Peshawar College of Physical Education, Peshawar

PSYCH 1111

Unit 5

1)According to contemporary definitions of stress, the external environment can act as a stressor (e.g. workplace conditions). True or False?

2. According to your readings, stress can cause illness through either a direct pathway or an indirect pathway. A direct pathway involves stress-related changes in health behaviors such as sleep, diet, smoking or exercise, which in turn cause poor health. True or False?
3. According to Lazarus, which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which an event can be appraised during primary appraisal?

Select one:

1. 1. irrelevant
   2. benign and positive
   3. stressful
   4. harmful and a threat
   5. harmful and a challenge

4. According to your readings, research shows a link between high stress jobs and hypertension and coronary heart disease. True or False?
5. Research has suggested that blogging about chronic pain and illness may decrease a sense of

                                              and increase a                                                   . Select one:

1. 1. social support, sense of purpose
   2. isolation, sense of purpose
   3. isolation, sense of social support
   4. coping, sense of morale
   5. social support, sense of morale

6. According to your readings, hardiness, and the personality characteristics that constitute hardiness are the same for both men and women. True or False?

7. Which of the following might a layperson use to define stress? Select one: