Stress, Health and Well-Being Thriving in the 21st Century, 1st Edition Chapter 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Walter Cannon’s term ____ refers to the biological self-regulation process that enables an organism to adapt to life’s demands. a. dynamic organism feedback c. homeostasis b. physiological stress reactions d. fight-or-flight reaction ANS: C
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2. Selye did not believe that all stress was negative. In fact, he referred to negative stress as ____ and coined the term ____ to refer to positive stress. a. distress, eustress c. threat, challenge b. eustress, uplift d. distress, wellness ANS: A
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3. The idea that chronic stressors can be detrimental to one’s health was formalized by the stress research pioneer Hans Selye, who proposed a three stage model of chronic stress called the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). The three stages of the GAS are ____. a. fight-or-flight, alarm, and resistance b. alarm, exhaustion, and relaxation c. fight-or-flight, resistance, and exhaustion d. alarm, resistance, and exhaustion ANS: D
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4. Holmes and Rahe created an instrument called the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) to measure life change events. In their model of stress, higher life change event scores for the last six months to a year indicate a person has a greater likelihood of ____. a. suicidal behavior c. living a shorter lifespan b. developing an illness d. pessimism ANS: B
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5. In the ____ model of health, the sick person may be seen as a victim but may also be viewed as having contributed to the illness through engaging in unhealthy behaviors. a. biomedical c. psychosomatic b. biopsychosocial d. behavioral ANS: B
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REF: What is Health?