ACTH stimulates cells in the outer layers of the:
A. Pineal glands
B. Pituitary glands
C. Adrenal glands
D. None of the above
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Stress has which of the following immediate effects?
A. Behavioral
B. Psysiological
C. Emotional
D. All of the above
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Freud believed that . . . . . . . . was the result of an unconscious conflict between id impulses and the constraints imposed by the ego and superego.
A. Objective anxiety
B. Neurotic anxiety
C. Repression
D. Aggression
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Which one of the following statements about the role of emotion in physical health is correct?
A. Failure to express our emotions can adversely affect the progression of cancer and other illness
B. Emotions can also lead to an increase in a person's blood pressure
C. Emotions play no role in physical health
D. Both A and B
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The Person-Environment (P-E) Fit is
A. The match between characteristics of workers and characteristics of their jobs
B. The fit between the person and society
C. That match between person and mental stress
D. All of the above
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The physical, environmental, and social causes of the stress state are termed
A. Stress
B. Stressors
C. Distress
D. None of the above
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Stressors are able to activate the nerve cells of the . . . . . . . . so that more corticotropin-releasing factor is sent to the pituitary gland, thus increasing secretion of ACTH into the blood.
A. Thalamus
B. Hypothalamus
C. Neuron
D. Brain
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Sometimes continual emotional tension can create
A. Physical disorder
B. Hereditary disorder
C. Psychophysiological disorder
D. None of the above
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In which stage does the body exhibit an emergency reaction
A. The alarm stage
B. Stage of resistance
C. Stage of exhaustion
D. Stage of restoration
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. . . . . . . . and other similar hormones have many actions which allow the body to deal adaptively with stressors for long time
A. Corticoid
B. Cortisol
C. Cortex
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following statements about defence mechanism is not correct?
A. Defence mechanisms provide a protective armour while we are earning more mature and realistic ways of solving our problems
B. Defence mechanisms give us time to solve problems that might otherwise overwhelm us
C. The person who depends upon defence mechanisms for protection may never be forced to learn more mature ways of behaving
D. Actions based on defence mechanisms always reach their goals and the resulting behaviour is tension-reducing
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. . . . . . . . theory maintains that emotions provide the energy for motives
A. Tomkins'
B. Freud's
C. Thorndike's
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is a maladaptive consequence of frustration?
A. Aggression
B. Anxiety
C. Regression
D. All of the above
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Which one of the following given options is correct?
A. Lazarus has distinguished between two types of appraisals : primary and secondary
B. Primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is relevant
C. When we view an event as threatening or stressful, we are likely to make a secondary appraisal
D. All of the above
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Sometimes a fear-producing stimulus is presented by itself over and over again and such stimulus, either in imagination or in reality is called
A. Aversion therapy
B. Replacement
C. Flooding
D. None of the above
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Consider the following statements about conflicts
1. Most conflicts involve goals that are simultaneously desirable and undesirable-both positive and negative
2. The attitude towards a goal at once wanted and not wanted is called an ambivalent attitude
3. Ambivalent attitudes are very common
4. Conflicts between motives and internal standards can often be more difficult to resolve than conflicts between external goals
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1 and 3
D. 2, 3 and 4
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The conflict can be affected by
A. Religious scruples
B. Loss of self-control
C. Search for companionship
D. All of the above
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Rational-emotive therapy is given by
A. Albert Ellis
B. Sigmund Freud
C. William James
D. None of the above
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Self-instructional training to help people to replace their maladaptive cognitions is introduced by
A. Albert Ellis
B. Donald Meichenbaum
C. Aaron Beck
D. None of the above
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The alarm reaction, the stage of resistance and the stage of . . . . . . . . are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome.
A. Productivity
B. Overloading
C. Exhaustion
D. None of the above
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