Chapter 8 Test Review
Personal Health
Test Tomorrow
BRING COMPLETED REVIEW
FOR 10 BONUS POINTS
Question 1
Name the biological stressors.
ANSWER
• Illnesses
• Disabilities
• Injuries
Question 2
A tornado tearing the roof off your
house would be an example of
what kind of stressor?
ANSWER
Environmental
Question 3
Your body’s response to stress
engages what two body
systems?
ANSWER
• Nervous System
• Endocrine System
Question 4
What is the first step in dealing
effectively with stress?
ANSWER
identify the cause
Question 5
How many hours of sleep should
you get each night to help you face
the challenges and demands of
your day?
ANSWER
8–9 hours
Question 6
Describe occasional anxiety
ANSWER
It has no symptoms
and it is natural.
Question 7
What is major depression
caused by?
ANSWER
•
Develop from reactive depression
•
prolonged
•
chemical imbalance in the brain
Question 8
During the alarm stage of the
body’s stress response, what
"emergency hormone" is
released to prepare the body to
respond to a stressor?
ANSWER
Adrenaline
Question 9
Someone who declines to become
involved in a potentially stressful
situation, such as a party where
alcohol will be present, is managing
stress through
ANSWER
Refusal Skills
Question 10
Having to leave your home
because of hurricane damage is
an example of
ANSWER
An Environmental Stressor
A. Psychosomatic Response
B. Resiliency
C. Protective Factors
D. Stress
E. Perception
F. Stressor
G. Stress-Management Skills
H. Relaxation Response
11. A state of calm that can be reached by
practicing relaxation techniques H. Relaxation Response
12. The reaction of the body and mind to
everyday challenges and demands D. Stress
13. A physical reaction that results from
stress
A. Psychosomatic
rather than from an injury or illness Response
14. Anything that causes stress F. Stressor
15. Techniques that help an individual handle
Stress-Management
stress in a healthful, effective way G.
Skills
A. Depression
B. Resiliency
C. Protective Factors
D. Stress
E. Perception
F. Stressor
G. Stress-Management Skills
H. Chronic Stress
16. Stress associated with long-term problems that
are beyond a person’s control H. Chronic Stress
17. The ability to adapt to and recover from
disappointment, difficulty, or crisis B. Resiliency
18. A prolonged feeling of helplessness,
hopelessness, and sadness A. Depression
19. Conditions that shield individuals from the
negative consequences of risk-taking C. Protective Factors
20. The act of becoming aware through the senses
E. Perception
TRUE / FALSE
21. A psychosomatic response refers to an
imagined disorder.
False
22. A person’s resilience level is hereditary and
cannot be changed. False
23. Two people who share a traumatic experience
will perceive the event in the same way and
suffer the same amount of stress. False
24. Poor eating habits can be a source of stress.
True
25. The kind of fatigue that results from constant
worry or boredom is physical fatigue. False
TRUE / FALSE
26. Laughing is a good way to relax when under
stress.
True
27. Teens with positive values take responsibility
for themselves. True
28. External factors such as family support can be
supplied by other caring adults.
True
29. Mood swings are a common response to
stress. True
30. A person’s resiliency keeps him or her from
being permanently damaged by failure or True
adversity.
Essay Questions
• What advice would you give a friend who
was having trouble coping with the stress
of his or her parents’ divorce?
• Analyzing. When a person is suddenly
faced with a threat, what happens in the
body to get the person through the
emergency?
• Summarizing. What steps can you take to
increase your level of resilience?