Compare and contrast acute and posttraumatic stress disorders and discuss how they are treated.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2List and describe three different factors that moderate individuals' stress responses.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Describe psychophysiological disorders and some of the factors that may lead to their development. How are some people able to avoid succumbing to the ill effects of these risk factors?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 4Which emotion has been particularly implicated in coronary heart disease?
a. anger
b. hostility
c. sadness
d. impatience
Question 5Deirdra's husband leaves her after she is diagnosed with breast cancer. She sees the world as unfair and is depressed. Her therapist suggests she join a group that helps members learn new coping skills and stress management. The therapist is suggesting what approach?
a. psychodynamic
b. behavioral
c. sociocultural
d. cognitive-behavioral
Question 6Depressed individuals have elevated ____ that can increase risk of asthma.
a. social support networks
b. estradiol
c. negative emotional states
d. GABA
Question 7Henry is treated for hypertension by using a procedure in which he receives information about small decreases in his blood pressure presented visually on a screen. What treatment is Henry receiving?
a. cognitive coping theory
b. biofeedback
c. autonomic response generalization
d. Jacobson's progressive relaxation training
Question 8In relaxation training, participants ____.
a. develop the ability to put themselves into a trance state
b. relax all their muscles at once
c. imagine situations that are calm and pleasant
d. learn to relax their muscles in almost any situation
Question 9Efforts to combine medical and psychological treatments for psychophysiological disorders have proved to be ____.
a. unsuccessful unless combined with extensive psychoanalysis
b. successful
c. a temporary fad
d. largely unsuccessful
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