Exam 25: Stress

An effect of cortisol is:

Explain why the precise classification of stimuli as stressors or nonstressors is not possible.

A syndrome can be defined as a set of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize one particular disease.

One outcome of long-term stress is a disruption in the body's ability to maintain some of its homeostatic mechanisms.

The Selye stage of exhaustion immediately follows the alarm phase.

Define stressor.

Type A individuals have been found to be at greater risk for:

Changes in stress related to aging include:

The stress response affirms the importance of mind/body interaction in health and disease.

Because stress requires an understanding of the possible threat,children younger than 1 year do not experience stress.

Alarm reaction responses resulting from increased sympathetic activity include all of the following except:

Which of the following is not an alarm reaction response resulting from hypertrophy of the adrenal cortex?

Which of the following would not be a useful measure for assessing stress?

List the changes that constitute Selye's stress triad.

All of the following are true statements except:

The anterior pituitary gland is stimulated by:

The general adaptation syndrome includes all of the following stages except the:

Psychological stress can produce physiological stress,but not vice versa.