Chapter 11 Psych Questions with Correct Answers
Research on stressful life events indicates that:
those who live a relatively peaceful, monastic life actually suffer a higher-than-average rate of heart attacks.
widowed people are at an increased risk of death in the week following their part...
Although stress does not create cancer cells, it may affect their growth by suppressing the activity of:
the adrenal glands.
endorphins.
,T lymphocytes.
B lymphocytes. - Correct Answer T lymphocytes.
Which of the following has been found to strengthen connections among brain regions associated
with focusing attention and being reflectively aware of what we see and hear?
Ruminating inwardly about why you are angry is likely to:
increase blood flow in the amygdala.
reduce your level of physical arousal.
reduce your feelings of anger.
increase your level of lymphocyte production. - Correct Answer increase blood flow in the amygdala.
One study found that people exhibited less obesity, lower blood pressure, and less distress at age 30
if they had ________ at age 10.
suffered relative deprivation
expressed a more internal locus of control
, demonstrated a type A personality
experienced mindfulness meditation - Correct Answer expressed a more internal locus of control
To study how stress and healthy and unhealthy behaviors influence health and illness, psychologists
and physicians created the interdisciplinary field of:
One genetic marker of an optimistic personality style is a gene that enhances levels of the hormone:
serotonin.
oxytocin.
norepinephrine.
insulin. - Correct Answer oxytocin.
Learning to feel helpless minimizes:
personal control.
the adaptation-level phenomenon.
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