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Adjustment_ Stress And Coping Behaviour — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Psychology MCQs on Adjustment_ Stress And Coping Behaviour — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for CSS, PMS, PPSC, FPSC.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Freud used the term . . . . . . . . to refer to unconscious processes that defend a person against anxiety.

Question 2 of 40
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. . . . . . . . cells are crucial for fighting infection, have a short life-time and must be continuously replaced.

Question 3 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which one of the following opttions present the correct ascending order sequence of stressful life events that impair an individual's health?

Question 4 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

CRF is mode by certain cells in the brain structure known as the:

Question 5 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Erotic impulses that cannot be expressed directly may be expressed indirectly in creative activities that included:

Question 6 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The Patterns of bodily activity in a number of emotions are controlled by the

Question 7 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

When circumstances block direct attack on the cause of frustration aggression may be

Question 8 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following is the most primitive defense against internal threat?

Question 9 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Studies have shown that, smokers:

Question 10 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

According to whom, an individual would not experience stress unless the individual perceives a situation as threatening?

Question 11 of 40
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The term . . . . . . . . disorders is used when perceived stressors-mental events increase the susceptibility of the body to disease.

Question 12 of 40
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. . . . . . . . is defined as a return to more primitive modes of behaviour, that is, to modes of behaviour characterizing a younger age.

Question 13 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Retrogressive behaviour is

Question 14 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . is often a factor in two of the leading causes of death, viz, heart disease and cancer

Question 15 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . is a procedure in which people learn to modify internal responses such as heart rate and body temperature.

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

General Adaptation syndrome (GAS) is a three-stage model of reactions to stress, proposed by:

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

If the stressor continues to be present, the stage of . . . . . . . . begins, where in the body resists the effects of the continuous stressor.

Question 18 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

According to . . . . . . . . the process of the birth brings the greatest frustration in human life.

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following statements best explains the third principle that in some situations the strength of avoidance increases more rapidly with proximity than does that of approach?

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

ACTH stimulates cells in the outer layers of the:

Question 21 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Stress has which of the following immediate effects?

Question 22 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Freud believed that . . . . . . . . was the result of an unconscious conflict between id impulses and the constraints imposed by the ego and superego.

Question 23 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which one of the following statements about the role of emotion in physical health is correct?

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The Person-Environment (P-E) Fit is

Question 25 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The physical, environmental, and social causes of the stress state are termed

Question 26 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Stressors are able to activate the nerve cells of the . . . . . . . . so that more corticotropin-releasing factor is sent to the pituitary gland, thus increasing secretion of ACTH into the blood.

Question 27 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Sometimes continual emotional tension can create

Question 28 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In which stage does the body exhibit an emergency reaction

Question 29 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . and other similar hormones have many actions which allow the body to deal adaptively with stressors for long time

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which one of the following statements about defence mechanism is not correct?

Question 31 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . theory maintains that emotions provide the energy for motives

Question 32 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following is a maladaptive consequence of frustration?

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which one of the following given options is correct?

Question 34 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Sometimes a fear-producing stimulus is presented by itself over and over again and such stimulus, either in imagination or in reality is called

Question 35 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Consider the following statements about conflicts 1. Most conflicts involve goals that are simultaneously desirable and undesirable-both positive and negative 2. The attitude towards a goal at once wanted and not wanted is called an ambivalent attitude 3. Ambivalent attitudes are very common 4. Conflicts between motives and internal standards can often be more difficult to resolve than conflicts between external goals Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Question 36 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The conflict can be affected by

Question 37 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Rational-emotive therapy is given by

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Self-instructional training to help people to replace their maladaptive cognitions is introduced by

Question 39 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The alarm reaction, the stage of resistance and the stage of . . . . . . . . are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome.

Question 40 of 40
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. . . . . . . . is a procedure in which relaxation and pleasant feelings are learned as conditioned responses to stimuli that once acted as fear producers.

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