Exam 3: PSYC 365 questions with correct answers
What percentage of the population experiences trauma? Correct Answer-
60%
What percentage of the traumatized population develops PTSD? Correct
Answer-30%
The 5 forms of threats/risk for PTSD? Correct Answer-trauma, neglect,
poverty, war, natural disaster
The 5 forms of adaptive success for PTSD? Correct Answer-
achievement, mental health, physical health, happiness, developmental
task success
Resilience Correct Answer-An outcome of successful adaptation to
adversity.—Handbook of Adult Resilience, p. 4.
Can occur at many levels: community, family, individual
resilience does not equal: Correct Answer-recovery
Experts disagree or agree on how to best define resilience? Correct
Answer-disagree
There is debate about whether resilience is a: Correct Answer-trait,
process, or outcome.
,Trait: a single (or multiple) personality factors
Process: a dynamic process of adaptive functioning that unfolds in the
context of enduring adversity.
Outcome: adaptive functioning in the face of adversity.
The process vs. outcome distinction arises mainly out of: Correct
Answer-Childhood adversity—process
Adulthood trauma—outcome
Resilience is often measured as an: Correct Answer-outcome—
successful or not successful?
Resilience came out of the field of: Correct Answer-developmental
psychology
Referred to individuals who experienced normal development in the face
of remarkable childhood adversity.
recovery vs. resilience Correct Answer-Recovery: event led to
subthreshold or threshold symptoms from which the individual
eventually recovered.
,Resilience: ability to maintain stable equilibrium.
Trajectories of resilience Correct Answer-resistance, relapsing/remitting,
resilience, delayed dysfunction, recovery, chronic dysfunction
The key aspects of resilience are: Correct Answer-speed of recovery and
thoroughness and stability of recovery.
Resilience does not mean that the individual does not experience distress
following stressful or traumatic events. (T/F) Correct Answer-True
Resilience is not simply the absence of: Correct Answer-pathology
Resilience is an _______ response? Correct Answer-active
Regulation of positive emotion is functionally ____________ from
regulation of negative emotion. Correct Answer-distinct
Amount of negative does not relate to the amount of positive. The
relationship is not as simple as: Correct Answer-more positive, less
negative
Resilience (positive emotions) __________ equal the absence of
pathology (negative emotions). Correct Answer-does not
, One can exhibit resilience in some domains but not others. (T/F) Correct
Answer-
1992 LA riots: fewer than three PTSD symptoms exhibited in _____ of
those exposed (Hanson et al., 1995). Correct Answer->75%
A majority of Gulf War veterans_____ reported no psychological
distress within a year of returning from war (Sutker et al., 1995). Correct
Answer->60%
September 11th terrorist attacks: over ______ of Manhattan residents
reported no PTSD symptoms (Galea et al., 2002). Correct Answer-40%
In the resilience studies, the __________ trajectory was most common
(65%)
Chronic: 12%
Recovery: 23%
Delayed: 10% Correct Answer-resilient
These trajectories varied by type of event (e.g., military, civilian
accident, loss, etc.)
What were the outcomes in Prospective longitudinal study of World
Trade Center responders? Correct Answer-Police WTC responders:
77.8% resilient, 8.5% delayed, 8.4% recovering, 5.3% severe chronic
What percentage of the population experiences trauma? Correct Answer-
60%
What percentage of the traumatized population develops PTSD? Correct
Answer-30%
The 5 forms of threats/risk for PTSD? Correct Answer-trauma, neglect,
poverty, war, natural disaster
The 5 forms of adaptive success for PTSD? Correct Answer-
achievement, mental health, physical health, happiness, developmental
task success
Resilience Correct Answer-An outcome of successful adaptation to
adversity.—Handbook of Adult Resilience, p. 4.
Can occur at many levels: community, family, individual
resilience does not equal: Correct Answer-recovery
Experts disagree or agree on how to best define resilience? Correct
Answer-disagree
There is debate about whether resilience is a: Correct Answer-trait,
process, or outcome.
,Trait: a single (or multiple) personality factors
Process: a dynamic process of adaptive functioning that unfolds in the
context of enduring adversity.
Outcome: adaptive functioning in the face of adversity.
The process vs. outcome distinction arises mainly out of: Correct
Answer-Childhood adversity—process
Adulthood trauma—outcome
Resilience is often measured as an: Correct Answer-outcome—
successful or not successful?
Resilience came out of the field of: Correct Answer-developmental
psychology
Referred to individuals who experienced normal development in the face
of remarkable childhood adversity.
recovery vs. resilience Correct Answer-Recovery: event led to
subthreshold or threshold symptoms from which the individual
eventually recovered.
,Resilience: ability to maintain stable equilibrium.
Trajectories of resilience Correct Answer-resistance, relapsing/remitting,
resilience, delayed dysfunction, recovery, chronic dysfunction
The key aspects of resilience are: Correct Answer-speed of recovery and
thoroughness and stability of recovery.
Resilience does not mean that the individual does not experience distress
following stressful or traumatic events. (T/F) Correct Answer-True
Resilience is not simply the absence of: Correct Answer-pathology
Resilience is an _______ response? Correct Answer-active
Regulation of positive emotion is functionally ____________ from
regulation of negative emotion. Correct Answer-distinct
Amount of negative does not relate to the amount of positive. The
relationship is not as simple as: Correct Answer-more positive, less
negative
Resilience (positive emotions) __________ equal the absence of
pathology (negative emotions). Correct Answer-does not
, One can exhibit resilience in some domains but not others. (T/F) Correct
Answer-
1992 LA riots: fewer than three PTSD symptoms exhibited in _____ of
those exposed (Hanson et al., 1995). Correct Answer->75%
A majority of Gulf War veterans_____ reported no psychological
distress within a year of returning from war (Sutker et al., 1995). Correct
Answer->60%
September 11th terrorist attacks: over ______ of Manhattan residents
reported no PTSD symptoms (Galea et al., 2002). Correct Answer-40%
In the resilience studies, the __________ trajectory was most common
(65%)
Chronic: 12%
Recovery: 23%
Delayed: 10% Correct Answer-resilient
These trajectories varied by type of event (e.g., military, civilian
accident, loss, etc.)
What were the outcomes in Prospective longitudinal study of World
Trade Center responders? Correct Answer-Police WTC responders:
77.8% resilient, 8.5% delayed, 8.4% recovering, 5.3% severe chronic
