1.The most chronic environmental stressors have been labeled under the category of:

1. cataclysmic events
2. daily hassles
3. major personal life events
4. ambient stressors

0. Which of the following statements are true concerning arousal?

a. Arousal may vary from drowsiness and sleep to frenzied excitement
b. As the level of arousal increases, there is a generalized increase in the strength of responding
c. An intermediate level of arousal produces optimal functioning
d. all of the above are true concerning arousal

0. With regard to perception of control, which situation would be seen as most stressful? 

1. walking outside on a cold day in order to save gas
2. missing a great party on Friday night to catch up on homework
3. not eating all day to save your appetite for the romantic dinner you will be having with your boy/girlfriend
4. being stood up without explanation by your date

0. The argument that stress should be defined in some change from the base rate in the numbers of intensity of a specified response is characteristic of: 

1. the response-based definition of stress
2. the stimulus-based definition of stress
3. all of the above
4. none of the above

0. The argument that a taxonomy of environmental events where classification is based on an event’s covariation with systematic,psychological, and/or social disturbance is characteristic of:

1. the response-based definition of stress
2. the stimulus-based definition of stress
3. all of the above
4. none of the above

 6. If individuals perceive they have great control over environmental stressors, the resulting stress is likely to

1. reduced
2. increased
3. not changed, perceived control has no effect
4. none of the above

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1. b
2. d
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. a

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