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What is stress defined as?
What is stress defined as?
- A state of tension experienced by individuals facing extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities (correct)
- A state of relaxation experienced by individuals facing ordinary demands
- A state of confusion experienced by individuals facing ordinary demands
- A state of happiness experienced by individuals facing extraordinary demands
What are stressors?
What are stressors?
- Things that cause relaxation and originate only in work situations
- Things that cause confusion and originate in personal situations
- Things that cause stress and originate in work, personal, and nonwork situations (correct)
- Things that cause happiness and originate in nonwork situations
What is stress caused by?
What is stress caused by?
- A stimulus, which is always psychological, and the individual then ignores the stimulus in some way
- A stimulus, which can be either physical or psychological, and the individual then responds to the stimulus in some way (correct)
- A lack of stimulus, which can be either physical or psychological, and the individual then responds to the lack of stimulus in some way
- A lack of stimulus, which is always physical, and the individual then responds to the lack of stimulus in some way
What must a person perceive for stress to result?
What must a person perceive for stress to result?
Which individual coping strategy involves actively working to avoid overload, ambiguity, and conflict?
Which individual coping strategy involves actively working to avoid overload, ambiguity, and conflict?
What is the term used for the pursuit of personal and mental potential through a personal health promotion program?
What is the term used for the pursuit of personal and mental potential through a personal health promotion program?
Which organizational coping strategy involves the organization taking responsibility for managing employees' stress?
Which organizational coping strategy involves the organization taking responsibility for managing employees' stress?
What is the term used for a group of family members or friends with whom a person can talk and spend time?
What is the term used for a group of family members or friends with whom a person can talk and spend time?
Which individual coping strategy involves making daily lists and categorizing activities into Critical, Important, and Optional?
Which individual coping strategy involves making daily lists and categorizing activities into Critical, Important, and Optional?
What individual coping strategy involves regular exercise to reduce tension and stress?
What individual coping strategy involves regular exercise to reduce tension and stress?
Which type of stressor is related to group pressures and leadership style?
Which type of stressor is related to group pressures and leadership style?
What are the individual consequences of stress mentioned in the text?
What are the individual consequences of stress mentioned in the text?
Which type of personality is more relaxed and balanced?
Which type of personality is more relaxed and balanced?
What are examples of organizational stressors?
What are examples of organizational stressors?
What are examples of life stressors?
What are examples of life stressors?
What are the consequences of stress at the individual level?
What are the consequences of stress at the individual level?
What is burnout characterized by?
What is burnout characterized by?
Which of the following is a Type A personality trait?
Which of the following is a Type A personality trait?
What are the effects of stress at the organizational level?
What are the effects of stress at the organizational level?
Which of the following is a psychological consequence of stress?
Which of the following is a psychological consequence of stress?
What may Type A individuals alienate themselves from?
What may Type A individuals alienate themselves from?
Which of the following is an example of an organizational stressor?
Which of the following is an example of an organizational stressor?
What are the consequences of stress at the behavioral level?
What are the consequences of stress at the behavioral level?
What are the characteristics of Type A personalities?
What are the characteristics of Type A personalities?
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What is stress?
What is stress?
A state of tension experienced by individuals facing extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities.
What are stressors?
What are stressors?
Things that cause stress and originate in work, personal, and nonwork situations.
What is stress caused by?
What is stress caused by?
A stimulus, which can be either physical or psychological, and the individual then responds to the stimulus in some way.
What must a person perceive for stress to result?
What must a person perceive for stress to result?
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What is Role Management?
What is Role Management?
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What is Personal Wellness?
What is Personal Wellness?
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What is Personal Wellness at the organizational level?
What is Personal Wellness at the organizational level?
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What are Support Groups?
What are Support Groups?
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What is Time Management?
What is Time Management?
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What is Exercise?
What is Exercise?
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What is Interpersonal Demands?
What is Interpersonal Demands?
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What are the individual consequences of stress?
What are the individual consequences of stress?
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Which personality is more relaxed and balanced?
Which personality is more relaxed and balanced?
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What are examples of organizational stressors?
What are examples of organizational stressors?
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What are examples of life stressors?
What are examples of life stressors?
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What are the consequences of stress at the individual level?
What are the consequences of stress at the individual level?
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What is burnout characterized by?
What is burnout characterized by?
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Which of the following is a Type A personality trait?
Which of the following is a Type A personality trait?
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What are the effects of stress at the organizational level?
What are the effects of stress at the organizational level?
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Which of the following is a psychological consequence of stress?
Which of the following is a psychological consequence of stress?
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What may Type A individuals alienate themselves from?
What may Type A individuals alienate themselves from?
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Which of the following is an example of an organizational stressor?
Which of the following is an example of an organizational stressor?
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What are the consequences of stress at the behavioral level?
What are the consequences of stress at the behavioral level?
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What are the characteristics of Type A personalities?
What are the characteristics of Type A personalities?
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Study Notes
Individual Differences, Stress, and Consequences
- Type A personalities are competitive, work-oriented, and time-urgent, while Type B personalities are more relaxed and balanced.
- Type A individuals may alienate themselves from others, while Type B individuals may have better interpersonal skills.
- People tend to lean towards either Type A or Type B personalities.
- Organizational stressors include task demands, role demands, physical demands, and interpersonal demands.
- Life stressors include life changes and life trauma.
- Stress can have constructive or destructive effects, leading to positive energy or job burnout.
- Stress can lead to increased energy and motivation (positive), or decreased performance and burnout (negative).
- Individual consequences of stress include behavioral, psychological, and medical effects.
- Behavioral consequences may include substance abuse or violence.
- Psychological consequences may include depression or sleep disturbances.
- Organizational consequences of stress include decreased performance, withdrawal, and negative attitudes.
- Burnout is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment.
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