Explain how chronic stress can produce disease
What will be an ideal response?
Stress hormones result in the suppression of the immune system, rendering us more susceptible to disease. Prolonged stress increases the production of natural killer cells, which deteriorate the immune system in those individuals coping with a difficult marriage, unemployment, or a spouse with Alzheimer's disease.
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Frieda receives an Apgar rating of 8 . This means that she
a. is having difficulty breathing. b. is doing just fine. c. will likely die without extraordinary intervention. d. has visual and auditory deficits.
Treatment from a humanistic perspective is
a. nondirective. b. directive. c. behavioral. d. biological.
_______ is the relatively stable tendency of an individual to believe one's life is under one's own control
a. Optimism c. Conscientiousness b. Hardiness d. Mastery
Jared has awakened spontaneously from a dream. He takes a few minutes to try to memorize the dream. Next, he engages in 10 to 15 minutes of reading that requires his full wakefulness. Then, while lying in bed and returning to sleep, he says to himself, "Next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember I'm dreaming.". Finally, he visualizes himself lying in bed asleep while in the dream he just
rehearsed. At the same time, he pictures himself realizing that he is dreaming. Jared is trying to learn how to use a. the paradoxical intention. b. secondary elaboration. c. lucid dreaming. d. the basic suggestion effect.