1. When we are attracted to two equally desirable goals that are incompatible we experience a certain type of conflict called:

approach-avoidance
approach-approach
avoidance-approach
avoidance-avoidance

2. Jerry was in the military during war time and experienced several traumatic events. He now thinks about those events all the time, is having trouble sleeping, and is irritable. He is most likely experiencing:

psychoanalytic depression
psychotic anxiety
traumatic flashbacks
post traumatic stress disorder

3. Hans Selye proposed a theory of how the body responds to stress over time. He called this the _____ theory/syndrome:

stress reaction
stress response
stress delay
general adaptation

4. According to the psychosomatic model of stress, only those events that produce bodily harm are stress producing (stressors).

True
False
no answer is acceptable - it's a trick question
huh?

5. The stage of the psychosomatic model in which we determine if a stressor is harmful (thus leads to stress) or is not harmful (thus does not lead to stress) is called:

cognitive appraisal
perception
emotion
freakin' out stage

6. Not all stress is bad. In fact, there is a positive type of stress that leads to personal growth and promotes health, called:

distress
utopian stress
pre-traumatic stress
eustress

7. During the _____ stage of the Psychosomatic model of stress, the body makes use of the nervous system and the endocrine system in order to produce physical arousal.

physical arousal
sensory stimulus
general adaptation
mind-body connection

8. When we are trying to reach a goal but something is blocking our progress, it produces:

pain
conflict
a big fat pain the butt
frustration

9. Studies have indicated that people who "vent" their emotions by talking about their problems, writing about their problems, etc., are less likely to experience physical and psychological illness.

True
False
N/A - trick question
no studies in this topic have been conducted

10. Some of the most stressful occurrences in life are the ones that are small and occur on a regular basis. In fact, studies have indicated that simply experiencing changes in one's life (either positive or negative) can be some of the greatest sources of stress.

True
False
what's stress?
no studies have been conducted on this topic

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