Emotions, Stress, and Anxiety Quiz
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What is stress?

  • A situation that requires strong demands for the individual and can consume his/her coping resources
  • A positive emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical changes
  • A negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural changes (correct)
  • An automatic response of the organism to any environmental change

    • According to McGrath (1970), how did he define stress?

  • Situations that require strong demands for the individual and can consume his/her coping resources
  • A substantial unbalance (perceived) between the demands and response capacity uncertain conditions in which failure has important consequences (correct)
  • A positive emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical changes
  • An automatic response of the organism to any environmental change

    • What are vulnerability factors to stress?

  • Situations that require strong demands for the individual and can consume his/her coping resources
  • Automatic response of the organism to any environmental change
  • Uncertain conditions in which failure has important consequences (correct)
  • Being well-prepared for stressful situations

    • How can studying for an exam be made less stressful?

    <p>By planning each day and preparing in a timely fashion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are protection factors to stress?

    <p>Being well-prepared for stressful situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Brengelmann (1987) define as stress?

    <p>Situations that require strong demands for the individual and can consume his/her coping resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome, which stage involves the body mobilizing resources to fight against the stressor?

    <p>Alarm Stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the distinguishing feature of the Resistance Stage in Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?

    <p>Activation decreases but remains higher than normal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Richard Lazarus' transactional model of stress, what is stress considered to be a product of?

    <p>Cognitive interpretation by the person concerning the potentially stressful</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'distress' refer to in the context of stress?

    <p>Chronic state of hyperactivation turning into distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first to use the concept of stress in physiology?

    <p>Hans Selye</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main criticism of Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?

    <p>Less importance given to psychological variables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the model proposed by Hans Selye that explains how the body defends itself in stressful situations?

    <p>General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'Exhaustion Stage' in Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome signify?

    <p>General reduction in energy and resources available.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is essential for survival according to the distinction made between stress and distress?

    <p>Momentaneous physiological and psychological hyperactivation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does continued exposure to a stressor lead to in relation to the Resistance Stage?

    <p>Activation decrease but still being higher than normal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is stress?

    <p>A negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to McGrath (1970), how did he define stress?

    <p>A substantial unbalance between the demands and response capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are protection factors to stress?

    <p>Factors that help individuals adapt to and cope with stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the distinguishing feature of the Resistance Stage in Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?

    <p>The body adapting to the continued presence of the stressor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'distress' refer to in the context of stress?

    <p>The negative reaction to stress that results in anxiety and unease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is essential for survival according to the distinction made between stress and distress?

    <p>The distinction between controllable and uncontrollable situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the distinguishing feature of the Exhaustion Stage in Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?

    <p>Increased probability to get ill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Richard Lazarus' transactional model of stress, what is stress considered to be a product of?

    <p>Cognitive interpretation done by the person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'distress' refer to in the context of stress?

    <p>Chronic state of hyperactivation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hans Selye introduce as a model that explains how the body defends itself in stressful situations?

    <p>General adaptation syndrome (GAS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is essential for survival according to the distinction made between stress and distress?

    <p>Momentaneous physiological and psychological hyperactivation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main criticism of Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?

    <p>Less importance given to psychological variables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are stress theories primarily concerned with?

    <p>Possible vulnerability factors to stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Hans Selye, what does the Resistance Stage depend on?

    <p>Long-term exposure to the stressor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Stress response: alarm' involves which of the following reactions?

    <p>Blood pressure increase, muscles energy supply decreased, gastrointestinal and sexual activation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Stress vs Distress' refers to what according to Selye (1936)?

    <p>Chronic state of hyperactivation alters and dysregulates the physiological basis of stress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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