Test Bank for Psychopathology
An Integrative Approach to
Understanding, Assessing, and
Treating Psychological
Disorders 7th Edition By Martin
Lalumière, David Barlow, Mark
Durand, Stefan Hofmann (All
Chapters 1-18, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged
Reverse: 18-1
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 18: Stress, Pain, and Health
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which term suggests that psychological factors affect physical functioning?
a. psychobiological
b. somatoform
c. psychosomatic
d. psychosocial
2. Using the word psychosomatic to describe a disorder that has an obvious physical component is considered misleading.
Why is this so?
a. It gives the impression that biological disorders are not influenced by psychological factors.
b. It emphasizes the physical symptoms of a disorder instead of the psychological symptoms.
c. It gives the impression that psychological disorders like anxiety or depression do not have a biological
component.
d. It emphasizes the psychological symptoms of a disorder instead of the physical symptoms.
3. In 2020, where did COVID-19 rank as a cause of death in Canada?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
4. What new field of study takes knowledge derived from behavioural science and applies it to the prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment of medical problems?
a. behavioural medicine
b. medical psychology
c. epidemiology
d. health psychology
5. How does health psychology differ from behavioural medicine?
a. Health psychology is less interdisciplinary.
b. Health psychology focuses on work with psychologists, physicians, and other health professionals.
c. Epidemiology is the main focus of health psychology.
d. Behavioural medicine forms health policy whereas health psychology does not.
6. According to the principles of health psychology, what is the best protection against acquiring AIDS?
a. choosing sexual abstinence even after years of being sexually active
b. being treated for HIV before it develops into AIDS
c. learning behaviour modification to prevent acquisition
d. getting an injection of the AIDS vaccine
7. What does research suggest is a common characteristic of both mental disorders and physical disorders?
a. Both types of disorders are primarily biological in nature.
b. Most mental and physical disorders involve the perception of pain.
c. Psychological, biological, and social factors can play a role in both types of disorders.
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d. Both types of disorders are best treated with biological interventions.
8. In 1936, Canadian researcher Hans Selye discovered that giving injections to laboratory rats caused them to develop
ulcers. His finding led to a new area of study. What is it called?
a. psychosomatic pathology
b. stress physiology
c. animal psychology
d. stress psychology
9. Hans Selye described the sequence of stages the body goes through in response to sustained stress. What is this
sequence called?
a. the fight-or-flight syndrome
b. the general adaptation syndrome
c. the feedback loop syndrome
d. the mobilized coping syndrome
10. Hans Selye described the sequence of stages the body goes through in response to sustained stress called the general
adaptation syndrome. Which of the following is NOT one of these stages?
a. alarm
b. resistance
c. exhaustion
d. mobilization
11. What do we call the physiological response of an individual to a stressor?
a. stress
b. fight-or-flight reaction
c. resistance
d. adaptation
12. Your friend has a very stressful job. What part of their body may be damaged by increased cortisol released because of
the stress?
a. lungs
b. stomach
c. brain
d. intestines
13. What happens when the HPA axis is activated?
a. The adrenal glands secrete the stress hormone cortisol.
b. The hippocampus secretes corticotropin releasing factor (CRF).
c. The pituitary gland (via the parasympathetic nervous system) activates the adrenal glands.
d. CRF stimulates the thyroid gland.
14. Which of the following may occur because of increased cortisol levels in response to chronic stress?
a. liver damage
b. decreased susceptibility to infectious disease
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c. compromised hippocampal activity
d. a rise in humoral levels
15. If the HPA axis is activated, which chemical will be secreted by the hypothalamus and stimulate the pituitary gland?
a. corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
b. high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
c. adrenal cortisol hormone (ACH)
d. cortisol
16. What is the final process in the activation of the HPA axis?
a. stimulation of the pituitary gland by corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
b. secretion of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) by the hypothalamus
c. secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland
d. activation of the adrenal gland by the pituitary gland
17. Dr. Sapolsky is observing a troop of baboons and taking regular blood samples from them. The dominant male baboon
Dr. Sapolsky calls “Rafiki” has just shown a much greater increase in cortisol than any of the other males in the troop. Dr.
Sapolsky is not surprised because of something that happened about half an hour earlier. What might Dr. Sapolsky have
seen?
a. Rafiki was challenged.
b. The troop was given less food at their regular feeding than usual.
c. Lightning struck a tree in the habitat and one baboon was injured.
d. Rafiki was bullied by a group of subordinate males.
18. Researchers studying baboons found that subordinate animals, unlike dominant animals, continually secrete cortisol,
probably because their lives are so stressful. What did the researchers discover about the subordinate males’ HPA axis?
a. It is less sensitive to the effects of cortisol and therefore less efficient in turning off the stress response.
b. It is more sensitive to the effects of cortisol and therefore less efficient in turning off the stress response.
c. It is associated with an increased sensitivity of the pituitary gland.
d. It is associated with a decreased sensitivity of the pituitary gland.
19. After research on dominant and subordinate animals, Sapolsky concluded that it is the psychological benefits of which
of the following that produces positive stress effects?
a. having decreased sensitivity to situations
b. having predictability and controllability in one’s life
c. being unable to recognize stressful situations
d. having dominance, which leads to a greater psychological coping mechanism
20. What did a longitudinal research study of 200 male undergraduate students (Vaillant, 1979) discover about individuals
who developed psychological disorders or who were highly stressed?
a. They suffered a significantly higher incidence of strokes than those who remained relatively well adjusted.
b. They did not become chronically ill, despite their psychological disorder, if they had a sense of control in their
life.
c. They suffered a significantly higher incidence of heart attacks than those who remained relatively well
adjusted.
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An Integrative Approach to
Understanding, Assessing, and
Treating Psychological
Disorders 7th Edition By Martin
Lalumière, David Barlow, Mark
Durand, Stefan Hofmann (All
Chapters 1-18, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged
Reverse: 18-1
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 18: Stress, Pain, and Health
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which term suggests that psychological factors affect physical functioning?
a. psychobiological
b. somatoform
c. psychosomatic
d. psychosocial
2. Using the word psychosomatic to describe a disorder that has an obvious physical component is considered misleading.
Why is this so?
a. It gives the impression that biological disorders are not influenced by psychological factors.
b. It emphasizes the physical symptoms of a disorder instead of the psychological symptoms.
c. It gives the impression that psychological disorders like anxiety or depression do not have a biological
component.
d. It emphasizes the psychological symptoms of a disorder instead of the physical symptoms.
3. In 2020, where did COVID-19 rank as a cause of death in Canada?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
4. What new field of study takes knowledge derived from behavioural science and applies it to the prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment of medical problems?
a. behavioural medicine
b. medical psychology
c. epidemiology
d. health psychology
5. How does health psychology differ from behavioural medicine?
a. Health psychology is less interdisciplinary.
b. Health psychology focuses on work with psychologists, physicians, and other health professionals.
c. Epidemiology is the main focus of health psychology.
d. Behavioural medicine forms health policy whereas health psychology does not.
6. According to the principles of health psychology, what is the best protection against acquiring AIDS?
a. choosing sexual abstinence even after years of being sexually active
b. being treated for HIV before it develops into AIDS
c. learning behaviour modification to prevent acquisition
d. getting an injection of the AIDS vaccine
7. What does research suggest is a common characteristic of both mental disorders and physical disorders?
a. Both types of disorders are primarily biological in nature.
b. Most mental and physical disorders involve the perception of pain.
c. Psychological, biological, and social factors can play a role in both types of disorders.
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d. Both types of disorders are best treated with biological interventions.
8. In 1936, Canadian researcher Hans Selye discovered that giving injections to laboratory rats caused them to develop
ulcers. His finding led to a new area of study. What is it called?
a. psychosomatic pathology
b. stress physiology
c. animal psychology
d. stress psychology
9. Hans Selye described the sequence of stages the body goes through in response to sustained stress. What is this
sequence called?
a. the fight-or-flight syndrome
b. the general adaptation syndrome
c. the feedback loop syndrome
d. the mobilized coping syndrome
10. Hans Selye described the sequence of stages the body goes through in response to sustained stress called the general
adaptation syndrome. Which of the following is NOT one of these stages?
a. alarm
b. resistance
c. exhaustion
d. mobilization
11. What do we call the physiological response of an individual to a stressor?
a. stress
b. fight-or-flight reaction
c. resistance
d. adaptation
12. Your friend has a very stressful job. What part of their body may be damaged by increased cortisol released because of
the stress?
a. lungs
b. stomach
c. brain
d. intestines
13. What happens when the HPA axis is activated?
a. The adrenal glands secrete the stress hormone cortisol.
b. The hippocampus secretes corticotropin releasing factor (CRF).
c. The pituitary gland (via the parasympathetic nervous system) activates the adrenal glands.
d. CRF stimulates the thyroid gland.
14. Which of the following may occur because of increased cortisol levels in response to chronic stress?
a. liver damage
b. decreased susceptibility to infectious disease
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 18: Stress, Pain, and Health
c. compromised hippocampal activity
d. a rise in humoral levels
15. If the HPA axis is activated, which chemical will be secreted by the hypothalamus and stimulate the pituitary gland?
a. corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
b. high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
c. adrenal cortisol hormone (ACH)
d. cortisol
16. What is the final process in the activation of the HPA axis?
a. stimulation of the pituitary gland by corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
b. secretion of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) by the hypothalamus
c. secretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland
d. activation of the adrenal gland by the pituitary gland
17. Dr. Sapolsky is observing a troop of baboons and taking regular blood samples from them. The dominant male baboon
Dr. Sapolsky calls “Rafiki” has just shown a much greater increase in cortisol than any of the other males in the troop. Dr.
Sapolsky is not surprised because of something that happened about half an hour earlier. What might Dr. Sapolsky have
seen?
a. Rafiki was challenged.
b. The troop was given less food at their regular feeding than usual.
c. Lightning struck a tree in the habitat and one baboon was injured.
d. Rafiki was bullied by a group of subordinate males.
18. Researchers studying baboons found that subordinate animals, unlike dominant animals, continually secrete cortisol,
probably because their lives are so stressful. What did the researchers discover about the subordinate males’ HPA axis?
a. It is less sensitive to the effects of cortisol and therefore less efficient in turning off the stress response.
b. It is more sensitive to the effects of cortisol and therefore less efficient in turning off the stress response.
c. It is associated with an increased sensitivity of the pituitary gland.
d. It is associated with a decreased sensitivity of the pituitary gland.
19. After research on dominant and subordinate animals, Sapolsky concluded that it is the psychological benefits of which
of the following that produces positive stress effects?
a. having decreased sensitivity to situations
b. having predictability and controllability in one’s life
c. being unable to recognize stressful situations
d. having dominance, which leads to a greater psychological coping mechanism
20. What did a longitudinal research study of 200 male undergraduate students (Vaillant, 1979) discover about individuals
who developed psychological disorders or who were highly stressed?
a. They suffered a significantly higher incidence of strokes than those who remained relatively well adjusted.
b. They did not become chronically ill, despite their psychological disorder, if they had a sense of control in their
life.
c. They suffered a significantly higher incidence of heart attacks than those who remained relatively well
adjusted.
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