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Use these sample questions to test yourself & to practice for the test. Click on your choice to see if you are right.
1. When we interpret a situation as threatening and do not feel equipped to handle the situation, we experience:
 stress
challenge
psychosis
motivation
2. Your initial, subjective evaluation of a situation is called:
hardiness
metacognition
primary appraisal
personal evaluation
3. The three kinds of primary appraisals are:
irrelevant, positive, & stressful
harm/loss, threat, & challenge
alarm, resistance, & exhaustion
hypochondriac, psychosomatic, & physiological
4. What effect do harm/loss & threat appraisals have that challenge appraisals do not?
lower physiological arousal
higher levels of negative emotion
a triggering of physiological arousal
an increase in the activity of the parasympathetic division
5. Sympathetic is to ______ as parasympathetic is to ______.
mind; body
relaxation; arousal
arousal; relaxation
intellectual; emotional
6. A threat appraisal automatically triggers:
frustration
the fight-flight response
posttraumatic stress disorder
parasympathetic division activity
7. The development of psychosomatic symptoms depends on several factors. Which of the following is not among the factors as presented in the textbook?
making a challenge appraisal
experiencing prolonged stress
having a genetic predisposition
experiencing continual activation of the fight-flight response
8. The three parts of Selye’s general adaptation syndrome are:
alarm, resistance, & exhaustion
perception, response, & recovery
perception, interpretation, & flight
adaptation, modification, & adoption
9. The idea that our thoughts, beliefs & emotions can cause physiological changes is called:
functionalism
associationism
mind-body connection
psychosomatic association
10. Psychoneuroimmunology means the study of:
this is a trick question - that is a made-up word
how disease can make a person psychotic or neurotic
the interaction of physical and psychological factors in health
the manner in which physical factors create psychological symptoms
11. Uplift is to ________ as hassle is to _________.
small; large
internal; external
pleasant; unpleasant
inconsequential; consequential
12. One shortcoming of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale is that it:
has not been normed with college students
lists only a small number of major life events
fails to correlate with the development of psychosomatic problems
makes no distinction between appraisal of positive & negative events
13. “Every time I move closer to my goals, something stops me.” This person is experiencing ____________ as a situational stressor
anger
burnout
frustration
avoidance
14. Having feelings of doing poorly, physically wearing out, or becoming emotionally exhausted because of stress at work is called:
stress
conflict
burnout
frustration
15. Which of the following is not among the goals to deal with posttraumatic stress disorder?
provide emotional support
bring out the details of the experience
relive the experience through journaling
build a sense of courage to go on with life
16. In the ________ style of dealing with conflict, the person gives in to make the conflict go away, while someone with a(n) _______ style, goes to any lengths to win.
domination; active
integration; domination
compromise; integration
accommodation; domination
17. An approach-avoidance conflict involves:
two options, one positive & one negative
one situation that does not cause stress
two options, neither of which are pleasurable
one situation that has both pleasurable and disagreeable aspects
18. Defense mechanisms like repression, sublimation, rationalization, & regression can be described as:
based on primary appraisal
based on classical conditioning principles
conscious coping techniques that are problem-focused
unconscious coping techniques that are emotion-focused
19. Hardiness is a combination of these three personality traits.
control, coping, and competence
control, commitment, and challenge
consistency, control, and competency
commitment, congruency, and consistency
20. Optimists tend to use _____ coping, while pessimists use ______ coping.
reductive; deductive
deductive; reductive
emotion-focused; problem-focused
problem-focused; emotion-focused
21. Psychosomatic symptoms, higher levels of stress, & the use of threat appraisals are symptoms associated with
hardiness
reaction formation
a type B personality
an external locus of control
22. Problem-focused coping is to ________ as emotion-focused coping is to _______.
passive; active
feelings; affect
behavior; feelings
primary; secondary
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General Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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 There was the Door to which I found no Key;
There was the Veil through which I could not see:
Some little talk awhile of Me and Thee
There was---and then no more of Thee and Me.
from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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