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SYO 4400

Chapter 5

Social Stress and Health

Multiple Choice Questions

1)Stress can be defined as:

1. 1. A heightened mind-body reaction to stimuli inducing fear or anxiety.
   2. A physiological change due to an environmental agent.
   3. A disruption in daily life caused by primarily negative events.
   4. All of the above.
   5. None of the above.

2. What is an example of a stressful situation?
   1. Death.
   2. Divorce.
   3. Marriage.
   4. A and B only.
   5. All of the above.

3. The work of                                          reflects the symbolic interactionist approach to human behavior.
   1. Durkheim.
   2. Thomas.
   3. Marx.
   4. Brenner.
   5. None of the above.

4. Symbolic interactionism is based upon the work of                                                    (founder).
   1. Drentea.
   2. Bourdieu.
   3. Cooley.
   4. Mead.
   5. Durkheim.

5. The theory of the                                            maintains that our self-concepts are the result of social interaction in which we see ourselves reflected in other people.
   1. Looking mirror.
   2. Glass selfish sense.

1. 3. Looking-glass self.
   4. Mirror in mirror.
   5. None of the above.

6. Which is NOT a component of Coley’s theory?
   1. We see in our imagination the other person’s judgment of ourselves.
   2. We have a core sense of individuality, unique to each of us.
   3. We see ourselves in our imagination as we think we appear to the other person.
   4. As a result of what we see in our imagination about how we are viewed by the other person, we experience some sort of self-feelings.
   5. All of these are components.

7. Goffman believed that in order for social interaction to be possible, people need information about the others in a joint act. Such information is communicated through:
   1. A person’s appearance.
   2. A past experience with similar individuals.
   3. The social setting.
   4. The information communicated about her/himself through words and actions.
   5. All of the above.

8. The positive social value that individuals claim for themselves by the line that others assume they have taken during a particular encounter is termed a                                                                    .
   1. Veil.
   2. Form.
   3. Face.
   4. Shield.
   5. Self.

9. The                                      is more important than anything else to us, because it represents who we are and is always with us.
   1. Veil.
   2. Form.
   3. Face.
   4. Shield.
   5. Self.

10. The symbolic interactionist perspective, as outlined by Cooley, Thomas, and Goffman asserts that:
    1. Certain situations are inherently stressful.
    2. Stress is caused by societal pressure to conform.
    3. Stress can result from an individual's perception of the meaning of a situation.
    4. Stress is constant.
    5. All four answers are features.

11. As members of society, individuals are constrained in their behavior by laws and

customs. These constraints are                                         .

1. 1. Imagined.
   2. Realities.
   3. Social nuances.
   4. Social facts.
   5. Norms.

12. Durkheim suggests that society has an existence
    1. Outside.
    2. Inside.
    3. Beside.
    4. Within.
    5. None of the above.

13. Which suicide type was not fully developed by Durkheim?
    1. Egoistic.
    2. Fatalistic.
    3. Altruistic.
    4. Anomic.
    5. None of the above.

14.                                       suicide occurs when people become detached from society and, suddenly on their own, are overwhelmed by the resulting stress.
    1. Egoistic.
    2. Fatalistic.
    3. Altruistic.
    4. Anomic.
    5. None of the above.

15.                                                  suicide occurs when people suffer a sudden dislocation of normative systems where their norms and values are no longer relevant, so that controls of society no longer restrain them from taking their lives.
    1. Egoistic.
    2. Fatalistic.
    3. Altruistic.
    4. Anomic.
    5. None of the above.

16.                                       suicide occurs when people feel themselves so strongly integrated into a demanding society that their only escape seems to be suicide.
    1. Egoistic.
    2. Fatalistic.
    3. Altruistic.
    4. Anomic.
    5. None of the above.

17. The importance of Emile Durkheim's work for understanding stress lies in his:
    1. Typology of three specific types of suicide.
    2. Denial of biological influences on human behavior.
    3. Insight into the link between the state of the economy and certain types of illness.
    4. Notion of the capability of society to create situations where people are forced to respond to conditions not of their own choosing

1. 5. None of the above.

18. Brenner’s thesis is that there are few areas of our lives not intimately affected by the state of the          .
    1. Economy.
    2. Family.
    3. Political system.
    4. Environment.
    5. Self.

19. Brenner offers two hypotheses to explain the relationship between the economy and mental health. What are they?

1. 1. Provocation and complacency.
   2. Inflation and uncovering.
   3. Inflation and stagflation.
   4. Provocation and reduction.
   5. Provocation and uncovering.

20. What is homeostasis?
    1. Changing constantly.
    2. Physiological adaptation.
    3. Not moving or adapting.
    4. Physically growing.
    5. None of the above.

21. The                                        system controls heart rate, blood pressure, and gastrointestinal functions: processes that are not under the control of the central nervous system.
    1. Limbic.
    2. Respiratory.
    3. Endocrine.
    4. Autonomic.
    5. None of the above.

22. Who developed the theory known as the general adaptation syndrome?
    1. Brenner.
    2. Siegrist.
    3. Selye.
    4. Goffman.
    5. Pearlin.

23. Who suggests two major types of stressors: life events and chronic strains?
    1. Brenner.
    2. Siegrist.
    3. Selye.
    4. Goffman.
    5. Pearlin.

24. The extent of physiological damage or change within an individual depends on:

1. 1. The stimulus situation.
   2. An individual’s capacity to deal with the stimulus situation.
   3. The individual’s preparation by society to meet problems.
   4. The influence of society’s approved modes of behavior.
   5. All of the above.

25. What is defined by Turner as “the social investments of individuals in society in terms of their membership in formal and informal groups, networks, and institutions”?
    1. Social facts.
    2. Social networks.
    3. Social capital.
    4. Social circumstances.
    5. None of the above.

26. Putnam defines                                   as a community-level resource reflected in social relationships involving networks, but also norms, and levels of trust.
    1. Social facts.
    2. Social networks.
    3. Social capital.
    4. Social circumstances.
    5. None of the above.

27. Hurricane Katrina is an example of a(n):
    1. Natural disaster.
    2. Large-scale disaster.
    3. Cause for grief.

1. Extreme situation.
2. All of the above.

28. Antonovsky argues that                                          is a personal orientation that allows an individual to view the world with feelings of confidence, faith in the predictability of events, and a notion that things will most likely work out reasonably well.
    1. Confidence.
    2. Coherence.
    3. Delusion.
    4. Optimism.
    5. None of the above.