Ch 15 Stress and Health Lesson 1: Sources of Stress

Which of the following is the best example of stress?

• working out more to prepare for track season

• feeling anxious about a difficult series of final exams

• discovering a flat tire on your bicycle

• tripping and breaking a leg

Which of the following is the best example of a stressor?

• crying at a movie

• punching a wall

• losing a job

• jogging around a track

A teenage boy might find himself in an approach-approach conflict situation if he had to choose between

• going to watch a movie or playing ball with his friends

• studying for a history exam or weeding the garden

• doing nothing all summer or applying for a job

• breaking up with his girlfriend or staying together

A secondary appraisal occurs when a person

• evaluates different options for coping with a situation

• first learns about a situation

• appraises a situation as irrelevant

• decides if a situation is positive or negative

A double approach-avoidance conflict occurs when a person must choose between

• two attractive alternatives

• two unattractive alternatives

• an attractive alternative and an unattractive alternative

• two or more alternatives that each have attractive and unattractive aspects

Which of the following is the best example of an environmental stressor?

• getting fired from your job

• having three exams scheduled on the same day

• workers using a jackhammer outside your window

• your best friend moving away

Which of the following best describes the relationship between crowding and stress?

• Crowding is an environmental stressor.

• Crowding intensifies people's reactions, but does not create them.

• Crowding causes anxiety.

• Crowding makes a pleasant situation unpleasant.

What does the Social Readjustment Rating Scale measure?

• stress levels

• overcrowding

• conduct

• environments

Which of the following would most likely be considered an uplift?

• learning about a flight delay

• getting a speeding ticket

• receiving an A on a term paper

• getting stuck in an elevator for an hour

Which of the following is the best example of a hassle?

• failing a class

• parents getting a divorce

• getting arrested

• losing car keys