Exam 14: A: Health, Stress, and Coping

Optimists are better protected against coronary heart disease than are pessimists.

The leading cause of preventable death in Canada today is obesity.

Most ulcers are caused by stress.

Research indicates that while watching more television is correlated with obesity spending more time on the computer is not.

When people feel their sense of control is undermined,they compensate by heightening their search for structure in the world.

The hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from the adrenal glands in response to stress and are associated with the fight-or-flight response.

In terms of health,both spouses benefit equally from marriage.

Some stress is actually beneficial for performance.

According to set point theory,the body tries to maintain body weight within a relatively small range.

Circumstances in which people have little or no control are less stressful because they do not require decisions or choices.