Understanding Stress and Its Effects Quiz
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What is the term used to describe a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological responses, and behavioral tendencies in response to a perceived imbalance between situational demands and the resources needed to cope?

  • Stress (correct)
  • Stressors
  • Distress
  • Eustress

    • According to the Transactional Stress Model (TSM) by Lazarus (1991), what determines stress?

  • The type of stressor encountered
  • The resource capacity only
  • The objective situational demands only
  • The perception of situational demands and resource capacity (correct)

    • What term is used to describe the optimal level of stress that is beneficial and enhances performance?

  • Response
  • Stimulus
  • Eustress (correct)
  • Distress

    • Which model of stress is criticized for being too complex and not accounting for the fact that stress is not always subjective?

    <p>Transactional Stress Model (TSM)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of events can lead to distress, according to the text?

    <p>Both major negative events and catastrophic events</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the characteristics that make a stressor more stressful?

    <p>Intensity/severity, duration, unpredictability, controllability, chronicity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?

    <p>Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can distortions and mistaken appraisals lead to?

    <p>Increased stress vulnerability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way can the mind-body link be described in the stress response?

    <p>Cognitive appraisal includes nature of situation, available resources for coping and personal meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspective suggests that a high-arousal fight-or-flight biological mechanism is maladaptive for modern psychological stressors?

    <p>Biological perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

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