STRESS

What is stress?

• A coping mechanism

• A way of showing emotion

• A threat to one's well beings

The following are everyday events that may cause stress

• Misplacing your house key

• Exams

• Traffic jam

• Roadblocks

Stressful events are similar for everybody

• True

• False

The following are types of stress

• Confusion

• Conflict

• Pressure

• Satisfaction

• Change

A person experience frustration because

• of two or more incompatible behavioural impulses

• unfulfilled demands

• two unattractive goals failed

• the goals in pursuit of being thwarted.

Desmond needs immediate money to fund his ailing mother's operation. He is tempted to steal from his office account as he is the Financial officer and has access to the money. Desmond is facing which type of stress?

• Pressure

• Frustration

• Change

• Conflict

You are offered an attractive house and a good job with a high paying salary. However, you are required to cut ties with your best friend and leave town. In this situation, what type of conflict are you facing

• Approach-approach conflict

• Approach conflict

• Avoidance-avoidance conflict

• Approach-avoidance conflict

• Avoidance conflict

Holmes & Rahe (1967) developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) to measure life change as a form of stress

• True

• False

On your first day entering university, your parents advise you to focus on your study and achieve excellent grades because you are the eldest in the family and are required to become the role model for your siblings to look up to. In this situation, what type of pressure are you facing?

• Pressure to perform

• Pressure to study

• Pressure to conform

• Pressure of being the eldest

You just completed all your assignments and test this week and you thought to yourself that you would want to have a relaxing weekend. However, your mother requested you to run errands and help your sister with her homework. You become frustrated and groan irritability because your plan to relax was disrupted by your mom. Your response is

• an emotional response

• a psychological response

• a behavioural response

• a physiological response