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Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being, Fifth Edition
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Practice Quiz for Chapter 1

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1:  Which of the following is not in the sequence of the fight-or-flight response?
A: Body returns to homeostasis when the threat is gone
B: Brain receives and deciphers stimuli from one of the five senses
C: Body stays keyed up until the threat is over
D: Limbic system releases ACTH from the hypothalamus

2:  This type of stress is most commonly associated with illness and disease.
A: Chronic stress
B: Neustress
C: Acute stress
D: Eustress

3:  The Yerkes-Dodson principle suggests that:
A: Not enough stressors can put someone at risk for disease.
B: Uplifts balance the daily hassles in life.
C: After a certain point, stress can impede one's health.
D: All stress is bad for your overall health.

4:  There are many physiological cycles affected by environmental stressors. Which of the following cycles occurs in less than a 24-hour period?
A: Ultradian cycles
B: Meridian cycles
C: Circadian cycles
D: Infradian cycles

5:  Most stressors fall in this category:
A: Bioecological influences
B: Socioecological influences
C: Social influences
D: Psychointerpersonal influences

6:  Hans Selye listed this as the first stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome:
A: Alarm
B: Exhaustion
C: Termination
D: Resistance

7:  The digital divide, information overload and cell phone proliferation can be summed up in one expression:
A: Big Brother
B: technostress
C: the information age
D: 24-7 society

8:  The holistic wellness paradigm is based on the integration, balance and harmony of these four components
A: home, work, play and family.
B: mind, body, spirit and environment.
C: Sleep, nutrition, exercise and friends.
D: mind, body, spirit and emotions.

9:  The western approach to health and healthcare is based on the philosophy of this man:
A: Plato
B: Hippocrates
C: Descartes
D: Freud
E: Pastuer

10:  Tend and Befriend is a coping style used more by women than men under stress.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

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