Flashcards on Stress Management Final
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Chronic Stress
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This type of stress is most commonly associated with illness and disease.
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Increased gastric movement
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Which of the following characteristics is not typically experienced in the fight-or-flight response?
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One's perception or interpretation
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These factors, above all else, determine one's degree of stress.
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Massive urban sprawl
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This stressor would be classified as a bio ecological influence.
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Psychointerpersonal influences
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Experts suggest that most stressors fall in this category.
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The whole is equal to the sum of the parts.
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Regarding stress management, the holistic wellness paradigm suggests that:
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Rapid societal change
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"Future Shock" is best defined as:
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21st century lifestyle stress
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"Super stress" is a term coined by Dr. Roberta Lee to mean:
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Dopamine
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The neurotransmitter associated with chemical addictions, but now also associated with screen addictions, is:
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Digital consciousness with online media
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"Cognitive Surplus" is a term that best explains:
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The dumbing down of Americans from Internet exposure
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The term "shallow effect" is related to this concept:
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Narcissism and lack of values
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Nita Lallas attributes the cause of America's current demise of civility with:
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0.008 blood alcohol level
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People on cell phones show a driving impairment measurable of:
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Vitamin D
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This vitamin is called the sunshine vitamin.
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37
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This many gallons of water are used to produce one cup of coffee:
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Grade school
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It is suggested that attitudes and behaviors about race and gender begin in:
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The kidneys
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The adrenal gland rests on top of this organ.
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The limbic system
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The stress response initially involves this system.
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Acetylcholine
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When released, this substance is instrumental in returning the body to homeostasis.
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Epinephrine
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This substance is released as an immediate response to stress.
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The limbic area
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This level of the brain is called the "seat of the emotions" because it appears to be the first to register pain.
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Damage to brain cells from chronic stress is reversible.
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Based on brain imaging research in the last decade, which of the following statements is not true?
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Neuroplasticity
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This term explains the brain's ability to create new cell tissue and repair itself well into adulthood.
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Root chakra
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This chakra is associated with the prostate gland as a result of potential security issues.
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Sacral chakra
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In terms of stress and disease, this chakra area is suggested to be related to self-esteem/self-worth issues.
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The etheric
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This layer of the human energy field is most closely associated with the body's blueprint of physical health and that found closest to the physical body.
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An energy vortex to transduce energy in/through the human energy field.
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A chakra is:
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Every cell in the body holds consciousness.
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Cell memory suggests that:
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Narcissism
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Which of the following defense mechanisms is not commonly associated with the psychology of everyday stress?
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Defense mechanisms are conscious volitions.
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Freud would NOT agree with the following statement:
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Symbolic thinking
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According to Carl Jung, the unconscious mind is well versed in this method of articulating itself.
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Unity of conscious and unconscious minds
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The term "psychic equilibrium" means:
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The process of self-reflection toward wholeness.
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The term "individuation" refers to:
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Dreams are a fabrication of the unconscious mind.
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Jung would NOT agree with the following statement:
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Denial, Anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
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Kugler-Ross's original order of the grieving stages is:
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Self-reflection
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Which of the following did Kubler-Ross consider to be essential to resolving grief and finding inner peace?
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Guilt can be productive if it prevents worrying.
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Dr. Wayne Dyer would NOT agree with this statement:
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The special quality that makes every person unique.
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According to Buscaglia, a person's X-factor is:
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Creativity, a sense of humor, acceptance, and mystical sensations
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According to Maslow, the following are among the traits cited in the self-actualized individual.
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The study of happiness, positive virtues, and positive institutions.
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Positive psychology is based on these three aspects:
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Abraham Maslow
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This psychologist's concept of the Hierarchy of Needs nicely mirrors the concept of the chakra system.
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Desires
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From a Tibetan perspective of mind and stress, stress is believed to be a consequence of:
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Self-awareness
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The most common theme among theorists regarding the psychology of stress is:
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Hostile aggressive behavior
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The Type A characteristic is thought to be most closely related to coronary heart disease.
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Type A personality is really an aggression-based personality.
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The landmark Western Collaborative Groups Study found the following.
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Multi-tasking
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Polyphasia is another name for:
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Fear of rejection
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Codependent behavior deals mostly with this basic fear:
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96%
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According to estimates by those who have studied the codependent personality, this percentage of the American population is classified as codependent due to direct or indirect exposure to alcoholism.
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The addictive personality
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This statement best describes the codependent personality according to Anne Wilson Schaef.
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External locus of control
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The helpless-hopeless personality is most closely associated with this factor.
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Challenge, control, and commitment
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These three characteristics are thought to be associated with what is now known as the hardy personality.
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Connectedness, uniqueness, power, and role models
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Self-esteem is thought to comprise the following components.
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The immune system of our consciousness.
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According to self-esteem expert Nathaniel Brandon, high self-esteem has been described as:
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A rethinking process about a stressor.
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Cognitive restructuring is a term best described as:
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Helps to balance negative self-talk.
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Reframing, in the form of positive affirmations:
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Awareness, reappraise, adopt, evaluate
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This is the suggested order to reconstruct negative thoughts into positive ones:
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A form of healthy grieving.
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"Brief grief" is considered:
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Operant conditioning
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This behavioral theory speaks to the nature of "voluntary" behaviors.
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Values
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Of the following parts of one's personality, which is thought to be the most difficult to influence with regard to stress?
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Expressing personal rights and feelings.
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Assertiveness can be best described as:
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Precursor
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This term is used in the field of psychology to describe the catalyst for unhealthy behavior.
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Help identify and resolve the causes of stress through self-awareness.
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The primary purpose of journal writing to help control stress is to:
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Crayons, clay, pastels, colored pencils
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This medium is thought to be the best to elicit feelings and emotion for non-verbal self-expression.
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Red
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The archetypal use of this color in art therapy is suggested to represent passion.
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Orange
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The archetypal use of this color in art therapy is suggested to represent change.
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Purple
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The archetypal use of this color in art therapy is suggested to represent a spiritual nature.
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Yellow
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The archetypal use of this color in art therapy is suggested to represent energy.
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Grey
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The archetypal use of this color in art therapy is suggested to represent ambiguity.
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Behavior that is neither passive nor aggressive but proactive.
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Describe Assertiveness:
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1. Learning to say no 2. "I" statements 3. Eye contact
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Three assertiveness skills:
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Abstract and tangible concepts of important meaning.
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Define value:
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Beliefs about our values expressed as opinion.
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Define attitudes:
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Trust, faith and acceptance that something is true.
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Define Belief
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Music therapy, humor therapy, yoga, massage, visualization
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List 5 relaxation techniques:
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1. Awareness 2. Reappraisal 3. Adoption & Substitution 4. Evaluation
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Written Question: 4 Steps to Cognitive Restructuring:
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Acknowledge stress & identify what it is.
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Written Question: 1. Awareness
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Offer a different viewpoint to your thought process.
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Written Question: 2. Reappraisal
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Implement the new thought and substitute it in place of the old thought.
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Written Question: 3. Adoption & Substitution
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Was this new thought process successful? Did it work?
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Written Question: 4. Evaluation
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1. Awareness 2. Desire to change 3. Cognitive restructuring 4. Behavioral substitution 5. Evaluation
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Written Question: 5 Stages of Change
