Understanding Stress
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What is a characteristic of situational stressors?

  • They are only experienced during childhood
  • They have only positive effects on an individual
  • They are unpredictable and may occur at any time during life (correct)
  • They occur at predictable times throughout an individual's life

    • What determines the degree to which an event has positive or negative effects on an individual?

  • The type of event
  • The individual's personality
  • The individual's developmental stage (correct)
  • The individual's age

    • What can be threatened by stress?

  • An individual's intellectual abilities
  • An individual's social relationships
  • An individual's emotional well-being
  • An individual's physiologic homeostasis (correct)

    • What is true about the effects of stress?

    <p>The effects are usually mixed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event may be more stressful for a 12-year-old than for a 40-year-old?

    <p>Death of a parent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is stress a response to?

    <p>Both positive and negative experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a stressor?

    <p>A stimulus that causes an individual to experience stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the concept of stress important for?

    <p>Understanding the individual as a being who responds in totality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are examples of external stressors?

    <p>A move to another city, a death in the family, or pressure from peers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are internal stressors an example of?

    <p>Examples of stress originating within an individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do individuals use to respond to stressors?

    <p>Coping strategies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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