Freud used the term . . . . . . . . to refer to unconscious processes that defend a person against anxiety.
A. Libido
B. Defense mechanisms
C. Psychosexual stages
D. None of the above
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. . . . . . . . cells are crucial for fighting infection, have a short life-time and must be continuously replaced.
A. Blood
B. White blood
C. Red blood
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following opttions present the correct ascending order sequence of stressful life events that impair an individual's health?
A. Death of spouse, marital separation, personal injury, getting fired at work
B. Personal injury, marital separation, death of spouse, getting fired at work
C. Getting fired at work, personal injury, marital separation, death of spouse
D. Marital separation, personal injury, getting fired at work, death of spouse
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
A. Anxiety and hostility can increase general arousal and facilitate the release of catecholamines
B. Catecholamines stands for a class of neuro transmitters that play an important role in the sympathetic nervous system
C. The release of the catecholamine epinephrine has the effect of boosting a person's overall readiness to act-a rise in blood pressure is a symptom of this
D. All of the above
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CRF is mode by certain cells in the brain structure known as the:
A. Pineal gland
B. Hypothalamous
C. Pituitary gland
D. None of the above
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Erotic impulses that cannot be expressed directly may be expressed indirectly in creative activities that included:
A. Art
B. Poetry
C. Music
D. All of the above
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The Patterns of bodily activity in a number of emotions are controlled by the
A. Limbic system and pituitary gland of the brain
B. Limbic system and hypothalamus of the brain
C. Hypothalamus and pituitary gland of the brain
D. None of the above
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When circumstances block direct attack on the cause of frustration aggression may be
A. Repressed
B. Displaced
C. Regressed
D. Suppressed
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Which of the following is the most primitive defense against internal threat?
A. Regression
B. Repression
C. Reaction formation
D. Suppression
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Studies have shown that, smokers:
A. Exercise less and eat more
B. Eat less and exercise more
C. Do less exercise and less eating
D. Eat more and exercise more
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According to whom, an individual would not experience stress unless the individual perceives a situation as threatening?
A. Lazarus
B. Erikson
C. Adler
D. Harney
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The term . . . . . . . . disorders is used when perceived stressors-mental events increase the susceptibility of the body to disease.
A. Psychophysiological
B. Psychosomatic
C. Affective
D. Developmental
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. . . . . . . . is defined as a return to more primitive modes of behaviour, that is, to modes of behaviour characterizing a younger age.
A. Repression
B. Regression
C. Projection
D. Reaction formation
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Retrogressive behaviour is
A. A form of regression
B. A return to behaviour once engaged in
C. A primitive kind of behaviour
D. All of the above
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. . . . . . . . is often a factor in two of the leading causes of death, viz, heart disease and cancer
A. Ill health
B. Stress
C. Conflict
D. None of the above
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. . . . . . . . is a procedure in which people learn to modify internal responses such as heart rate and body temperature.
A. Hypnosis
B. Biofeedback
C. Sublimation
D. None of the above
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General Adaptation syndrome (GAS) is a three-stage model of reactions to stress, proposed by:
A. Hans Selye
B. Lazarus
C. Freud
D. Maslow
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If the stressor continues to be present, the stage of . . . . . . . . begins, where in the body resists the effects of the continuous stressor.
A. Alarm reaction
B. Exhaustion
C. Resistance
D. None of the above
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According to . . . . . . . . the process of the birth brings the greatest frustration in human life.
A. Shaffer
B. Otto Rank
C. Miller and Dollard
D. Maier
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Which of the following statements best explains the third principle that in some situations the strength of avoidance increases more rapidly with proximity than does that of approach?
A. At a distance the positive aspects seem more inviting than the negative ones
B. At a distance negative aspects seem more inviting than the positive ones
C. Close to each other the positive feeling is strongest
D. None of the above
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