SPA2

Question 1

1. After breaking up with her boyfriend, Jamie finds herself moving on from the relationship rather quickly.
   Within a few weeks she starts going out on dates and regains a positive outlook to life. According to
   research, which of the following might be the most accurate reason for this?
   a. Jamie’s lack of distress indicates her antisocial personality disorder.
   b. Jamie’s lack of distress indicates her lack of love for her ex-boyfriend.
   c. Jamie’s lack of distress reflects her psychological resilience ability, which most humans generally have.
   d. Jamie’s lack of distress reflects her efforts to suppress her feeling from others around her.

Answer 1

c

Question 2

2. According to research on stress and health, which of the following people are most likely to get sick?
   a. Nicholas, who recently broke up with his ex-girlfriend, failed in an exam, and bought his favorite new
   car.
   b. Daryl, who recently won a lottery, established a new community center, and was invited to give a Ted
   Talk at a local university.
   c. Jessica, who recently lost her pet, is studying for several upcoming class quizzes, and does not have the
   time to engage in her hobbies.
   d. Samuel, who is working for 60 hours a week, has recently gotten a promotion, and does not have the
   time to eat his breakfast properly.

Answer 2

c

Question 3

3. Lindsay does an internship at a nursing home. According to research discussed in this chapter, which of
   the following would be most likely to benefit the residents?
   a. Lindsay encourages the residents to talk to her about any stressful issues in their lives.
   b. Lindsay allows the residents to choose what time she will come to visit them, and when her internship
   ends, she decides to keep visiting the residents when they ask her to.
   c. Lindsay allows the residents to choose what time she will come to visit them, but when her internship
   ends, she doesn’t visit the nursing home anymore.
   d. Lindsay gives the residents a plant and makes sure to water it for them.

Answer 3

b

Question 4

4. Which of the following is true about research on social support?
   a. Social support of all kinds has been found to be beneficial to people in all cultures.
   b. If you are thinking of helping someone, it is better to give them invisible rather than visible social
   support.
   c. If you are thinking of helping someone, it is better to given them visible rather than invisible social
   support.
   d. Members of East Asian cultures are more likely to seek help from others than are members of Western
   cultures.

Answer 4

b

Question 5

5. Which of the following is true about gender differences in coping with stress?
   a. Both men and women equally exhibit the tend-and-befriend response.
   b. Women tend to exhibit the tend-and-befriend stress response more than men.
   c. Men tend to exhibit the fight-or-flight stress response more than women.
   d. Seeking social support tends to help women more than men.

Answer 5

b

Question 6

6. Navneet has had a hard time getting over her parents’ divorce. According to social psychological
   research, which of the following would probably help Navneet the most?
   a. She should spend 15 minutes a night on four consecutive nights writing about her feelings about the
   divorce.
   b. She should try to attribute the divorce to internal, global, stable things about herself.
   c. She should avoid talking about the divorce with her closest friends because it would probably just
   depress them.
   d. She should focus on the fact that she has low self-efficacy to improve her relationship with her parents.

Answer 6

a

Question 7

7. According to research, which of the following is false?
   a. Poor diets have been linked to several diseases including AIDS.
   b. More than half the deaths worldwide are due to preventable chronic diseases.
   c. Obesity is the number two cause of preventable deaths in the United States.
   d. Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the United States.

Answer 7

a

Question 8

8. According to this chapter, which of the following is an effective way of encouraging students to eat
   healthy?
   a. Increase campaigns on eating boiled food across schools.
   b. Point out to students that they cannot control what they eat.
   c. Inform students that most people don’t realize how much they eat.
   d. Tell students that many people would highly approve of them if they had healthy eating habits.

Answer 8

d