Chapter Thirteen.1

Question 1

According to Hans Selye, The following statement is accurate ?

Answer 1

Many stressful events do not threaten people , but provide them with a insurmountable programs.

Question 2

Selye has formulated what he calls the General Adaption Syndrome to describe how the biological level of stress can incapacitate an individual. what are they they ?

Answer 2

Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

Question 3

Most people adjust their behavior to daily stress according to their adaptive range. At the high end of the range , when a person encounters an extremely demanding situation, his or her first reaction is usually ?

Answer 3

Anxiety

Question 4

A type A personality type exhibits all of the following characteristics ?

Answer 4

Continuous pressure to accomplish
Intense and ambitious
continuous impatience

Question 5

The following was ranked in the top police stressors by Violanti ?

Answer 5

Fellow officer killed
Battered child
Physical attack

Question 6

Alcohol related problems among police officers manifest themselves in a number of ways some examples are?

Answer 6

Higher than then normal absenteeism
Complaints of insubordination by superiors
Complaints by citizens of misconduct.

Question 7

Which of the following is a benefit indicated by the Denver police department with its alcohol rehabilitation program?

Answer 7

Retention of the majority of officers who had suffered from alcoholism.
Solution of a set of complex and difficult personnel problems.
Realistic and practical extension of the police agency program into the entire city.

Question 8

According to Violanti and Aron, the most potent stressors indicated by police officers was ?

Answer 8

The killing of someone in the line of duty

Question 9

A national study of drug abuse by police officers revealed that what percentage of officers had a serious drug problem ?

Answer 9

10 percent

Question 10

Adverse effect of anabolic steroid use by women include ?

Answer 10

Brest enlargement
Baldness
Higher-pitched voice