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1
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Who was a Jewish psychiatrist imprisoned in death camps of Nazi Germany?

Walter B Cannon

Viktor Frankl

Hans Selye

Dr Martin Seligman

A

Viktor Frankl

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What is a choice we have facing us everyday?

Use stress for a change as a positive force for vitality

Use incoming demands for change as a positive force for vitality

Allow it to unnecessarily beat us up

All of the above

A

All of the above

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What are you responsible for preventing as a strength-based leader?

Stress from attacking your vitality and the vitality of your staff

Allowing stress to beat us up unnecessarily

The decrease of well being of yourself and your staff

All of the above

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Stress from attacking your vitality and the vitality of your staff

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What is stress?

Negative emotion

Negative or positive influences

Positive influence

Any change that you must adapt to

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Any change that you must adapt to

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What is desirable and also essential to life?

Falling in love

Achieving some long-desired career promotions

Stress

All of the above

A

Stress

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What determines the impact stress will have on you?

Whether it is a major life changes or cumulative effect on minor everyday worries

Being optimistic and positive

Having a high well being

How you respond to experiences

A

How you respond to experiences

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How many adults frequently experience stress in their daily lives?
50%
42%
38%
20%
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42%

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How can stress produce wellness?

By being managed

By recognizing stress

By recognizing and managing

Only if its a positive experience

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By recognizing and managing

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Which is true about stress?

Stress is a central part of the human condition

Stress is a demand on us to change

How we handle stress determines whether it is harmful or helpful

All of the above

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All of the above

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Who laid the groundwork for the modern meaning of stress?

Walter B Cannon

Viktor Frankl

Hans Selye

Dr Martin Seligman

A

Walter B Cannon

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How did he describe a series of biochemical changes that prepares us to deal with threats or danger?

Emergency response

Adrenalin bursts

Fight-or-flight

Relaxation response

A

Fight-or-flight

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Who was the first major researcher on stress?

Walter B Cannon

Viktor Frankl

Hans Selye

Dr Martin Seligma

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Hans Selye

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Which part of the brain sends a signal to the main switch for the stress response, located in the midbrain?

Cerebral cortex

Hypothalamus

Adrenal glands

Epinephrine

A

Cerebral cortex

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What stimulates the sympathetic nervous system to make a series of changes in your body?

Cerebral cortex

Hypothalamus

Adrenal glands

Epinephrine

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Hypothalamus

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What happens that can have long-term negative effects if left unchecked?

Adrenal glands start to secrete corticoids

Digestion is inhibited

The response of your immune system is inhibited

All of the above

A

All of the above

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What is it called when the stress response is turned off?

Fight-or-flight

A threefold process

Relaxation response

Relaxation process

A

Relaxation response

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When does the fight-or-flight response burn out?

Three minutes after you shut off the danger signals

Three minutes before you shut off the danger signals

Five minutes after you shut off the danger signals

Five minutes before you shut off the danger signals

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Three minutes after you shut off the danger signals

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What does the three-fold process of responding to stress involve?

The direct effect of the stress on the body

External responses that stimulate tissue defense or help to destroy damaging substances

External responses that cause tissue surrender by inhibiting unnecessary or excessive defense

All of the above

A

The direct effect of the stress on the body

“The response to stress involves a three-fold process consisting of (1) The direct effect of the stress on the body, (2) internal responses that stimulate tissue defense or help to destroy damaging substances, and (3) internal responses that cause tissue surrender by inhibiting unnecessary or excessive defense.”

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What percentage of all disease is attributed to psychosomatic or stress-related origins?
30%-50%
45%-75%
50%-80%
75%-80%
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50%-80%

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What is our nation’s current emphasis on?

The effects of posttraumatic growth

Producing more posttraumatic growth rather than posttraumatic stress disorder

The positivity of posttraumatic growth

All of the above

A

Producing more posttraumatic growth rather than posttraumatic stress disorder

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What is a police supervisor accountable for?

Producing more posttraumatic growth rather than posttraumatic stress disorder

Understanding and effectively promoting individual and organizational vitality within the workforce

The direct effect of work related stress on the body

The vitality of the unit

A

Understanding and effectively promoting individual and organizational vitality within the workforce

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Pertaining to the “stress fad”, what is important?

Knowing when stress has become too much

Knowing when stress has become too little

Maintaining resilience training or a wellness program

All of the above

A

All of the above

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Police leadership is ______to the “spice of life” or pace of change.

A constant process of adaptation

A rollercoaster of adaptation

A motivating experience

Constant change that occurs in and around us

A

A constant process of adaptation

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What is the prescription for wellness?

To successfully adapt to ever-changing circumstances

Remember penalties for failure to adjust to change are illness

Remember penalties for failure to adjust are unhappiness

All of the above

A

All of the above

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What is a mental-physiological mechanism which helps us adapt to the constant changes that occur in and around us and navigate a reasonably steady course toward whatever we consider a meaningful purpose?

Process of adaptation

General adaptation syndrome

Relaxation process

Three-fold process

A

General adaptation syndrome

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What does your vitality and the vitality of your staff depend on?

If we are a strength-based leader

Your reaction to stressful situations

How well all of you cope with change

How well you adapt to change

A

How well all of you cope with change

  • Stress in daily life is natural, pervasive, and unavoidable, and thus is to be expected.
  • Depending on how you choose to cope with stressful events, the experience of stress can be positive (healthy and vital) or negative (sickening and exhausting).
  • We differ in a variety of ways, thus our means of and success in adapting to stressful incidents will vary.
  • A mental-physiological mechanism known as the “general adaptation syndrome” helps us adjust to demands for change.
  • By definition, stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand for change. The demand can be from within or from the environment.
  • Police supervisors are subjected to mega-changes. As a result, they typically experience higher levels of stress.
  • Strengths-based leaders are uniquely prepared to help their staff deal with stressful events and, in turn, preserve their vitality.
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What is the definition of stress?

Any changes in our internal and external environment

The nonspecific response of the body to any demand for change

The negative effect of changes in our internal environment

All of the above

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The nonspecific response of the body to any demand for change

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Why do police supervisors typically experience higher levels of stress?

They deal with the stress of their team members

They have more responsibilities

They are responsible for the decisions which are made

They are subjected to mega-changes

A

They are subjected to mega-changes

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What is a central issue for all police supervisors?

How stress affects job performance

Coping with stress on a daily basis

How to cope with the stressors of everyday

Being able to perform under high levels of stress

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How stress affects job performance

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What happens to employees at low change levels?

Maintain minimum levels of performance

Do not experience any stress-related physical strain

Disengaged and no reason to change their performance level

All of the above

A

All of the above

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Which employees are sufficiently engaged to motivate them to higher levels of performance?

Low level stress

Moderate level stress

High level stress

The motivation depends on how they cope with the stress level

A

Moderate level stress

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What acts as a stimulus for individual vitality?

Not having stress

Low level of stress

High level of stress

Stress in a reasonable amount

A

Stress in a reasonable amount

33
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What can produce creative activities as police personnel try to solve challenging problems?

Situational stress

Stress in moderation

Functional stress

Fight-or-flight mode

A

Functional stress

34
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When does both individual vitality and performance drop markedly?

Not enough stress

Excessive stress

Strength-based leaders is stressed

None of the above

A

Excessive stress

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Where does stress come from?

Environmental

Organizational

Personal

All of the above

A

All of the above

36
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Which source of stress is from within?

Environmental

Organizational

Personal

All of the above

A

Personal

37
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What are the two categories of inner stress?

Emotions and power base

Emotions and well being

Power base and well being

Power base and fear base

A

Emotions and power base

38
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Which is a potent negative emotion that you should be able to recognize and deal with?

Guilt and anger

Fear and failure

Depression

All of the above

A

All of the above

39
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How are the environmental stressors labeled?

Political

Technological

Economic

All of the above

A

All of the above

40
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What are the two types of hyperstress?

Political and economic

Quantitative and qualitative

Mental and physical

Input overload and output overload

A

Quantitative and qualitative

41
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Which is associated with high blood pressure, pulse rate, and cholesterol?

Hypostress

Input overload

Quantitative

Physical

A

Quantitative

42
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What is hypostress caused by?

Low level of mental and physical activity

Quantitative underloads

Qualitative underloads

All of the above

A

All of the above

43
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Why is the decision-making turf of a police supervisor stress-inducing?

It’s filled with ambiguity and confusion

It’s high-risk decision making

Nonprogammable decisions

Above-average conditions of uncertainty

A

It’s filled with ambiguity and confusion

44
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Who can make a supervisor’s job very frustrating?

One employee not knowing how to deal with stress

A group of malcontents

One malcontent

All of the above

A

One malcontent

45
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What are the four major dimensions to stress?

Hyperstress and hypostress

Eustress and distress

Both a and b

Physical, mental, economical and political

A

Both a and b

46
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Which major dimension is favorable?

Hypostress

Eustress

Physical

Mental

A

Eustress

47
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Which is a coping mechanism?

Conscious

Internal

External

Having a support system

A

Conscious

48
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Which one is a reflexive action?

Subconscious

Conscious

Internal

External

A

Subconscious

49
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Which coping mechanism is learned?

External

Physical

Having friends

Conscious

A

Conscious

50
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Which stress do police leaders rarely experience?

Hyperstress

Hypostress

Eustress

Distress

A

Hypostress

51
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What is the first step in any stress management and vitality program?

Recognizing stress

Securing reliable data

Writing down what may cause stress

Recognizing your inability to cope with stress

A

Securing reliable data

52
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Who is the founder of positive thinking?

Walter B Cannon

Viktor Frankl

Hans Selye

Dr Martin Seligman

A

Dr Martin Seligman

53
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What did he suggest would not only help prevent PTSD, but also increase the number of soldiers who bounce back readily from adversity?

Focusing on treating the symptoms of depression

He created the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program

Move the entire distributions of the reaction to adversity in the direction of resilience and growth

Focus on the pathologies of depression, anxiety, suicide, and PTSD

A

Move the entire distributions of the reaction to adversity in the direction of resilience and growth

54
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What is the main thrust of the CSF?

Produce more posttraumatic growth

Not focusing on PTSD

Approaching training through a soldier’s strengths rather than drilling their weaknesses out of them

All of the above

A

All of the above

55
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What are the three parts of the CSF?

Building mental toughness, building strengths, and building strong relationships

Supportive relationships, mental discipline, and helping others

Mental, strength, and supervision

Reading, relaxation, and recreation

A

Building mental toughness, building strengths, and building strong relationships

56
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What training is producing better military performance, less PTSD, better physical health, and ultimately a better family?

CSF

Resilience training

Growth training

Positive psychology

A

Resilience training

57
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Which is a resilience strategy?

Supportive relationships

Altruistic egoism

The three Rs

All of the above

A

All of the above

58
Q

What does a supportive relationship require first?

Time

Cultivation

Empathy

Reciprocity

A

Cultivation

59
Q

What does it take to develop emotionally healthy people with a sense of “okayness”?

Cultivation

Trust

Positive strokes

Reciprocity

A

Positive strokes

60
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What can help you reduce stress?

Positive psychology

Learning to reduce the complexity and the number of tasks that confront you

Developing emotionally with healthy people

Having a strong support system

A

Learning to reduce the complexity and the number of tasks that confront you

61
Q

How can you cope more effectively?

Problems are handled one by one

By having a priority system

With manageable installments

All of the above

A

All of the above

62
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What is very helpful for reducing mental stress?

Having a priority system

Recognizing your stressor

Mind focusing exercises

None of the above

A

Mind focusing exercises

63
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How do meditative methods help reduce stress?

Unload tension by focusing your mind on neutral thoughts

Rest your mind then pick up your burdens with more energy

Allows you to put down your mental burdens several times a day

All of the above

A

All of the above

64
Q

What does everyone need which causes us to feel good and secure?

Safety zone

Comfort zone

Time outs

Meditation

A

Comfort zone

65
Q

When is it easier to deal with the stress and hassles of your life?

When only 10% of your day is bad

When you have a clear mind after meditation

When you are fully rested

When you’re also aware of what’s right with your life

A

When you’re also aware of what’s right with your life

66
Q

What is wrong to say to a distressed person?

“Don’t take it so hard”

“It’s probably for the best”

“God must really love you to have selected you for this burden”

All of the above

A

All of the above

67
Q

What do people under adverse conditions need?

Compassion

Empathy

Physical comforting

All of the above

A

All of the above

68
Q

What is the first and most important step you can take in your responsibility to help a coworker through a bad situation?

Seek out the unfortunate person

Be compassionate

Offer advice

Have empathy

A

Seek out the unfortunate person

69
Q

Who do we hurt more by feeling jealous?

Those around us

Ourselves

The one we are jealous of

Everyone

A

Ourselves

70
Q

What is the best cure for jealousy?

To realize they may have their own wounds

They may be envying us

They may have their own emotional wounds

All of the above

A

All of the above

71
Q

What are the three “Rs” for strategy 4?

Reading, relaxation, and recreation

Recognizing, relaxation, and rewarding

Recognizing, reading, and relaxing

Reading, recognizing, and rewarding

A

Reading, relaxation, and recreation

72
Q

What is “altruistic egoism”?

Looking out for each other

Looking out for yourself

Projecting yourself onto others

Ensuring others see things your way

A

Looking out for yourself

73
Q

What is an enduring part of our human nature?

Love on command

Looking out for others

Earn thy neighbor’s love

Ensuring your own self worth

A

Earn thy neighbor’s love

74
Q

What are the five strategies for dealing with positive events?

A 
Strategy 1 - Supportive relationships
Strategy 2 - Mental discipline
Strategy 3 - Helping others
Strategy 4 - The three Rs
Strategy 5 - Altruistic egoism

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