Essentials Of Understanding Psychology 11th Edition By Feldman – Test Bank

1. Which of the following statements best expresses the position of most health
psychologists on the mind-body issue?
The mind and the body are separate entities.
The mind and the body are one and the same.
→ The mind and the body are clearly linked.
Health psychologists are concerned only with the body.
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Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following
statements best expre…
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Define health psychology and
its centrally important concept of stress.
Learning Outcome: 34-1
Topic: Health Psychology
2. Dr. Alastair examines the relationship among psychological factors, the immune
system, and the brain. Dr. Alastair is a:
psychoimmunologist.
→ psychoneuroimmunologist.
psychoneurologist.
neuroimmunologist.
Multiple Choice Question
MC Dr. Alastair examines the
relationship among…
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Define health psychology and
its centrally important concept of stress.
Learning Outcome: 34-1
Topic: Health Psychology
3. Which of the following sequences best captures the “stress cycle,” from the
beginning to the end of one cycle?
→ Stressor → stress → coping → adaptation
Stress → stressor → coping → adaptation
Stress → stressor → adaptation → coping
Stressor → adaptation → stress → coping
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following
sequences best captur…
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Define health psychology and
its centrally important concept of stress.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Stress
4. Which of the following is TRUE of stress?
Although adaptation is often major, it requires minimal effort when
stress is very severe or long lasting.
→ Stress is a very personal thing.
Positive events never produce stress.
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Our attempts to overcome stress may produce biological and
psychological responses that improve our overall health.
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following is
TRUE of stress?
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Define health psychology and
its centrally important concept of stress.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Stress
5. Which of the following types refers to strong stressors that occur suddenly and
typically affect many people at once?
Personal stressors
→ Cataclysmic events
Background stressors
Daily hassles
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following types
refers to stron…
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors
6. Which of the following would qualify as an example of a cataclysmic event?
→ Being stranded in an earthquake affected area
Getting ready for the first day at work
Getting irritated due to slow Internet connection at work
Suffering from a severe headache
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following would
qualify as an e…
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APA LO: 1.2
APA LO: 4.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors
7. Which category of stressor is correctly matched with an example?
Background stressor—the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
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→ Personal stressor—being fired
Cataclysmic event—spending time on hold on the phone
Personal stressor—realizing that there is no fuel in your car when you
have to rush to work
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which category of stressor is
correctly matc…
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APA LO: 1.2
APA LO: 4.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors
8. Which of the following is an example of a personal stressor?
Getting stuck in a severe traffic jam
Waiting in a restaurant for a long duration for an order to be taken
Being informed about a suicide bomb attack
→ Giving birth to a baby
Multiple Choice Question
MC Which of the following is an
example of a pe…
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APA LO: 1.2
APA LO: 4.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors
9. Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, may result from:
→ cataclysmic events and severe personal stressors.
personal stressors only.
background stressors only.
background stressors and uplifts.
Multiple Choice Question
MC Posttraumatic stress disorder, or
PTSD, ma…
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APA LO: 1.2
APA LO: 4.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors
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10. The suicide rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is _____ the general
population.
→ twice as high as
the same as
less than half for
three times as high as
Multiple Choice Question
MC The suicide rate for veterans of
the Iraq an…
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
APA LO: 4.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major categories
of stressors and their consequences.
Learning Outcome: 34-2
Topic: Categorizing Stressors