Unit 2 Thoughts & Feelings

What should you do if someone threatens/talks about suicide?

• Tell the person it is not a secret to keep.

• Get medical help

• Both

• Nothing

Which factor is an example of the mind-body connection?

• physiology

• stress

• intellect

• involuntary movement

What are some strategies or dealing with stress?

• Avoid too many commitments.

• Befriend happy people.

• Associate with optimistic people.

• All of the above

Which function does the sympathetic nervous system affect?

• The fight-or-flight response

• the release of endorphins

• the mind-body connection

• the secretion of dopamine

Which phrase most closely characterizes a person’s sense of self?

• a person’s beliefs about his or her actions

• a person’s thoughts and feelings about himself or herself

• a person’s perception of his or her relationship to others

• a person’s personal world view

What is the general adaption syndrome?

• a syndrome caused by an accumulation of negative stressors

• the body’s ability to respond appropriately to both negative and positive stressors

• a model used to explain reactions to stressful situations

• the ability of a person’s emotions and physical state to adapt to a given environment

Which term best describes a model used to explain reactions to stressors?

• compensatory reaction syndrome

• mind-body connection

• general adaptation syndrome

• environmental physical state

What does the body do during the alarm phase of the GAS model?

• It prepares to fight danger or run from it.

• It identifies the primary source of danger.

• It stabilizes all physiological responses.

• It repairs itself from fatigue and stress.

What controls the fight-or-flight response?

• cerebral cortex

• sympathetic nervous system

• endocrine glands

• activated brain synapses

What is an example of paralanguage?

• pitch

• tone

• volume

• all of the above