Exam 12: Health, Stress, and Coping

Those who score high on Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale ____.

Refusing to deal with, or even be aware of, the stress associated with something traumatic would be an example of ____.

A hard, round chancre or sore is most consistent with which type of sexually transmitted infection?

Problem-focused coping is designed to ____.

Research on Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale suggests that ____.

In comparison to adult females, adult males ____.

Which of the following would be good advice for someone desiring a healthy life?

The use of psychological defense mechanisms is most closely associated with ____.

Describe the stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome using a specific stressor as an example.

Which mechanism relies least on changing one's thought processes in order to manage stress?

Cognitive reappraisal is to ____, as defense mechanisms are to ____.

A typical response to an avoidance-avoidance conflict is ____.

Lakshmi is meditating. Which bodily reaction would you expect not to find while Lakshmi is meditating?

Which type of conflict is the easiest to resolve and perceived as the least stressful?

In approach-avoidance conflicts, a person ____.

Which of the following would be good advice for someone desiring a healthy life?

In 2013 the top three leading causes of death in the United States were ____.

Which of the following neurotransmitters acts as a natural painkiller and mood elevator?

The leading preventable cause of intellectual disability in the United States is ____.

In the United States, which age group has the highest risk of being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection?