Exam 3: Goals and Obstacles

A good way to help manage stress is to regularly get at least seven hours of restful sleep.

Experts advise setting your goals in either reverse or positive terms.

Which obstacle to achieving a goal requires the skill of adapting in order to overcome it?

What are some of the common behavioral or physical symptoms of people who are experiencing too much stress?

Which component of dealing with anger effectively might involve looking at a situation from another person's perspective?

Peter has just started playing guitar and loves it. He wants to be able to eventually play songs he likes. He has set a goal to learn to play one of his favorite songs, "Stairway to Heaven," on the guitar without making any mistakes. Which of the following characteristics should Peter include to make this a well-set goal?

Long-term goals are more important than short-term goals.

What if Marly had decided to pursue her tennis dream with her parents' blessing after all and then ended up skipping two to three practices a week? Which obstacle do you think could stand in her way?

In which physiological stage during your reaction to stressors can your immune system weaken and you become vulnerable to disease?

Dr. Hans Selye, a stress researcher, divides people into two categories to describe our comfort level regarding stress: hares and turtles.

Which of the following best describes Lin's goal of learning Web design by creating a page a day for the next eight weeks?

Which of the following could be considered a negative escape response to the stress of a breakup?

How can you make sure your short-term goals are aligned with your long-term goals?

Being assertive means standing up for your rights through gentle threats and mild aggression.

Exercise can be an effective way to manage stress because it helps to burn off adrenaline in your bloodstream.

Goals are tools for translating dreams into reality.

Explain the relationship between setting goals and happiness.

What does the text cite as the first step to conquering anger?

Which method of stress management involves self-reflection and an objective assessment of a stressful situation?

Lin has a full-time job as a chef, but would like to learn a new skill and design Web pages. She has set a goal to learn HTML and Web design by creating one increasingly complex Web page every day for the next eight weeks. Which of the following characteristics of a well-set goal is she most likely missing?