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CDPO / KERALA PSC / PSYCHOLOGY / ADJUSTMENT, STRESS AND COPING BEHAVIOUR

 

CDPO / KERALA PSC / PSYCHOLOGY / ADJUSTMENT, STRESS AND COPING BEHAVIOUR

 

 

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

Cortisol

 

2.     ………promotes the formation of glucose (blood sugar), a fuel needed for nerve and muscle activity.

Cortisol

 

3.     Cortisol hormone promotes the formation of glucose by breaking down fats and

Proteins

 

4.     …….cells are crucial for fighting infection, have a short life-time and must be continuously replaced

White blood

 

5.     The inhibitory action of cortisol on the formation of the infection-fighting proteins is called

Antibodies

 

6.     In the stage of exhaustion, the body’s capacity to respond to both continuous and new stressors have been seriously

Compromised

 

7.     The term ……disorder is used when perceived stressors, viz, mental events increase the susceptibility of the body to disease

Psychosomatic

 

8.     Treatment of psychosomatic disorders involves medical help for the physical problems, and at the same time ……factors producing the stress.

Attention to the psychological

 

9.     Sometimes relaxation instructions aim for deep-muscle relaxation and include suggestions of drowsiness or deep sleep which is known as

Hypnosis

 

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

Biofeedback

 

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11.  Biofeedback shows that involuntary physiological responses could actually be brought under voluntary control through

Instrumental conditioning

 

12.  …………conditioning is sometimes also known as operant conditioning

Instrumental

 

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

Systematic desensitization

 

14.  The conditioning involves systematic pairing of the ………stimuli with a relaxed bodily state.

Feared

 

15.  …….is the notion that two incompatible responses cannot occur at the same time and that the stronger of the two will replace the weaker.

Reciprocal inhibition

 

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

Flooding

 

17.  The objective of ……..is not to undo fear or revulsion but to induce such feelings, specifically in relation to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviour.

Aversion therapy

 

18.  In ……….., the aim is to condition unpleasant feelings in response to a stimulus.

Aversion therapy

 

19.  Rational-emotive therapy is given by

Albert Ellis

 

20.  Cognitive therapy for the treatment of depression is given by

Aaron Beck

 

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21.  In ………approach, the therapist uses ‘pointed, but friendly, questioning’ to root out depressed people’s faulty ‘depressogenic cognitions’.

Beck’s

 

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

Donald Meichenbaum

 

23.  The field of …….psychology involves outreach and prevention in ‘real-life’ settings

Community

 

24.  What do you mean by ARAS?

Ascending Reticular Activating System

 

25.  The patterns of bodily activity in a number of emotions are controlled by the

Limbic system and hypothalamus of the brain

 

26.  One indicator of arousal is the …….., the record of ‘brain waves’

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

 

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

Tomkins’

 

28.  Who introduced a technique called Transcendental Meditation (TM) programme?

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

 

29.  The relaxation-response technique to reduce stress is introduced by

Herbert Benson

 

30.  Sometimes continual emotional tension can create

Psychophysiological disorder

 

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31.  Personality disorders are long standing patterns of ……..behaviour such as drug dependence, alcoholism and psychopathic personality

Socially maladaptive

 

32.  Stressors are calibrated according to which of the unit?

Life-change units

 

33.  According to the social Readjustment Rating scale major severity of life crises score

Over 300 units

 

34.  Ways of handling stress so as to respond adaptively is termed as the

Wellness cycle

 

35.  Which set of disorders occur when perceived stressors increase the susceptibility of the body to disease?

Psychosomatic

 

36.  Which hormones are a major feature of the stage of resistance?

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

 

37.  In which stage does the body exhibit an emergency reaction?

The alarm stage

 

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