Exam 3: Stress and Adaptation

Which of the following may manifest in children who experience harsh parenting?

Men and women experience stress in similar ways across the life course.

Variations in genes buffer individuals maltreated as children from long-term emotional impairments.

Which of the following environmental forces would provide a buffer against the negative effects of stress?

Damage to the HPA axis results from the response of which system to chronic stress?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of corrective attachment therapy?

Most environments fall within Bowlby's description of a secure base, characterized by the lowest levels of stress.

Chronic stress at a young age can manifest as emotional impairments later in life.

Which of the following is an internalizing behavior that results from a maladaptive reaction to stress during childhood?

Children's reaction to stress is correlated with their parents' reactivity profile due to genetics.

The ability to handle stress in a healthy, effective, prosocial way is known as:

Describe the four types of attachment that a child may develop with a parent, the types of behavior displayed by a child with each type of attachment, and the parental behavior that causes each type of attachment. Discuss how corrective attachment therapy can be utilized to provide the conditions of a secure attachment.

An individual who reacts to stress with the dove profile would have which of the following characteristics?

Which of the following is not a function of the brain's neurons when responding to stress?

Which of the following treatments is not used in adulthood?

Which of the following childhood stressors does NOT fall in the category of structural violence?

Childhood stress caused by structural violence is more easily identified than other types of stress, such as child abuse.

All levels of stress are negative experiences, as it reduces one's ability to psychologically and physiologically cope.