50+ Questions Mock Exam – Stress and Anxiety – Psychology
P1 Stress
1. What is not a disadvantage of biochemical analysis?
A. Expensive
B. The act of measuring can be stressful itself
C. It is affected by gender, body weight, activity, and consumption
D. It is unquantifiable
2. What is not a weakness of the Life events test by Holmes and Rahe
A. Vague events
B. Does not capture the meaning or the impact of events
C. Depends on recollection
D. Takes a long time
3. Which are correct?
A. HPA axis involves the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and adrenal cortex; the SAM system
involves the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal medulla
B. HPA axis involves the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and adrenal medulla; the SAM system
involves the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal cortex
C. HPA ends in the release of glucocorticoids: SAM ends in the release of norepinephrine and
epinephrine
D. HPA ends in the release of norepinephrine and epinephrine: SAM ends in the release of
glucocorticoids
4. During which stage of the general adaption syndrome by Seyle does the HPA axis dominate?
A. During the alarm reaction
B. During the stage of exhaustion
C. During the stage of resistance
D. It never dominates
5. Which factor does not influence the allostatic load?
A. Magnitude of reactivity
B. Nature of the stressor
C. Rate of recovery
D. Resource restoration
6. If a potential threat is appraised as stressful, then It can be considered…? Which one does not fit?
A. Irrelevant
B. Harm-loss
, C. Threat
D. Challenge
7. Cortisol might be restorative, what does cortisol promote to restore the system?
A. Promotes approach behavior directly, so one can face one’s fears
B. It reduces the experience of fear directly, so one can face one’s fears
C. It promotes threat detection, which allows one to escape
D. It promotes goal-directed cognitive control, so one can attend to goal-relevant stimuli
8. Which part of the brain can undergo rapid changes, but returns to normal soon after, which is
necessary for conditioning?
A. Inferior dorsal lateral amygdala
B. Lateral nucleus
C. Superior Dorsal lateral amygdala
D. Hippocampus
9. Which statement is not true?
A. Women experience more stress, partly due to dual task
B. Men take longer to return to baseline
C. Women are more stressed about love and friendships and men more about their competence
D. Higher educated people experience significantly more stress, partly due to higher perceived work
responsibility
P1 answers
1. D
2. D
3. A and C
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. D
P2 Anxiety and Attentional Bias
1. Attentional bias can be measured by reaction time. In which of the following paradigms would a
higher RT signify attentional bias?
A. Dot probe task
B. Emotional Stroop test
C. Visual search task
D. Spatial cueing task
P1 Stress
1. What is not a disadvantage of biochemical analysis?
A. Expensive
B. The act of measuring can be stressful itself
C. It is affected by gender, body weight, activity, and consumption
D. It is unquantifiable
2. What is not a weakness of the Life events test by Holmes and Rahe
A. Vague events
B. Does not capture the meaning or the impact of events
C. Depends on recollection
D. Takes a long time
3. Which are correct?
A. HPA axis involves the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and adrenal cortex; the SAM system
involves the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal medulla
B. HPA axis involves the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and adrenal medulla; the SAM system
involves the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal cortex
C. HPA ends in the release of glucocorticoids: SAM ends in the release of norepinephrine and
epinephrine
D. HPA ends in the release of norepinephrine and epinephrine: SAM ends in the release of
glucocorticoids
4. During which stage of the general adaption syndrome by Seyle does the HPA axis dominate?
A. During the alarm reaction
B. During the stage of exhaustion
C. During the stage of resistance
D. It never dominates
5. Which factor does not influence the allostatic load?
A. Magnitude of reactivity
B. Nature of the stressor
C. Rate of recovery
D. Resource restoration
6. If a potential threat is appraised as stressful, then It can be considered…? Which one does not fit?
A. Irrelevant
B. Harm-loss
, C. Threat
D. Challenge
7. Cortisol might be restorative, what does cortisol promote to restore the system?
A. Promotes approach behavior directly, so one can face one’s fears
B. It reduces the experience of fear directly, so one can face one’s fears
C. It promotes threat detection, which allows one to escape
D. It promotes goal-directed cognitive control, so one can attend to goal-relevant stimuli
8. Which part of the brain can undergo rapid changes, but returns to normal soon after, which is
necessary for conditioning?
A. Inferior dorsal lateral amygdala
B. Lateral nucleus
C. Superior Dorsal lateral amygdala
D. Hippocampus
9. Which statement is not true?
A. Women experience more stress, partly due to dual task
B. Men take longer to return to baseline
C. Women are more stressed about love and friendships and men more about their competence
D. Higher educated people experience significantly more stress, partly due to higher perceived work
responsibility
P1 answers
1. D
2. D
3. A and C
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. D
P2 Anxiety and Attentional Bias
1. Attentional bias can be measured by reaction time. In which of the following paradigms would a
higher RT signify attentional bias?
A. Dot probe task
B. Emotional Stroop test
C. Visual search task
D. Spatial cueing task
