Stress and Disease Quiz

1. Stress and DiseaseQuiz

2. 1. Suppression of the immune system • a. is a desirable action following most major surgery. • b. will stop infection. • c. leaves the body vulnerable to infection. • d. never occurs naturally, but can be induced with drugs.

3. 2. What relationship is the basis of psychoneuroimmunology? • a. Endocrine function affects behavior, and behavior can either raise or lower immune system function. • b. Behavior affects the immune system, and immune system function affects health. • c. Health and disease affect immune system function, and behavior affects the nervous system as well as the endocrine system. • d. The action of the immune system is independent of behavior, and the endocrine and nervous systems are less dependent than has been previously assumed.

4. 3. With regard to stress and disease, • a. executives are more likely than middle-level managers to develop stress-related diseases. • b. stress can affect the development of disease directly through the immune system or indirectly through unhealthy behaviors. • c. stress is more likely to result in psychological disorders than in physical diseases. • d. both a and c are correct.

5. 4. A large international study of risk factors for heart attack showed that • a. stress was a risk for women but not for men. • b. several types of stress were related to increased risk for heart attack. • c. workplace stress was the only type of stress that predicted heart attack. • d. several demographic factors were related to heart attack but no psychosocial factors.

6. 5. Evidence regarding the effects of stress on depression indicates that • a. stress seems to be a necessary condition for depression. • b. stress is a sufficient condition for depression. • c. stress is involved in more than half of all depressive episodes. • d. vulnerability and coping ability mediate the effects of stress on depression.

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9. 1. Suppression of the immune system • a. is a desirable action following most major surgery. • b. will stop infection. • c. leaves the body vulnerable to infection. • d. never occurs naturally, but can be induced with drugs.

10. 2. What relationship is the basis of psychoneuroimmunology? • a. Endocrine function affects behavior, and behavior can either raise or lower immune system function. • b. Behavior affects the immune system, and immune system function affects health. • c. Health and disease affect immune system function, and behavior affects the nervous system as well as the endocrine system. • d. The action of the immune system is independent of behavior, and the endocrine and nervous systems are less dependent than has been previously assumed.

11. 3. With regard to stress and disease, • a. executives are more likely than middle-level managers to develop stress-related diseases. • b. stress can affect the development of disease directly through the immune system or indirectly through unhealthy behaviors. • c. stress is more likely to result in psychological disorders than in physical diseases. • d. both a and c are correct.

12. 4. A large international study of risk factors for heart attack showed that • a. stress was a risk for women but not for men. • b. several types of stress were related to increased risk for heart attack. • c. workplace stress was the only type of stress that predicted heart attack. • d. several demographic factors were related to heart attack but no psychosocial factors.

13. 5. Evidence regarding the effects of stress on depression indicates that • a. stress seems to be a necessary condition for depression. • b. stress is a sufficient condition for depression. • c. stress is involved in more than half of all depressive episodes. • d. vulnerability and coping ability mediate the effects of stress on depression.