Are you on the verge of being a psychologist? Do you know how to handle mental stress and emotional behavior? Check out this psychology chapter 3 quiz and see if you really know the answers to the questions of this quiz. Psychology is the scientific discipline that studies the human mind and behavior. If you pass this test with at least 70% marks, you will be a good psychologist. In case you don't, you still need to learn more in this field. Good luck with a bright future!
A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it
The arousal to situations or events we perceive as threatening or challenging
Both of these options
None of these options
Require adjustments in behavior and lifestyle
Cause us to reassess our lifestyle
Are always the result of something bad happening
Are known to increase the level of cortisol above normal
Life changes
Avoidance-avoidance conflicts
Chronic stressors
Hassles
Approach-avoidance conflict
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Approach-approach conflict
Transitory positive conflict
Prolonged stress
Cortisol
Corticoamnestics
All but one of these options
Heredity
Essential hypertension
Environment
Immune system changes
A disorder of the lining of the heart
Death of heart muscle tissue
Elevated blood pressure that leads to death
Elevated blood pressure because of kidney failure
Brain disease
Type A personalities
Type B personalities
Alzheimer's disease
Obstacles to self-actualization
A challenge rather than a threat
A chance for purposeful activity and problem solving
Opportunities for enlisting social support
An approach-approach conflict
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
A problem-focused form of coping with stress
A Type A personality
Environmental psychology
Gestalt psychology
Humanistic psychology
Health psychology
Peer pressure
Imitation of role models
Simple curiosity
All of the above
Link between nicotine and lung cancer
Link between nicotine and emphysema
Link between smoking and bad breath
All of the above
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Alcohol
None of these options
Chronic pain should never last longer than a few days.
Exercise is an effective way to treat chronic pain
Chronic pain is the leading cause of drug addiction in the 45-60 year old age group
All of these options
Opiates
Adrenaline
Endorphins
Epinephrine
Health psychology intervention
Biofeedback
Secondary appraisal
Complaint-catharsis therapy
Problem-focused coping
Emotion-focused coping
Both of these options
None of these options
Sense of humor
Health and energy
Social skills
All of the above
Positive beliefs
Locus of control
Self-efficacy
None of these options
Conflict
Burnout
Heart disease
Frustration
Frustration
Burnout
Distress
Conflict
Increasing life demands, hassles, and chronic stressors
An exaggerated response to a real or perceived threat
Forced choice between two or more alternatives, both of which have desirable and undesirable results
A blocked goal
Is activated by the hypothalamus during stress
Increases heart rate
Releases hormones such as epinephrine and norepinephrine
All of these options
HPA axis
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Internal locus of control (ILOC)
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