Test Review #1
Review for Test #1 Test on Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Chapter 1- Stress in Today’s World - The
5 dimensions of health: Emotional, physical, intellectual, social,
spiritual – (understand each)
- What is the Yerkes-Dodson principle?
- Define
& know examples of stress, stressor, eustress, and distress
- What is Chronic stress, Acute stress, and Episodic stress?
- What
does it mean to be healthy? What is holistic health?
Chapter 2-Self-Assessment - The
average adult pulse rate (70-80 beats/min), respiration rate (12-16 breaths/min),
normal heart rate (p. 21)
- What do these assessments access? Perceived stress scale, Tombstone test,
Inventory of College Students' Recent Life Experiences, Ardell Wellness
Stress Test
- The University
of Pittsburg study
on Stress and Deep Sleep (Research Hightlight on p. 23)
Chapter 3- The Science
of Stress - What
is the relationship between stress & the immune system?
- Stress
hormones: What are the health effects of high cortisol level?
- What
are some of the factors involved in how an individual deal with stress
- What
is the single purpose of the flight-or-flight stress response?
- What
is homeostasis?
- What
is the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)?
- What
role does the Hypothalamus play in association with stress?
- What
is the difference between sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous
system? What physiological changes take place in your body associated with
these systems as you experience stress?
- What
happens to your body when you experience stress?
- When
the stress response is activated, which system in your body shuts down or
suppressed?
Chapter 4- The
Mind/Body Connection - What
is Psychosomatic?
- Psychiatrist David Spiegel found that stress hormones played
a role in the progression of which disease? P. 60
- Stress is a coupled action of the body and mind
involving the appraisal what?
- What
are the symptoms of medium-term chronic stress?
(p. 50)
- The
condition called Bruxism, what is it?
- What
disease is the number 1 cause of death in the US?
Chapter 5- The Power of Perceptions - Define
Cognitive restructuring
- Define Premature
cognitive commitment
- POPP
formula for prevention of stress stands for?
Chapter 6- Thinking and Choosing - What
is cognitive distortion?
- What
is the conditioned response theory?
- Different
cognitive techniques that help overcome distorted thinking: positive self-talk, thought stopping,
power language, going with the flow (know each technique)
- According to psychologist Martin Seligman, what is learned
optimism? (p. 89)
- Levels of responding: effective
(Gratitude, Allowance/Acceptance, Discovery, Observation)& ineffective (Resistance/Complaining,
Judgment/Criticism/Blaming, Attachment/Rightness) responses (above &
below the line)
- What is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which was developed
Albert Ellis? (REBT) is based on what premise?
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