to developing resilience and coping effectively with stress, rather than viewing it as a threat that prompts avoidance or fear.

Question 12

Prolonged social isolation is one of the most toxic stressors of all. Define what is meant by social support and describe the three categories that demonstrate the forms it takes. Give an example for each category.

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Question 13

Carissa was advised by her doctor to add some exercise into her life. Using the stages of change model, which stage would Carissa be in if she was thinking, "I feel so much better since I started exercising. I need to keep this up!"

Accepted Answer

Carissa is in the maintenance stage because she has already started exercising and is thinking about continuing the behavior to maintain her health benefits.

Question 14

A person who deliberately brings the mind to a peaceful state characterized by heightened awareness and minimal thought is practicing:

Accepted Answer

Meditation involves deliberate efforts to bring the mind to a state of focused attention and awareness, often with the goal of achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.

Question 15

People show resilience to trauma with the notion of _____, which is defined as the interpretation of stress as a challenge instead of a threat.

Accepted Answer

Eustress is the interpretation of stress as a challenge instead of a threat, which can contribute to resilience in the face of trauma.

Question 16

Corinne was advised by her doctor to add some exercise into her life. Using the stages of change model, which stage would Corinne be in if she was thinking, "I joined the gym near work and made a schedule of when I will go. I can do this!"

Accepted Answer

Corinne has already taken action by joining the gym and creating a schedule, indicating that she is in the action stage.

Question 17

Which coping strategy would a person from a collectivist ethnicity MOST likely employ?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

_____ is the way you evaluate the things that happen to you.

Accepted Answer

Appraisal is the process of evaluating the things that happen to you, assessing their significance in the context of your own life and well-being.

Question 19

You gain something tangible, like a place to live or a loan, from your family or friends that make up your _____ social support.

Accepted Answer

Instrumental social support refers to the provision of tangible resources or services that help an individual meet their physical needs, such as housing or financial assistance.

Question 20

The _____ response is an automatic emotional and physical reaction to a perceived threat that prepares us to either attack it or run away from it.

Accepted Answer

The correct term is "fight-or-flight" response, which describes an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. This response prepares the body to either fight or flee from the threat.

Quiz 11: Stress and Health