Health CH 4

Kendra is a participant in a study of fluctuations in physiological stress responses among air traffic controllers. In part of the study, she is required to wear a device underneath her clothes; a control box attached to her belt randomly records data throughout the day. What is the device measuring?

• ambulatory blood pressure

• abdominal muscle tension

• cardiac stroke volume

• lung capacity and oxygen saturation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The medical researcher who first used the term stress, believing it to be a common cause of medical problems, was:

• Walter Cannon.

• Martin Seligman.

• Richard Lazarus.

• Hans Selye.

The sympatho-adreno-medullary (SAM) axis _____, whereas the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis _____.

• triggers the stress response; restores the body to homeostasis

• appraises a stressor; responds to the appraisal of the stressor

•  

  works to prevent the stress response; prolongs the stress response

• triggers the fight-or-flight response; delays homeostasis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state of physiological functioning is called:

• homeostasis.

• self-regulation.

• eustress.

• physiological zero.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of these is the BEST example of a person's use of primary appraisal in reacting to a new job?

• deciding whether one's skills are sufficient to perform the job

• changing one's impressions of a job in light of new information

• deciding whether the job enhances one's self-efficacy

• determining whether one has the ability to cope with the stress of the job

Kendra is a participant in a study of fluctuations in physiological stress responses among air traffic controllers. In part of the study, she is required to wear a device underneath her clothes; a control box attached to her belt randomly records data throughout the day. What is the device measuring?

• ambulatory blood pressure

• abdominal muscle tension

• cardiac stroke volume

• lung capacity and oxygen saturation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Kendra is a participant in a study of fluctuations in physiological stress responses among air traffic controllers. In part of the study, she is required to wear a device underneath her clothes; a control box attached to her belt randomly records data throughout the day. What is the device measuring?

• ambulatory blood pressure

• abdominal muscle tension

• cardiac stroke volume

• lung capacity and oxygen saturation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The medical researcher who first used the term stress, believing it to be a common cause of medical problems, was:

• Walter Cannon.

• Martin Seligman.

• Richard Lazarus.

• Hans Selye.

The medical researcher who first used the term stress, believing it to be a common cause of medical problems, was:

• Walter Cannon.

• Martin Seligman.

• Richard Lazarus.

• Hans Selye.

The sympatho-adreno-medullary (SAM) axis _____, whereas the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis _____.

• triggers the stress response; restores the body to homeostasis

• appraises a stressor; responds to the appraisal of the stressor

•  

  works to prevent the stress response; prolongs the stress response

• triggers the fight-or-flight response; delays homeostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3