Deck 13: Resilience and Stress

Question 1

Resiliency is not genetically determined but rather it is learned through life's experiences.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following is not an element of emotional intelligence?

A)recognizing emotions in others
B)managing emotions
C)motivating oneself
D)ability to discriminate among living things

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Howard Gardner is closely associated with

A)transactional model of stress.
B)multiple intelligences theory.
C)adversity quotient. theory.
D)learned optimism theory.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Martin Seligman would argue that people who interpret their setback as ______, ______, and ______ are optimistic.

A)permanent; factual; notional
B)circumstantial; temporary; pervasive
C)circumstantial; personal; specific
D)circumstantial; temporary; specific

Question 5

Which strategy was not mentioned with regard to increasing resiliency?

A)let go of the past
B)let go of the material world
C)let go of your scruples
D)let go of dysfunctional beliefs

Question 6

Which of the following is true about the resilience building strategy "processing failures effectively?"

A)improving your competencies when failure comes
B)changing your expectations
C)give up completely
D)a and b
E)none of the above

Question 7

The phrase "no pain no gain" is an example of this resiliency strategy:

A)let go of the past
B)let go of your scruples
C)giving up and letting go
D)boost your hard perception of life
E)embrace paradoxical traits

Question 8

The following can boost your hardy perception of life except:

A)accepting the reality that life will never be free from stressors.
B)accepting that change is inevitable.
C)keeping things in perspective.
D)sticking to one thing you like to do and never change.

Question 9

People with a high sense of coherence believe that life is all of these things except:

A)comprehensibility.
B)manageability.
C)meaningfulness.
D)all of the above.

Question 10

Define resiliency and describe why it is an important topic within the study of stress management.

Question 11

What are protective factors? Describe how protective factors play a part for those who lead a somewhat successful life after growing up in disadvantaged environments.

Question 12

Thoroughly describe what it means to have a hardy personality.

Question 13

What is the toughening factor? Provide examples to support your answer. Do you support this theory? Why?

Question 14

Thoroughly describe the learned optimism theory as it relates to resiliency.

Question 15

Describe emotional intelligence theory and explain several of the domains provided by the theory that could be generalized to a wide variety of contexts.

Question 16

Explain why sense of coherence is associated greater psychological and physical well-being.

Question 17

What does "You can learn from your failures" mean as it pertains to Resiliency? Elaborate.

Question 18

Describe several of the strategies you could use to develop resiliency. Which one seems most practical to you and why?

Question 19

Examples presented in your textbook about Abraham Lincoln's quest to become president highlighted which aspect of resiliency?

A)toughening factor
B)learned optimism
C)hardy personality
D)learning from failures
E)all of the above

Question 20

The three Ps of learned helplessness include all of these, except:

A)pervasiveness
B)personalization
C)perfectionism
D)permanence

Question 21

Researchers have found that the immune system can actually be strengthened as a result of facing adversity.

Question 22

To develop resilience, flexibility, and adaptability requires that you have to be willing to incorporate seemingly contradictory qualities and concepts into strategies for coping with stress.

Question 23

The Chinese story about the old man and his run-away horse helped to support the resiliency strategy of "letting go."

Question 24

The use of oral contraceptives can lead to migraine headaches and depression.

Question 25

Higher sense of coherence is associated with reduced occupational stress, more effective coping with traumatic experiences in life and improved relationships.

Question 26

Resilience is the ability to adapt well when confronted with adversity, trauma, and inordinate amounts of __________ in life.

A)stress
B)attention
C)joy
D)bliss
E)hard work

Question 27

Which of the following is true about resilience?

A)Resilience is associated with special qualities within the individual.
B)Resilience is related to the type of group memberships a child has.
C)Resilience comes from normative human resources such as the mind
D)and relationships of children.
E)Resilience is related to authoritarian parenting, good IQ, and low expectations.

Question 28

Positive changes occurring after life crises such as bereavement, illness, major accidents, chronic disability, or abuse is often referred to as:

A)positive personality growth.
B)posttraumatic growth.
C)optimistic growth.
D)emotional growth.
E)spiritual growth.

Question 29

Which protective factor is NOT a predictor of resiliency?

A)socioeconomic status
B)solid support system
C)temperament
D)educational level
E)physical height

Question 30

Which of the following is true about posttraumatic growth?

A)It is a universal phenomenon.
B)It occurs in certain cultures.
C)It rarely happens in the world.
D)It only occurs in males.

Question 31

The three qualities of a hardy personality include all of these, except

A)challenge
B)commitment
C)candor
D)control

Question 32

Recent findings by Maddi (2002) show that hardiness enhances resiliency in:

A)professional athletes in the United States.
B)lawyers.
C)professors.
D)government leaders.
E)immigrants who arrive in the United States.

Question 33

Hardy people tend to possess this trait:

A)complaining often
B)internal locus of control
C)external locus of control
D)introversion
E)extroversion

Question 34

The toughening factor theory was proposed by

A)Richard Lazarus.
B)Hans Selye.
C)Susan Kobasa.
D)Richard Diensterbier.
E)Hans Eysenck.

Question 35

Controlled levels of incremental stress as a means to improve capacity for dealing with life's challenges describes this explanation of resiliency:

A)toughening factor
B)hardy personality
C)protective factor
D)learned optimism
E)internal locus of control

Question 36

Toughened individuals will experience the following except:

A)more positive appraisal of a stressor.
B)less autonomic nervous system activity when stressed.
C)more autonomic nervous system activity when stressed.
D)more rapid response to stressors.
E)less time required to return to baseline levels.

Question 37

The toughening factor theory implies that to better prepare children for the future, this is recommended.

A)protecting them from stressors in life
B)always putting them in the harm's way
C)sending them away from home as early as possible
D)exposing them to increasingly more difficult challenges

Question 38

How is it possible that we could strengthen our physiological response to distress and therefore develop greater resiliency? What are some physiological conditions that could have possible links to impaired resiliency?