Stress and Emotion Flashcards
What term indicates a beneficial type of stress which can motivate employees?
A. Distress
B. Chronic stress
C. Cathartic stress
D. Eustress
D. Eustress
The first paragraph discusses the customer-employee interactions as a source of stress.
During the customer interactions mentioned in the first paragraph, which of the following molecules is likely to be elevated in the employees?
A. Epinephrine
B. Norepinephrine
C. Cortisol
D. Cortisone
C. Cortisol
An employee walks into a meeting and sees that her boss and manager are both in the room, indicating she is about to be fired from her job. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion:
A. her physiological arousal precedes and leads to the emotional feeling of distress.
B. she feels great distress and this distress causes a physiological response.
C. she experiences a physiological arousal and the emotion simultaneously and separately.
D. the sensation of grief she feels is due to the cognitive awareness of the circumstances.
A. her physiological arousal precedes and leads to the emotional feeling of distress.
Which of the following is an example of mindfulness?
A. While a boy is playing outside, his favorite toy is broken and he fights back the urge to cry.
B. In response to economic pressures, a man is fired, but sees the experience as an opportunity to find a better job.
C. A girl is painting in therapy class, when she notices a seagull in her window and begins to paint a bird on her canvas.
D. Encountering a difficult customer who is making her mad, a woman recognizes she is at work and does not yell back.
D. Encountering a difficult customer who is making her mad, a woman recognizes she is at work and does not yell back.
The question asks for an example of mindfulness which, according to the passage, is when the individual non-judgmentally evaluates herself and her environment. We can find the definition of mindfulness in the first paragraph.
During the experiment a participant in the Suppress Negative condition fights back negative feelings by closing her eyes to prevent the release of tears, noting afterwards that the image makes her feel sad. This is an example of:
A. James-Lange theory.
B. Cannon-Bard theory.
C. Schachter-Singer theory.
D. Erikson’s theory.
C. Schachter-Singer theory.
Additional experiments suggest that emotion suppression may result in a decreased immune response. If true, this is most likely due to:
A. the release of corticotropin-releasing hormone from the anterior pituitary.
B. epinephrine-triggered vasoconstriction of gastrointestinal blood vessels via the autonomic nervous system.
C. activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which severely damages the bone marrow.
D. continuous activation of the hypothalamus eventually results in an overproduction of cortisol.
D. continuous activation of the hypothalamus eventually results in an overproduction of cortisol.
Which of the following is NOT true about the amygdala?
A. The amygdala is heavily involved in fear conditioning.
B. There are two amygdalae, one in each hemisphere.
C. The amygdala is located deep within the parietal lobe.
D. The amygdala is considered part of the limbic system.
C. The amygdala is located deep within the parietal lobe.
Which brain structure is theorized to be a causative factor in chronic stress pathology?
A. Hippocampus
B. Hypothalamus
C. Amygdala
D. Primary somatosensory cortex
B. Hypothalamus
The release and serum levels of which neurotransmitter would be LEAST affected during stress response?
A. Serotonin
B. Norepinephrine
C. Epinephrine
D. Acetylcholine
A. Serotonin
Serotonin is not a significant neurotransmitter for either the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system (though it is used by some sympathetic nervous system structures) so it is the neurotransmitter that is not expected to experience fluctuations as a result of stress.
The weathering hypothesis has been specifically tied to African-American women’s experiences of racial discrimination. Based on the passage information, what should a doctor recommend to an African-American woman to reduce her chances of miscarriage?
A. Problem-focused coping strategies
B. Emotion-focused coping strategies
C. Smoking cessation
D. Bedrest
B. Emotion-focused coping strategies
According to the passage discussion of chronic stress, what type of variable does racism serve as in the weathering hypothesis regarding racial disparities in preterm births?
A. Moderating variable
B. Dependent variable
C. Mediating variable
D. Confounding variable
A. Moderating variable
A good rule of thumb to differentiate between moderating and mediating variables is to view a moderating variable as one that influences the strength of a relationship between the independent and dependent variables,
while a mediating variable is one that can be used to explain the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
