STRESS AND HEALTH FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔sleep - ✔✔periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness
resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
✔✔Chronic Stress - ✔✔stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a
person's control
✔✔Stressor - ✔✔an event or situation that causes stress
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a
goal
✔✔General adaptation syndrome - ✔✔Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress
with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
✔✔appraisal theory - ✔✔a theory of emotion that proposes that emotions are based on
an individual's assessment of a situation or an outcome and its relevance to his or her
goals
✔✔Problem Focused Coping - ✔✔a type of coping in which people take direct steps to
confront or minimize a stressor
✔✔Emotion Focused Coping - ✔✔attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring
a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction
✔✔Psychoactive drugs - ✔✔a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods
✔✔depressants - ✔✔drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce
neural activity and slow body functions
✔✔stimulants - ✔✔Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful
amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body
functions.
✔✔Psychological Dependence - ✔✔a psychological need to use a drug, such as to
relieve negative emotions
✔✔Physical dependence - ✔✔a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant
withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug,
requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔sleep - ✔✔periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness
resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
✔✔Chronic Stress - ✔✔stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a
person's control
✔✔Stressor - ✔✔an event or situation that causes stress
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a
goal
✔✔General adaptation syndrome - ✔✔Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress
with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
✔✔appraisal theory - ✔✔a theory of emotion that proposes that emotions are based on
an individual's assessment of a situation or an outcome and its relevance to his or her
goals
✔✔Problem Focused Coping - ✔✔a type of coping in which people take direct steps to
confront or minimize a stressor
✔✔Emotion Focused Coping - ✔✔attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring
a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction
✔✔Psychoactive drugs - ✔✔a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods
✔✔depressants - ✔✔drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce
neural activity and slow body functions
✔✔stimulants - ✔✔Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful
amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body
functions.
✔✔Psychological Dependence - ✔✔a psychological need to use a drug, such as to
relieve negative emotions
✔✔Physical dependence - ✔✔a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant
withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug,
requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect
