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QUESTION 1
In Positive Psychology, flourishing refers to…
optimal functioning
a bumper crop for farmers
good coping skills
being popular
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one of the eight recommended strategies for successful time management?
Spread your focus around so you get more done.
Get organized.
Break projects into doable chunks.
Group related tasks and do them together.
Be wary of the tendency to confuse effectiveness with
proactivity
efficiency
According to time management expert Dru Scott, your high priority concerns should include
essential activities to stay healthy
what will make you the most money
time off
trivial demands
Which of the following does
lead to wasting time?
perfectionism
working counter to your body rhythms
indecision
According to Steven Covey, the key to effective personal time management is to
maximize time spent on Q II activities
minimize time spent on Q II activities
maximize time spent on Q I activities
maximize Q III and minimize Q IV activities
Research indicates that over the long term, people who are able to defer gratification are
typically sore losers
more successful in their lives
genetically inferior
likely to go into banking for a career
The ten year rule refers to the fact that
To achieve true mastery in a discipline you have to put in your 10,000 hours, which ends up taking about ten years.
It takes your brain that long to assimilate all that it needs to learn in order to achieve true mastery.
Most geniuses begin to demonstrate their talent at about age ten.
a. & b.
To enhance your ability to study for exams or in general
use the SQ3R method
use shorter study sessions interspersed with breaks
paraphrase your notes from lecture or your readings
When proactive interference occurs
old learning interferes with new learning
new learning interferes with old learning
amnesia patients slowly regain their memory
being overly proactive in your life overwhelms your memory circuits
Stress mastery, as defined in your textbook, is about
always remaining calm and collected
knowing when to get angry and when to stay calm
becoming increasingly aware of your situations and your reaction to these situations
doing a number of exercises so as to help you lower your physiological arousal
Stress appears to aggravate pain or cause acute pain to develop into chronic pain because
stress hormones block endorphin production
pain is part of the fight/flight response
pain is part of the General Adaptation Syndrome sequence
pain is an early warning system to alert you that your body is under stress
Your mind and body
function separately
are profoundly interconnected
are profoundly disconnected
work in opposition
Taylor’s research on gender difference in stress responses suggests that the “tend and befriend” stress response in women is likely due to
differences in brain structure between the sexes
the absence of dominance issues relating to penis size in women
female hormones like oxytocin
differences in how men and women are socialized
Stress related maladies such as migraine headaches and ulcers are referred to as
malingering disorders
conversion disorders
autoimmune disorders
psychophysiological disorders
Within psychology, the new field of Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) has developed in order to study
the mind-body connection
how new vaccines affect the brain
the effect of neurology on behavior
auto-immune disorders
The last stage of the GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome) is
the fight/flight reaction
the stage of exhaustion
stress sensitization
the stage of resistance
The practice of laughter yoga in India involves
stretching while laughing
concentrating on breathing while laughing
concentrating on the feeling in the muscles while laughing
people gathering in groups and for 15 to 20 minutes pretending to laugh until they genuinely do so
Which of the following is not a component of wellness?
satisfaction with your career
a good social support network
being independently wealthy
being physically fit
The practice of active relaxation is important because
it allows you to more easily experience the fight/flight response
it interferes with homeostasis
it helps you become less aware of the tension in your body
it counteracts the fight/flight reaction and restores homeostasis
Stress hardiness is not associated with which of the following
psychological health
high arousal only during exposure to a stressor
low arousal when exposed to stressors
Research evidence indicates that having a good social support network
helps to reduce the risk for heart disease
effects cancer rates but not rates of cardiovascular disease
has a positive impact on psychological health but no measurable effect on physical health
is helpful even if you dismiss the available support
Be wary of the tendency to confuse __________ with relaxation.
playing a video game
inactivity
flatulence
singing
Which of the following is false about the value of social support for physical and emotional health?
Married men have a shorter life expectancy than single men.
Cancer patients who join support groups tend to live longer.
Loneliness puts you at greater risk for heart disease.
People who have a strong social support network are typically happier.
The value of self-awareness is that
it lets us realize when we are acting silly
it helps us realize that we have a choice regarding how we react to stressors
we can float out of our body and view ourselves from the outside
it leads to reactivity