Chapter 3 Quiz
1. Which of the following is the best example of a stressor?
A. breaking into a sweat after a bad scare
B. pulling your hand away from a hot stove
C. waiting for an important telephone call to come
D. tapping your pencil nervously on the desk during an important test
2. Even though you study for hours, you become very anxious before and during important tests, and as a result you don't receive the grades you think you should be getting. What is the best way to change this situation?
A. Devote more time to study.
B. View each test as an opportunity, not a threat.
C. Don't think about a test at all until the time comes to take it.
D. Ask your instructor to assign extra papers for you in place of tests.
3. Selye used the term eustress to describe
A. the most unpleasant form of stress.
B. the first stage in the stress reaction.
C. stress that produces physical and emotional benefits.
D. stress whose onset is delayed following exposure to a stressor.
4. Selye's term for unpleasant and destructive stress is
A. terminal stress.
B. constress.
C. anastress.
D. distress.
5. Select the statement that best describes how your body reacts to positive versus negative stressors.
A. The heart rate becomes more elevated when the stressor is negative.
B. Negative stressors weaken body systems, while positive stressors do not.
C. Positive stressors have cardiovascular benefit, while negative stressors do not.
D. The physiological reation is similar whether the stressor is positive or negative.
6. The body's attempt to reestablish internal equilibrium occurs in which stage of Selye's general adaptation syndrome?
A. alarm
B. recovery
C. resistance
D. exhaustion
7. The fight-or-flight response occurs during which stage of Selye's general adaptation syndrome?
A. alarm
B. recovery
C. resistance
D. exhaustion
8. The three stages of Selye's general adaptation syndrome, in order, are
A. alarm, resistance, recovery.
B. alarm, reception, resistance.
C. alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
D. reception, resistance, recovery.
9. What is the purpose of the second stage in Selye's general adaptation syndrome?
A. to explain how prolonged stress eventually causes body systems to break down
B. to lower the intensity of the body's initial reaction to the stressor
C. to increase hormonal and nervous system functions
D. to prepare the body for the fight-or-flight response
10. Which of the following coping techniques is based on highlighting the difference between the feeling of tension and the feeling of relaxation?
A. progressive muscle relaxation.
B. the relaxation response.
C. self-hypnosis.
D. quieting.