The ____ plays a role in processing emotions such as anxiety or fear and grows larger in response to stress, thereby producing more intense fear.
A) hypothalamus
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) locus coeruleus
E) pituitary
The ____ links the body's nervous and endocrine systems.
A) hypothalamus
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) locus coeruleus
E) pituitary
Which quality is most closely associated with being psychologically healthy?
A) believing in luck
B) being realistic
C) having a fatalist bent
D) focusing on the self
E) not needing others
Of the following individuals, who is the most psychologically healthy?
A) Pamela, who views happiness and unhappiness as a matter of fate
B) Elbert, who approaches problems with a fixed set of solutions
C) Gregg, who tends to view everyone as being as open and honest as he is
D) Julius, who is adept at establishing close personal relationships
E) Ellis, who believes that if he can dream it, he can achieve it
Psychological health is best described as a ____.
A) state of being
B) stage of development
C) process driven by your thoughts
D) way of relating to others
E) genetic predisposition