Exam 12: Stress and Related Hazards of the Job

Investigators generally have less stress than others in the police department.

Unfair discipline is a cause of organizational stress.

Especially traumatic for officers are confrontations with individuals who __________.

Discuss the law enforcement duty of death notification. What reactions might an officer expect? What death notification guidelines should be followed?

Although they improve officer feelings in the short term, peer support groups do little to reduce chronic stress.

Humans are naturally diurnal in their activity patterns.

PTSD is an anxiety disorder.

Lack of participation in decisions that affect daily work tasks is a source of organizational stress.

The period of hypovigilance, impaired cognitive and behavioral performance that is experienced upon wakening is known as _________________________.

List and discuss the common responses officers have to critical incidents. What happens physically? Emotionally?

Stress may be caused by many work-related sources. Which of the following is not considered a work-related stressor?

EAP stands for ____________________________________________________.

All of the following are behavioral symptoms of stress except __________.

Discuss the interplay of stressors. How does this concept help distinguish police work from other professions?

Chronic stress is also known as ____________ stress.

____________ results from long-term, unmediated stress.

An heightened expectation that law enforcement is able to catch all criminals is called __________.