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Canadian researcher Hans Selye made which of the following important contributions to the field of health psychology?
 
  a) The distinction between distress and eustress
  b) The distinction between stressors that are psychogenic or neurogenic
  c) The distinction between the effects of controllable and uncontrollable stressors
  d) The goodness of fit hypothesis

Question 2

Colin Ross' study revealed that among the least common dissociative experiences was:
 
  a) Uncertainty about whether you actually did something or just thought about doing it
  b) Being in a familiar place but finding it unfamiliar
  c) Ignoring pain
  d) Noticing that things that are typically difficult to do are actually done easily

Question 3

Hans Selye, formally of McGill University in Montreal, is world-renowned for his work on:
 
  a) Cardiovascular disease
  b) Coping
  c) Stress
  d) Resilience

Question 4

Which Canadian citizen created the term stress?
 
  a) Bandura
  b) Endler
  c) Linden
  d) Selye

Question 5

In research on the treatment of depression, Harkness and her colleagues found that the link between stress and depression was weakened if women received:
 
  a) Cgnitive-behaviour therapy
  b) Rational-emotive therapy
  c) Psychoanalytic therapy
  d) Interpersonal therapy

Question 6

In the case study of Margot Paul, the elderly woman from P.E.I. who suffered from agoraphobia, Margot attributed her improvement to:
 
  a) Her doctor encouraging her to change the way she thinks
  b) Medications provided by her doctor
  c) Psychotherapy for a comorbid condition of depression
  d) Simply becoming less concerned over time with the negative evaluations of other people

Question 7

Morton has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Which of the following comorbid conditions will negatively impact his quality of life?
 
  a) Anxiety
  b) Bulimia
  c) Intermittent explosive disorder
  d) Avoidant personality disorder

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