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 (D)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stress a response to?

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

What is a stressor?

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

What are internal stressors an example of?

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

What do individuals use to respond to stressors?

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

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