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Stress Management as a Critical Life Skill

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1.  How does Richard Lazarus define stress?
  1. individual perceives that personal demands exceeds resources
  2. individual perceives that personal demands causes bodily symptoms
  3. individual is unable to cope because of personality traits
  4. stress management is a genetic skill
  5. stress management is a learned behavior
2.  Hans Selye defines GAS as:
  1. General Accommodation Syndrome
  2. General Application System
  3. General Adaptation Syndrome
  4. Goal Accommodation Syndrome
  5. Goal Adaptation to Stress
3.  Psychophysiology of stress suggests that stress is a:
  1. Adaptation to demands of body
  2. Personality Effect
  3. Negative response to behavioral demands
  4. Cause of mental illness
  5. Mind-body phenomenon
4.  Of the statements below which one is FALSE?
  1. Stress disrupts homeostasis
  2. Hormones are released during stressful events
  3. Cortisol is released during stress
  4. Endorphins are released when stressful
  5. Sympathetic nervous system is aroused during stress
5.  During stress, the hippocampus brain region affects:
  1. Emotion
  2. Memory
  3. Learning
  4. Attention span
  5. Coordination
6.  Which of the following is one of the best ways to manage chronic stress?
  1. Sleep
  2. Read about causes of stress
  3. Attend lectures on stress
  4. Eat
  5. Exercise
7.  Cognitive behavior therapy is defined as:
  1. The application of biofeedback to reduce stress
  2. The application of self-regulation methods to change thinking and behavior
  3. The application of meditation to regulate anxiety
  4. The application of exercise to reduce weight
  5. The application of yoga to prevent falls
8.  A psychoeducational model is:
  1. Use of learning techniques to increase behavioral skills
  2. Lectures on improving mental health
  3. Discussions of bibliotherapy
  4. Application of group therapy to improve one’s personality
  5. One on one therapy using a direct learning approach
9.  Biofeedback is defined as:
  1. Biological feedback to improve memory
  2. A therapeutic method to improve one’s mental health
  3. A therapeutic method to help client become aware of bodily responses
  4. A therapeutic method that can reduce pain from arthritis
  5. A therapeutic method that increases cortisol in brain
10.  Stress Diathesis Model states that:
  1. Stress is universal and different from eustress
  2. Stress can cause mental illness
  3. Stress is related to genetic factors
  4. Stress is a complex variable that is difficult to measure
  5. Stress can trigger symptoms in vulnerable individuals