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Chapter 1. Scientific American: Psychology

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1.1 Quiz

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It has been a very good year for Eric. He reports that his stress is significantly lower now than it was about a year ago. Eric’s decrease in stress over the last year makes him similar to _____ out of every 5 people in the United States who report similar stress decreases in the previous year.

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Dr. Garcia is conducting a training seminar for social workers at a local convalescent care center. The topic of her discussion is stress and stress-reduction techniques. “People of all ages try to work on reducing their stress,” she tells her audience, “but research shows that those ________ are the most likely to do a good job managing their stress.”

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According to researchers, about ____ out of 10 people experience responses to stress, including anger, fatigue, and feeling overwhelmed.

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Mr. Siegel is talking with his adult son, asking him how things are going lately. His son shares that he is really struggling lately, as the stressors in his life feel like they are just adding up. “I don’t know why, Dad, but the harder I work to relax, the more stress I seem to feel!” If Mr. Siegel’s son is like most people, his top source of stress will be issues related to:

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The College Undergraduate Stress Scale (CUSS) rates life events according to their severity. The goal of the scale is to measure the impact of _______, which are the stimuli that cause psychological, physiological, and emotional reactions. In other words, severe events are predicted to be associated with the development of illness.

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It is not difficult to imagine that there is a significant relationship between stress levels and health behaviors. In one study, only about _____ percent of adults with high stress reported that they eat healthy foods and get enough sleep.

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