STESS AND COPING FINAL

• what role does the sympathetic nervous system play in relation to stress and sleep?

  c.it activates the body's stress response making it difficult to sleep
• What impact does poor sleep quality due to stress have on cognitive function?

  
  

  c. poor sleep quality impairs cognitive function, including memory and concentration
• An individual who has reached ___ has come to believe that they are unable to control

  or change the situation so they do not try, even when opportunities for change become available

  
  

  d. Learned helplessness
• Three powerful psychological factors that can trigger a stress response are?

  
  

  d. Loss of sources of social support, perception that things are getting worse, loss of predictability
• ___ is a cluster of biochemical and physiological abnormalities associated with the development of cardiovascular and diabetes?

  
  

  a.Metabolic syndrome
• The ___ response to the automatic response to threat in which an animal, including

  humans, will protect their offspring and seek out their social group for mutual defense

  
  

  c. tend and befriend
• ___ is the “wear and tear on the body” which accumulates as an individual is exposed to

  repeated or chronic stress

  c. allostatic load
• Chronic activation of the metabolic stress response can lead to?

  1. weight gain
• Chronic activation of the cardiovascular stress response can contribute to the

  development of?

  atherosclerosis
• What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the cardiovascular system

  during stress?

  increase heart rate and contractility
• During cardiovascular stress response, which of the following occurs?

  b. Constriction of blood vessels
• ___ is known as “good stress”, while ___ is known to negatively affect you

  d. Eustress, distress
• According to COR theory, which individual is likely to experience the most stress?

  c. Someone who just lost their job and has 2 children
• According to the Conservations of Resources (COR) theory, stress occurs when?

  c. Resources are threatened or lost
• According to Lazarus, which type of coping strategy involves efforts to regulate emotions

  rather than directly addressing the stressor?

  d. Reactive coping
• Secondary appraisal in Lazarus Stress & Coping Theory involves?

  Evaluating one’s ability to cope with the stressor
• Which of the following is NOT a category of coping strategies proposed by Lazarus?

  d. Reactive coping
• According to Lazarus, primary appraisal involves?


  b. Assessing the significance of the stressor
• What is the primary focus of Lazarus’ Stress & Coping Theory?

  c. Cognitive appraisal and coping mechanisms
• According to Lazarus Stress & Coping Theory, stress is best described as:

  c. A psychological disorder
• What term describes the body’s ability to adapt to stress over time?

  homeostasis
• Prolonged exposure to stress without relief can lead to?

  c. Impaired cognitive function
• What is the final stage in Selye’s stress response cycle?

  c. Exhaustion
• Which part of the brain plays a key role in initiating the stress response by activating the

  hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis?

  c. Amygdala
• While the ___ nervous system activates the stress response, the ___ nervous system

  tries to return the body back to homeostasis.

  Sympathetic, parasympathetic
• The ___ system is part of the ____ nervous system which is part of the ____ system

  b. Autonomic, peripheral, nervous
• Which branch of the Autonomic Nervous System is responsible for the “fight or flight or

  freeze” response during stressful situations?

  Sympathetic nervous system
• Which physiological system is responsible for activating the stress response?

  The Nervous System

  The peripheral nervous system

  The autonomic nervous system

  (AKA) All of the above
• Which of the following hormones is primary released during the alarm reaction stage?

  b. Epinephrine
• What is the first stage of the generational adaptation syndrome?

  alarm
• Sleep deprivation has been classified as a form of torture by the united nations


  true
• Lack of sleep and poor quality, activates the stress response cycle


  true
• All stress is bad for you


  false
• Acute stress responses typically result in long-term changes in physiological functions as

  well as lead to stress-related diseases

  false
• Prolonged exposure to stress hormones like cortisol can contribute to the development

  of cardiovascular diseases


  true
• A really great was to study for an exam and to retain all of the information that you are

  studying and learning is by pulling an all nighter

  false
• Stress can improve cognitive function and enhance memory recall


  false
• Chronic stress can weaken the immune system, making individuals more susceptible to

  illnesses.

  true
• what does PERMA stand for?

  P ~ positive emotions

  E~ engagement (flow)

  R~ relationships

  M~ meaning

  A~ accomplishment
• Dyadic coping includes coping strategies such as?

  communication, support, collaboration