Exam 4: Understanding Stress

A person's initial assessment of an event as challenging or stressful is called ______ appraisal, whereas their assessment of how to respond to the event is called ______ appraisal.

______ most men, women tend to favor a ______ response to a stressful event.

In the 1990s, Alanis Morissette sang that "a traffic jam when you're already late" is ironic. Although it actually may not be ironic, this situation is indeed a(n) ______.

Lorena suffers from major depressive disorder. All else being equal, Lorena's chances of experiencing a cardiac event are increased by ______. She ______ reduce this risk if she exercises extensively.

Chau is a recent immigrant from Vietnam. Now living in small shrimping community in southwestern Louisiana, she is struggling to learn English and feels confused and alone. Chau is especially vulnerable to ______ stress.

Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) measures ______.

Both B cells and T cells are white blood cells.

The parasympathetic nervous system slows digestion.

Over ______ of the people living near a nuclear power plant in Japan experienced at least some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder during a major 2011 earthquake.

Rhonette is African American. She states that the results of the 2016 presidential election is a significant source of stress for her. She is not alone; nearly ______ of African Americans feel similarly.

Merely checking the notifications on one's phone frequently is likely to increase one's stress.

Which choice BEST expresses the proportion of Americans who report elevated fear as a result of the increasing regularity of mass shootings over the past decade?

Ellen receives a large tip from a customer. Ellen has experienced a(n) ______.

Resistance is the first stage in the general adaptation syndrome.

People who viewed extensive media coverage of the 2012 Boston Marathon bombing were ______ times more likely to experience high stress than were people who viewed little media coverage of the event.

Brendan must give an oral presentation in 10 min, at the start of his class. In response to this "threat" ______.

Which sequence correctly orders the stages of the general adaptation syndrome, from first to last?

Dr. Navarre investigates the link between coping strategies and immune system functioning during stressful situations. Dr. Navarre is BEST described as a ______.

The number of daily hassles a person experiences is MOST likely ______ associated with the risk of brief ailments such as headaches and colds.

People are MOST vulnerable to illness in the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome.