What effect did participating in firefights have on Marines and soldiers? As the number of firefights increases,
the likelihood of PTSD increases after the first firefight.
What is the relationship between stressors and immune system functioning?
Mild stressors increase and severe stressors decrease immune system functioning.
Which statement is true?
A. Predictable demands produce more stress than unpredictable demands do.
B. Uncontrollable demands produce more stress than controllable demands do.
C. Small demands produce more stress than large demands do.
D. A person is likely to experience stress if she has few, compared to many, coping resources.
B. Uncontrollable demands produce more stress than controllable demands do.
What are moderator variables and what do these variables do? Moderator variables…
consist of social support and personality traits that affect the stressor-stress relationship.
What is the relationship between the accumulated number of life change units (potential stressors) and people’s level of stress? This relationship is…
a weak positive relationship, i.e., as life change units increase, stress increases moderately or sporadically.
What would be the most representative finding from the field of psychoneuroimmunology?
Stressors can degrade the immune system and thus increase the likelihood of a cold or flu.
Which sequence of events is correct in order for stress to result?
demand, strain, inadequate coping resources, stress.
The buffering hypothesis means that…
social support can protect a person from the impact of stressful life events.
Problem-focused coping is to emotion-focused coping as…
handling a stressor is to handling stress.
What statement is most accurate about the relationship between racism and stress?
Racist events increase stress-related psychiatric symptoms among minority group members.
