PSY 352 - Quiz 2 Study Guide
questions and correct answers
Which is not one of the four components of the definition of stress?
a. person-environment transaction
b. perception of a discrepancy
c. biopsychosocial resources
d. biological markers of stress - Answ✔✔Biological markers of stress
Negative social behaviors tend to increase when stress is accompanied by
a. depression
b. anger
c. resistance
d. poor impulse control - Answ✔✔Anger
Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic types of social support?
a. emotional
b. informational
c. attitudinal
d. tangible - Answ✔✔Attitudinal
Which group tends to focus on extended families as their social network?
a. European American women
b. African American men
c. Asians
d. Hispanics - Answ✔✔Hispanics
The best way of expressing the relationship between social support and mortality rate is that
, a. they have no relationship.
b. social support increases mortality rate.
c. high social support is correlated with a lower mortality rate.
d. social support definitely causes lower mortality. - Answ✔✔High social support is correlated with a
lower mortality rate
When are social ties detrimental to our health?
a. When other people interfere with our efforts to engage in healthful activities.
b. When others encourage our own healthy behaviors.
c. When others engage in healthy behaviors themselves.
d. When our social network overprotects us. - Answ✔✔When other people interfere with our efforts to
engage in healthful activities
What is the term for children who thrive in spite of terrible conditions?
a. depression.
b. resilience.
c. sociability.
d. tolerance for ambiguity. - Answ✔✔Resilience
Which of the following persons is engaging in cognitive redefinition?
a. Ted lectures himself about not getting medical treatment sooner.
b. Maggie tells herself that she is much better off than Alice because her own condition is not as serious.
c. Carlos gets opinions from several specialists before deciding on a treatment.
d. Daphne goes out with friends every night so she doesn't have to think about her upcoming surgery. -
Answ✔✔Maggie tells herself that she is much better off than Alice because her own condition is not as
serious.
Which of the following statements is true about avoidance approaches?
a. They are rarely used as coping strategies.
b. They are beneficial at all stages in the coping process.
questions and correct answers
Which is not one of the four components of the definition of stress?
a. person-environment transaction
b. perception of a discrepancy
c. biopsychosocial resources
d. biological markers of stress - Answ✔✔Biological markers of stress
Negative social behaviors tend to increase when stress is accompanied by
a. depression
b. anger
c. resistance
d. poor impulse control - Answ✔✔Anger
Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic types of social support?
a. emotional
b. informational
c. attitudinal
d. tangible - Answ✔✔Attitudinal
Which group tends to focus on extended families as their social network?
a. European American women
b. African American men
c. Asians
d. Hispanics - Answ✔✔Hispanics
The best way of expressing the relationship between social support and mortality rate is that
, a. they have no relationship.
b. social support increases mortality rate.
c. high social support is correlated with a lower mortality rate.
d. social support definitely causes lower mortality. - Answ✔✔High social support is correlated with a
lower mortality rate
When are social ties detrimental to our health?
a. When other people interfere with our efforts to engage in healthful activities.
b. When others encourage our own healthy behaviors.
c. When others engage in healthy behaviors themselves.
d. When our social network overprotects us. - Answ✔✔When other people interfere with our efforts to
engage in healthful activities
What is the term for children who thrive in spite of terrible conditions?
a. depression.
b. resilience.
c. sociability.
d. tolerance for ambiguity. - Answ✔✔Resilience
Which of the following persons is engaging in cognitive redefinition?
a. Ted lectures himself about not getting medical treatment sooner.
b. Maggie tells herself that she is much better off than Alice because her own condition is not as serious.
c. Carlos gets opinions from several specialists before deciding on a treatment.
d. Daphne goes out with friends every night so she doesn't have to think about her upcoming surgery. -
Answ✔✔Maggie tells herself that she is much better off than Alice because her own condition is not as
serious.
Which of the following statements is true about avoidance approaches?
a. They are rarely used as coping strategies.
b. They are beneficial at all stages in the coping process.
