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Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 03



Question Type: Multiple Choice


1) According to your text, stress is defined as .

a) environmental factors that result in anxiety
b) the physiological reaction of the body to environmental factors
c) a negative emotion resulting from environmental unpleasantness
d) the interpretation of specific events as threatening or challenging

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


2) A stressor is defined as .

a) a trigger that causes a stressful reaction
b) the physiological reaction of the body to environmental factors
c) a negative emotion resulting from environmental unpleasantness
d) the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

,1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


3) What is the physical and mental arousal to situations that we perceive as threatening or
challenging?
a) distress
b) eustress
c) stress
d) frustration

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


4) Which of the following is a stressor?

a) sleeping
b) petting your dog
c) reading a book
d) winning the lottery

Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

1.3 Describe applications of psychology

Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking

,2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


5) After a minor car accident, you experience sweaty palms, rapid breathing, and a racing heart.
In this situation, is the stressor, and is the stress.

a) your racing heart; the accident
b) the accident; your physical reaction
c) your sweaty palms; your rapid breathing
d) the accident; the accident

Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

1.3 Describe applications of psychology

Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking

2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


6) As you approach an attractive woman whom you’d like to meet, your heart starts racing and
your pupils dilate. In this situation, is (are) the stressor, and is (are) the stress.

a) you; your attraction to the woman
b) approaching the attractive woman; your racing heart and dilated pupils
c) your racing heart and dilated pupils; the attractive woman
d) wanting to meet the woman; the attractive woman

Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

, APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

1.3 Describe applications of psychology

Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking

2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


7) The resulting physical and psychological reactions to stressors are known as .
a) distress
b) the stress response
c) the social readjustment rating scale
d) frustration

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Understanding Stress
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe stress, its sources, and our response to it.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


8) According to your text, which of the following is one of the major causes of stress?



a) life changes

b) daily routines

c) buying a new car

d) meditation



Ans: a

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