A. Death of a spouse
B. Divorce
C. Losing a job
D. Major move
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is a method or way in which a stressful situation could be perceived as less stressful?
A. When one a anticipates the threat or the stressful situation
B. When one knows how long the stressful situation will last
C. When one understands the nature and cause of the situation
D. All of the above - According to Arnold’s theory of emotions, what is the correct order of events in which emotions develop in real life?
A. Appraisal, perception, bodily changes, emotions, actions
B. Perception, bodily changes, appraisal, emotions, actions
C. Perception, appraisal, bodily changes, emotions, actions
D. Bodily changes, perception, emotions, actions, appraisal. - The process by which we perceive and respond to events that threaten or challenge is called:__________?
A. Psychophysiological illness
B. Stress
C. Spontaneous remission
D. Biofeedback - Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale is based on an assumption that
A. Any change in life can be stressful
B. Marriage is the most stressful life event for more people.
C. Stress is largely a positive experience.
D. Conflict is the number one cause of stress. - Lewis has suffered from acute stress for years. He is presently learning to relax with a device that provides him with information about changes in tension in his forehead muscles. Lewis’ case illustrates the use of: ___________?
A. Biofeedback
B. The general adaptation syndrome.
C. Psychoanalysis.
D. Cognitive therapy. - Although newspapers reported that a murder victim had been stabbed with a knife, two police investigators knew that the actual murder weapon was a letter openor. While carefully monitoring the changes in heart and perspiration level of a prime suspect, the investigators asked him if he typically used a letter opener on his mail. The investigators were making use of the:
A. Relative deprivation principle.
B. Guilty knowledge test
C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
D. Two-factor theory - Which of the following factors has been found to be clearly related to feelings of general happiness or life satisfaction?
A. Being well educated
B. Being over 50 years old
C. Having children
D. Having a meaningful religious faith - People are especially good at quickly detecting facial expressions of: ____________?
A. Happiness
B. Boredom.
C. Surprise
D. Anger - You are feeling a lot of fear, the brain site most likely involved is ____________?
A. The midbrain
B. The left hemisphere
C. The right hemisphere
D. The amygdala - The sale pitch “We’re the best dealership in town because the other dealership just don’t stack up against us” is an experiment of: ____________?
A. A false dischotomy
B. Semantic slanting
C. Circular reasoning
D. Slippery slope