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PSYC 435 Ch 5 with completeverified solutions 2025
1. The term "stress" is used in the text to refer to ________
a. only those external events in our lives that challenge us.
b. any positive demand made on an organism.
c. the effects of external stressors within the organism.
d. anything that makes us unhappy.
Answer: c. the effects of external stressors within the organism.
2. Distress is ________
a. seen when a situation is ambiguous.
b. a response to a happy life event.
c. the same thing as eustress.
d. a response to a negative event.
Answer: d. a response to a negative event.
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3. Which of the following terms refers to efforts to deal with stress?
a. Coping strategies
b. Compensatory strategies
c. Sublimation
d. Projection
Answer: a. Coping strategies
,4. What do positive and negative stressors have in common?
a. They usually last indefinitely.
b. Both occur without warning.
c. They have an equivalent potential for causing lasting damage.
d. Both tax one's resources and coping skills.
Answer: d. Both tax one's resources and coping skills.
5. In DSM-5, a new category has been added. What is this new category?
a. Stress not specified
b. Positive stressor disorders
c. Stress and psychopathology
d. Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
Answer: d. Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
6. Which of the following psychological disturbances does not occur in
response to an identifiable experience?
a. Adjustment disorder
b. Acute stress disorder
c. Depression
d. Post-traumatic stress disorder
Answer: c. Depression
7. According to your textbook, which of the following is most stressful to
people and animals?
a. Constant stressors
b. Predictable stressors
c. Uncontrollable stressors
d. Physical stressors
Answer: c. Uncontrollable stressors
8. Selye ________
a. recognized that both happy and sad life events can be sources of stress.
b. conducted extensive research on the effects of stress on the immune
system.
c. failed to acknowledge the role of the environment in adapting to stress.
d. focused on the cognitive component of the stress response.
Answer: a. recognized that both happy and sad life events can be sources
of stress.
9. Coping strategies are ________
a. efforts to deal with stress.
, b. efforts to avoid conflict.
c. the same thing as eustress.
d. the dynamic interaction between the types of stressors and the person.
A
10. Which of the following factors is linked to a person's ability to cope
better?
a. Intelligence
b. Social support
c. Absence of the 5HT-TLPR gene
d. Early life stress
B
11. Stress tolerance is ________
a. a biological attribute
b. a pressure
c. a person's ability to withstand stress without becoming seriously
impaired
d. a crisis for most people
C
12. Crisis is ________
a. a double avoidance conflict.
b. when the individual cannot make a decision.
c. an internal pressure.
d. when a stressful situation overwhelms the individual.
D
13. Which of the following is not considered a life change?
a. Being promoted
b. Being diabetic
c. Getting pregnant
d. A death in the family
B
14. What is not a key factor in making a stressor more serious?
a. How long it lasts
b. How severe it is
c. Its type or category
d. How expected it is
C
15. According to the text, a factor that does not make one stressor more
serious than another includes________.
a. severity
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