Chapter 7- psych 5- abnormal psychology

Kremer J textbook chapter 7

True or false, chronic stress weakens the immune system

True

Trauma may result in which of the following?

-Numbness

-Fragmentation

-Crisis of identity

True or false, type two diabetes is not related to chronic stress

False

True or false the amygdala is one of the most interconnected structures in the brain

True

True or false during chronic stress emotional and cognitive assessments may trigger self reinforcing feedback loops that lead to the continuation of stress

True

Situation of stress may lead to

-forgetfulness

-Fatigue

-Restfulness

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Which of the following commonly did not trigger a stress response?

-orgasm

-falling in love

(I think these may be the answers, The ones I chose included more which is why I got it wrong)

True or false the slow Road has the capacity to provide a corrective for danger identified with a fast road

True

When a person with PTSD experience as a flashback, which part of the brain shows more activity?

Right hemisphere

Chronic stress may

Shrink the hippocampus

When a zebra encounters, a lion and escape say experiences

-Chronic stress?? (I chose Eustress and it was wrong)

Incoming information is first interpreted by….

Thalamus?? (I chose cerebellum and it was wrong)

The process of stress is

Complex

True or false, Biosphere and ethnosphere do not have any impact on the stress response

False

true or false, stress is processed along two different roads

True

In prolong stress, the general adaption syndrome goes through which sequence

Alarm-resistan-exhaustion

True or false stress challenges are equilibrium and integration

True

True or false the hippocampus is our alarm system for stress

False

True or false chronic stress may lead to depression

True

True or false the highroad take no chances and is concerned with survival

True

True or false chronic stress may lead to depression

True

Which of the following are important in the down regulation in stressful situations

-prefrontal cortex

-Hippocampus

-Amygdala

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The hippocampus _______ the meaning of incoming information

Evaluates

True or false stress challenges are equilibrium and integration

True

Research shows that the level of stress in the US has ____ over the decades

Increased

The process of stress is

Complex

True or false, Processing on the fast road, once triggered, cannot be modified

False

The slow road processing fear response has the capacity to

Down regulate

The HPA axis consists of

Hypothalamus -pituitary gland -adrenal glands

True or false, The biosphere and ethnosphere do not have any impact on stress responses

False

The thalamus

Distributes incoming sensory information

The amygdala activates, the

Sympathetic nervous system

True or false, The slow road has the capacity to provide a corrective for danger identified by the fast road

True

Stress becomes harmful when

The level of challenge is larger than what an individual can handle

Long term, stress leads to a high level of

-glucocorticoids (not dopamine)

True or false, Chronic stress weakens the immune system

True

The central criterion distinguishing between PTSD and acute stress disorder is.

Length

Which of the following essential to the diagnosis of PTSD and ASD?

Actual or threatened death