Deck 3: Stress and Adaptation

Question 1

The ability to handle stress in a healthy, effective, prosocial way is known as:

A) Adaptation
B) Rumination
C) Distress
D) Homeostasis

Answer 1

Adaptation

Question 2

Which of the following is not a function of the brain's neurons when responding to stress?

A) Coordinate response to environmental stress
B) Encodes and filters information about the environment
C) Regulates physiological and behavioral response to environment
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Damage to the HPA axis results from the response of which system to chronic stress?

A) Skeletal
B) Endocrine
C) Lymphatic
D) Muscular

Answer 3

Endocrine

Question 4

Which of the following environmental forces would provide a buffer against the negative effects of stress?

A) Supportive friends
B) Delinquent friends
C) Ostracism
D) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following childhood stressors does NOT fall in the category of structural violence?

A) Institutional racism
B) Poverty
C) Child abuse
D) Oppression

Question 6

An individual who reacts to stress with the dove profile would have which of the following characteristics?

A) "Hide and freeze" reaction to stress
B) Externalizing behaviors
C) "Fight or flight" reaction to stress
D) High activity level

Question 7

Which of the following may manifest in children who experience harsh parenting?

A) Externalizing behaviors
B) Internalizing behaviors
C) Heightened reactivity from the autonomic nervous system
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is an internalizing behavior that results from a maladaptive reaction to stress during childhood?

A) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
B) Conduct disorder
C) Anxiety disorder
D) Oppositional defiant disorder

Question 9

Which of the following is not a characteristic of corrective attachment therapy?

A) Reciprocity
B) Love
C) Flexibility
D) Support

Question 10

Which of the following treatments is not used in adulthood?

A) Guided self-help
B) Corrective attachment therapy
C) Mindfulness meditation
D) All of the above are used with adults.

Question 11

All levels of stress are negative experiences, as it reduces one's ability to psychologically and physiologically cope.

Question 12

Chronic stress at a young age can manifest as emotional impairments later in life.

Question 13

Variations in genes buffer individuals maltreated as children from long-term emotional impairments.

Question 14

Childhood stress caused by structural violence is more easily identified than other types of stress, such as child abuse.

Question 15

Most environments fall within Bowlby's description of a secure base, characterized by the lowest levels of stress.

Question 16

Children's reaction to stress is correlated with their parents' reactivity profile due to genetics.

Question 17

Men and women experience stress in similar ways across the life course.

Question 18

Describe the four types of attachment that a child may develop with a parent, the types of behavior displayed by a child with each type of attachment, and the parental behavior that causes each type of attachment. Discuss how corrective attachment therapy can be utilized to provide the conditions of a secure attachment.