Deck 5: Intervention

Question 1

When attempting to cope with a stressor, once primary appraisal occurs, it is necessary to determine the availability of the resources needed to meet a demand.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In reality, the stress model consists of a single feedback loop.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Comprehensive stress management should be used to free up, rather than clutter up, one's day.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Intervention entails setting up roadblocks at various points on the stress theory model.

Question 5

To believe it is worth the effort to attempt to manage a demand or threat, one must believe not only that there is a strategy that can be effective but also that one can successfully employ that strategy.

Question 6

Both distress and eustress can be defined as stress that encourages optimum performance.

Question 7

Managing stress is more about giving up control to others or to one's environment than it is about exercising that control.

Question 8

The Yerkes-Dodson Curve shows that as stress increases, task performance decreases.

Question 9

Activities to prevent a stressor from resulting in negative consequences are known as:

A)appraisals.
B)interventions.
C)arousals.
D)consequences.

Question 10

Trying very hard to control stress will create stress.

Question 11

Sharon takes notes from a reference book to prepare for an exam. She believes that this is a better way to learn the material and earn a good grade on the exam. This is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Question 12

The goal of stress management is to eliminate all of your stress.

Question 13

Complete, comprehensive stress management includes intervention at all phases of the stress theory model and several means of intervening at each of these locations.

Question 14

You are in much greater control over yourself than you may realize.

Question 15

In the stress model, emotional arousal leads to:

A)interventions.
B)cognitive appraisal.
C)consequences.
D)physiological arousal.

Question 16

In the context of the model of stress, what occurs immediately after a life situation is perceived as stressful?

A)Cognitive appraisal
B)Intervention
C)Emotional arousal
D)Physiological arousal

Question 17

Richard Lazarus's idea of task-oriented coping and emotion-focused coping does not require an appraisal of demand.

Question 18

Incomplete stress management programs teach participants only one or just a few stress management techniques.

Question 19

Interpretation of a stressor is known as:

A)cognitive appraisal.
B)intervention.
C)emotional arousal.
D)physiological arousal.

Question 20

Primary appraisal is the determination of resources available to manage a stressor or threat.

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT an example of eustress?

A)Brandon works hard for a presentation because he is stressed that he has to present it in front of a group of people.
B)Leela does not get enough sleep because she stayed up late the previous night to study for a test.
C)Monica has her father tell her the things he dislikes about her and uses that information to make herself a better person.
D)Rose is stressed about asking her friend out on a date and rehearses a better way of doing it.

Question 22

Which of the following is an appropriate way of making a commitment to stress management?

A)Making a contract of commitment with rewards for oneself in order to commit to many large changes at once
B)Making a contract of commitment consisting of punishments for oneself for not living up to the contract
C)Completing a contract of commitment consisting of both rewards and punishments with oneself
D)Planning to make a contract of commitment with oneself in the future

Question 23

Which of the following is an unhealthy roadblock?

A)Tranquilizers
B)Illicit drugs
C)Depressants
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 24

Stress that results in negative consequences such as decreased performance growth is called:

A)allostatic load.
B)distress.
C)eustress.
D)a trophotropic response.

Question 25

According to Robert Epstein, which of the following is the most effective trainable competency for effective stress management?

A)Source management
B)Prevention
C)Interpersonal intervention
D)Relaxation

Question 26

Outcome efficacy as a form of self-efficacy involves:

A)one's own ability.
B)the ability of others.
C)the efficiency of a chosen technique.
D)the consequence of a chosen technique.

Question 27

In the context of Lazarus's model of appraisal, which of the following defines the term reappraisal?

A)Engaging in a behavior or thought to respond to a demand
B)Judging the amount of threat involved and the importance of an outcome
C)Evaluating the effectiveness of the response made to a demand or threat
D)Determining the availability of the resources needed to meet a demand

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT one of Robert Epstein's four trainable competencies for effective stress management?

A)Source management
B)Relaxation
C)Interpersonal intervention
D)Thought management

Question 29

Stress reactivity includes a(n):

A)decrease in serum cholesterol levels.
B)increase in muscle tension.
C)decrease in blood glucose levels.
D)increase in histamine effectiveness.

Question 30

Kelly is stressed because she has to deliver a presentation before her classmates. Because of the stress, she prepares better for the presentation by going over the content several times and practicing in front of a mirror. This scenario illustrates:

A)secondary appraisal.
B)cognitive reappraisal.
C)distress.
D)eustress.

Question 31

According to Robert Epstein, which of the following trainable skill sets involves planning to avoid stressors?

A)Relaxation
B)Source management
C)Prevention
D)Thought management

Question 32

In the context of stress management, which of the following is an example of taking control of oneself?

A)Being in charge of one's behavior
B)Seeking a solution to a problem one has created
C)Practicing relaxation techniques
D)All of the answers are correct.