SparkNotes: Stress, Coping, and Health: Sample Quiz Questions

1. Stressors are more likely to affect health if they are which of the following?

(A) Long lasting

(B) Highly disruptive

(C) Difficult to control

(D) All of the above

2. Which of the following statements is true?

(A) The stress response is nonspecific

(B) Different kinds of stressors produce exactly the same response

(C) Different people respond to the same stressor differently

(D) All of the above

3. Which factors improve coping?

(A) Social support

(B) Optimism

(C) Perceived control

(D) All of the above

4. Ali is trying to decide whether to give up his current part-time job. He dislikes the job, but if he gives it up, he will have no spending money. This is an example of what kind of conflict?

(A) An approach-approach conflict

(B) An approach-avoidance conflict

(C) An avoidance-avoidance conflict

(D) None of the above

5. Jackie has been denied a promotion at work. She is not an effective worker, but she believes she did not get the promotion because her supervisor has a grudge against her. This suggests that Jackie has which of the following?

(A) A pessimistic personality

(B) An external locus of control

(C) A type A personality

(D) A type B personality

6. Research shows which of the following is true about smoking?

(A) Many people are able to stop smoking

(B) Smoking cessation programs are highly effective

(C) People who quit smoking usually do so on the first try

(D) All of the above

7. Which behavior has been linked to poor health?

(A) Suppressing negative emotions

(B) Hostility

(C) Overeating

(D) All of the above

8. What does secondary control involve?

(A) Changing locus of control

(B) Trying to change one’s perspective on a situation

(C) Trying to change a problematic situation

(D) None of the above

9. What does the frustration-aggression hypothesis state?

(A) Aggression always precedes frustration

(B) Aggression and frustration occur simultaneously

(C) Aggression is always caused by frustration

(D) Aggression always follows frustration

10. When is a person more likely to have difficulty coping with a stressful situation?

(A) When he is over the age of fifty

(B) When he expects a positive outcome

(C) When he thinks he does not have control over the situation

(D) When he has a good social support network