Which of the following is NOT associated with a healthy lifestyle?
a) eliminating prescription medications
b) regular exercise
c) not smoking
d) practising active relaxation techniques - ANSWER a) eliminating
prescription medications
Which of the following statements is true about falling asleep?
a) sleep comes when you really try hard to fall asleep
b) sleep comes after 15 minutes no matter what you do
c) sleep comes when you let go and stop trying to fall asleep
d) sleep is not necessarily, it is just a habit - ANSWER c) sleep comes
when you let go and stop trying to fall asleep
The road to _____ involves specific stages from awareness, to
commitment, to behavior changes.
a) wellness
b) purgatory
c) stress mastery
d) exercise - ANSWER a) wellness
All of the following are effective stress reducers except
a) hatha yoga
b) watching TV
c) intuitive stretching
d) aerobic exercise - ANSWER b) watching TV
The stress hardiness attitude of commitment involves
a) following through with everything you start
b) staying with your relationship because you agreed to do so
c) being committed to a mental institution
d) believing that what you do is of value and importance - ANSWER d)
believing that what you do is of value and importance
,Within psychology, the new field of Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) has
developed in order to study
a) the mind body connection
b) how new vaccines affect the brain
c) the effect of neurology of behavior
d) auto-immune disorders - ANSWER a) the mind body connection
The last stage of the GAS (General Adaption Syndrome) is
a) the stage of exhaustion
b) the fight/flight reaction
c) the stage of resistance
d) stress sensitization - ANSWER a) the stage of exhaustion
Studies have shown that laughter
a) increases cortisol level because of the tensing of the facial muscles
b) decreases cortisol level and improves the functioning of the immune
system
c) has no effect on cortisol levels or immune functioning
d) has little, if any, relation to stress mastery - ANSWER b) decreases
cortisol level and improves the functioning of the immune system
Women will sometimes manifest an alternative reaction to the fight.flight
response. This involves
a) tend and befriend behaviors
b) gossip and innuendo
c) withdrawal
d) fleeing and leaving the fighting to the men - ANSWER a) tend and
befriend behaviors
Stress related maladies such as migraine headaches and ulcers are
referred as
a) malingering disorders
b) conversion disorders
c) autoimmune disorders
d) psychophysiological disorders - ANSWER d) psychophysiological
disorders
Stress is
, a) an escapable part of modern life
b) a reaction to the actual danger but not perceived danger
c) anything that requires an adapting response on your part
d) all of the above - ANSWER c) anything that requires an adapting
response on your part
Which of the following is NOT associated with high levels of stress?
a) increased risk of cardiovascular disease
b) lower levels of cholesterol
c) higher levels of divorce
d) higher risk of industrial accidents - ANSWER b) lower levels of
cholesterol
The flight/fight response
a) is an ancient survival mechanism
b) is a response developed to cope with the stress of modern time
c) is only present in anxious individuals
d) has been eradicated by modern medicine - ANSWER a) is an ancient
survival mechanism
The ten year rule refers to the fact that
a) to achieve true mastering in discipline you have to put in your 10,000
hours, which ends up taking about 10 years
b) it takes your brain that long to assimilate all that it needs to learn in
order to achieve true mastery
c) Most geniuses begin to demonstrate their talent to about age 10
d) both a & b - ANSWER d) both a & b
Many people develop test anxiety because of the false belief that they
have to be totally calm and confident to do well on a test. Rather _____
a) people typically perform best when over aroused
b) people typically perform best when moderately aroused
c) people typically perform best when distracted
d) people typically perform best when under aroused - ANSWER b)
people typically perform best when moderately aroused
When retroactive interference occurs
a) memory is impaired by lack of sleep
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