Chapter 11 Psych Quiz

Which of the following is TRUE of happy people?

a. Happy people see themselves as less intelligent.
b. Happy people feel they are the pawns of others.
c. Happy people enjoy more as they have a sense of control that is less firm.
d. Happy people have high self-esteem.

d. Happy people have high self-esteem.

Approximately _____% of high school students are active cigarette smokers by the time they graduate.

c. 25

About how many patients do not fully comply with their physician’s recommendations?

d. 85%

Which of the following is TRUE of stress?

a. Although adaptation is often major, it requires minimal effort when stress is very severe or long lasting.
b. Stress is a very personal thing.
c. Positive events never produce stress.
d. Our attempts to overcome stress may produce biological and psychological responses that improve our overall health.

b. Stress is a very personal thing.

Wishful thinking and the use of drugs exemplify the use of _____ coping.

c. avoidant

Efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress are known as:

a. coping

Which of the following is TRUE of cancer?

a. Development of cancer is directly related to the Type A behavior pattern.
b. Cancer is a disease which cannot be cured even if detected early.
c. Cancer spreads when certain cells in the body become altered and multiply rapidly in an uncontrolled fashion.
d. Conclusive evidence suggests that cancer patients are less emotionally reactive, suppress anger, and lack outlets for emotional release

c. Cancer spreads when certain cells in the body become altered and multiply rapidly in an uncontrolled fashion.

During the exhaustion stage, sometimes people escape a stressor (True/False)

True

Some health psychologists have criticized the general adaptation syndrome because:

b. it does not take into account how an individual interprets or appraises a stressful event.

Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, may result from:

a. cataclysmic events and severe personal stressors.

Which of the following statements best expresses the position of most health psychologists on the mind-body issue?

c. The mind and the body are clearly linked.

Which of the following is supposed to be the most successful method of quitting smoking?

c. Attending counseling, along with using nicotine replacement patches or gums

Which of the following statements is TRUE about emotion-focused coping?

a. In emotion-focused coping, a person may use wishful thinking to reduce stress or use more direct escape routes.
b. Taking time-out from stress by creating positive events is a type of emotion-focused coping.
c. Emotion-focused coping may be more effective than problem-focused coping when the situation is unchangeable.
d. Emotion-focused coping attempts to modify the source of stress.

c. Emotion-focused coping may be more effective than problem-focused coping when the situation is unchangeable.

Which of the following would qualify as an example of a background stressor?

c. Getting irritated because one is stuck in a huge traffic jam

Preventive health behavior is best motivated by _____ framed messages; behavior leading to the detection of a disease is best motivated by _____.

b. positively; negatively framed messages

In relation to the gender differences in happiness, which of the following statements is most accurate?

a. Men and women are generally made happy by same sorts of activities.

People sometimes stop even trying to cope with stress if they feel that they have no control over the bad things that happen to them. This state is referred to as:

b. learned helplessness

The number of hassles people experience is _____ correlated with the frequency of such problems as the flu, a sore throat, and backaches. The number of uplifts people experience is _____ correlated with the frequency of these sorts of problems.

d. positively; negatively

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the stages of the general adaptation syndrome, from first to last?

b. Alarm → resistance → exhaustion

Most individuals in the United States would rate themselves as:

b. pretty happy

Which of the following is found to be the least successful coping method for dealing with stress?

a. avoidant coping

Which of the following would qualify as an example of a cataclysmic event?

a. Being stranded in an earthquake affected area

The Type A and Type B behavior patterns are best seen as:

c. the ends of a continuum

Which of the following is TRUE of physicians’ communication with their patients?

a. Patients often prefer an interview with questions of a technical nature.
b. Patients often prefer opposite-sex physicians.
c. Patients may be reluctant to volunteer information that might cast them in a bad light.
d. Patients prefer physicians choosing specific treatment that they favor without consulting them.

c. Patients may be reluctant to volunteer information that might cast them in a bad light.

Which of the following is true of stress?

a. The greater the number of uplifts we experience, the fewer the psychological symptoms we report later.
b. Stress increases the immune system response.
c. Continued exposure to stress results in an improvement in the body’s overall level of biological functioning because of the constant secretion of stress-related hormones.
d. Stress is a universal phenomenon and not a personal thing.

a. The greater the number of uplifts we experience, the fewer the psychological symptoms we report later.

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding patients’ preference for male or female physicians?

a. Patients prefer female physicians.
b. Patients prefer male physicians.
c. Patients prefer same-sex physicians.
d. Patients prefer opposite-sex physicians.

c. Patients prefer same-sex physicians.

What is the terms that refers to the ability to withstand, overcome, and actually thrive after profound adversity?

d. resilience

What is TRUE about happiness?

a. Generally, money does not buy happiness.

Smoking is the number _____ preventable cause of death in the United States; one in _____ deaths in the United States is/are caused by smoking.

a. one; five

Being insecure, negative, and anxious are personality traits that are characteristics of the _____ personality style.

c. Type D

The component of the Type A pattern most strongly linked to coronary heart disease is that of:

a. hostility

Which of the following is an example of a personal stressor?

a. Getting stuck in a severe traffic jam
b. Waiting in a restaurant for a long duration for an order to be taken
c. Being informed about a suicide bomb attack
d. Giving birth to a baby

d. Giving birth to a baby

The _____ behavior pattern is characterized by a patient and nonaggressive manner.

b. Type B

Which of the following is TRUE of defense mechanisms?

a. Defense mechanisms deal with reality.
b. Defense mechanisms are personality characteristics associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness.
c. Defense mechanisms permit people to avoid stress by acting as if the stress were not even there.
d. People who practice defense mechanisms are generally optimistic, good-natured, and have good social skills.

c. Defense mechanisms permit people to avoid stress by acting as if the stress were not even there.

The _____ behavior pattern is a cluster of behaviors involving hostility, competitiveness, time urgency, and feeling driven.

d. Type A

Which of the following is TRUE of the consequences of stress?

a. Only negative stressors affect you physiologically.
b. Stress produces both biological and psychological consequences.
c. Stress does not have direct physiological results.
d. Stress increases the immune system response.

b. Stress produces both biological and psychological consequences.

Tim was told by his doctor that if he did not stop eating fast food, he will become diabetic and obese. This is an example of a(n) _____framed health message.

d. negatively

Identify the correct statement relating to happy people.

b. Happy people like to be around other people.

Research shows that winning the lottery usually leads to:

b. an initial surge in happiness, followed by a slow return to previous levels.