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Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being, Fifth Edition
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Practice Quiz for Chapter 10

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.


1:  The primary purpose of journal writing to help control stress is:
A: To get to know yourself better through the self-awareness process.
B: To promote the unity of the left and right hemispheric brain functions.
C: To help identify and resolve the causes of stress through self-awareness.
D: To gain a better focus and perspective on daily stressors.

2:  Journal writing, as a coping technique, is unique in that it is thought by many to be:
A: the most effective means of emotional catharsis.
B: a means of short-term emotional catharsis and long-term insight.
C: the most effective means of self-awareness of one's problems.
D: a way to release toxic stress hormones.

3:  In his efforts to study the benefits of journal writing Ira Progroff discovered the following:
A: Students reported fewer cases of disease and illness.
B: AIDS patients reported higher white blood cell counts.
C: Cancer patients report greater cases of spontaneous remission.
D: Individuals who started journal writing while on welfare were more likely to find employment and better housing faster.

4:  In his efforts to study the benefits of journal writing, Jamie Pennebaker found the following results:
A: AIDS patients reported higher white blood cell counts.
B: Students reported fewer cases of disease and illness.
C: Cancer patients report greater cases of spontaneous remission.
D: Individuals who started journal writing while on welfare were more likely to find employment and better housing faster.

5:  The Buzan method of journal writing is significant for its ability to:
A: Uncover repressed thoughts and feelings from the unconscious mind.
B: Access both right (feelings) and left (thoughts) brain functions.
C: Find creative solutions to help solve difficult problems.
D: Help an individual remember dreams from the night before.

6:  These are the three essential criteria for effective journal writing:
A: Buzan style, dream journaling, and unsent letters
B: identify concerns, identify emotions, and seek resolution
C: a comfortable place, no distractions, and privacy
D: Time of day, amount of writing, and spontaneity

7:  Journal writing can be thought of as a means of meditation.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

8:  The long-term effects of journal writing are most noticeable when the writer reads previous entries as an impartial outside observer.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

9:  To remember your dreams for a dream journal, tell yourself before you fall asleep that you want to remember your dreams.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

10:  Experts suggest that the Internet has offered a new means of journal writing through emails.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

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