Deck 7: Stress-Prone and Stress-Resistant Personality Traits

Question 1

This Type A characteristic is thought to be most closely related to coronary heart disease.

A) Polyphasia
B) Competitive anxiety
C) Hostile aggressive behavior
D) Ultra time-consciousness
E) Polyphasia and competitive anxiety

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In terms of Type A behavior, polyphasia is best described as:

A) performing several tasks at one time.
B) speaking too fast and finishing people's sentences.
C) constantly looking at your watch.
D) perceiving too many people as threats.
E) speaking too fast and finishing people's sentences and constantly looking at your watch.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The landmark Western Collaborative Groups Study found which of the following?

A) Type A personality is really an aggression-based personality.
B) Type A men are at a greater risk for heart disease than women.
C) Type A is a greater risk factor than all other risk factors combined.
D) Type A behavior is modifiable.
E) All of these are correct.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Polyphasia is another name for:

A) anger.
B) multitasking.
C) rapid speech.
D) time urgency.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following are thought to be the greatest social influence on Type A behavior?

A) Parental influence, television programming, and material wealth
B) Material wealth, secularization, and immediate gratification
C) Government regulation, overpopulation, and television programming
D) Television programming, segregation, and competitiveness

Question 6

Type D personality is most closely associated with:

A) codependency.
B) Type A.
C) risk takers.
D) helpless-hopeless.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 7

Codependent behavior deals mostly with this basic fear.

A) Fear of dying
B) Fear of success
C) Fear of rejection
D) Fear of the unknown
E) All of these are correct.

Question 8

According to estimates by those who have studied the codependent personality, what is the percentage of the American population classified as codependent due to direct or indirect exposure to alcoholism?

A) 33%
B) 42%
C) 59%
D) 82%
E) 96%

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the codependent personality according to Anne Wilson Schaef?

A) The heart disease-prone personality
B) The emotionally repressed personality
C) The alcoholic personality
D) The addictive personality
E) None of these is correct.

Question 10

The helpless-hopeless personality is most closely associated with which of the following factors?

A) Internal locus of control
B) External referencing
C) Internal referencing
D) External locus of control
E) All of these are correct.

Question 11

These three characteristics are thought to be associated with what is now known as the hardy personality.

A) Control, challenge, and creativity
B) Challenge, control, and commitment
C) Commitment, challenge, and creativity
D) Creativity, control, and commitment

Question 12

Aron Ralston, the renowned rock climber, would be an example of this personality type.

A) Resilient personality
B) Hardy personality
C) Cancer personality
D) Survivor personality

Question 13

Actor Michael J. Fox might be considered an example of this personality type.

A) Resilient personality
B) Hardy personality
C) Cancer personality
D) Survivor personality

Question 14

This personality type is now considered part of the foundation for positive psychology.

A) Hardy personality
B) Survivor personality

C) Sensation-seeker personality

D) Assertive personality

Question 15

Resiliency, as taught in courses at the Mayo Clinic to the U.S. military, includes developing or strengthening which of the following aspects?

A) Positivity
B) Humor
C) Compassion
D) Gratitude
E) All of these are correct.

Question 16

All but which one of the following are traits in the makeup of being resilient?

A) Positivity
B) A good sense of humor
C) Genetic make-up
D) Purpose in life

Question 17

Nien Cheng, a political prisoner in Shanghai, China, would be a prime example of which personality type?

A) Hardy personality
B) Survivor personality
C) Helpless-hopeless personality
D) Resilient personality

Question 18

This is thought to be the distinguishing characteristic of the survivor personality.

A) Resiliency traits
B) Faith
C) Biphasic traits
D) Hope
E) All of these are correct.

Question 19

This trait, more than any other, distinguishes the sensation-seeker personality.

A) Optimism
B) Confidence
C) A sense of immortality
D) Calculated risk taking
E) A wealthy background

Question 20

Self-esteem is thought to be comprised of which of the following components?

A) Connectedness, uniqueness, power, and role models
B) Self-respect, self-acceptance, self-worth, and self-value
C) What you think of yourself and what you think others think of you
D) Self-worth, self-love, self-acceptance, and self-value
E) All of these are correct.

Question 21

According to self-esteem expert Nathaniel Brandon, high self-esteem has been described as:

A) possible to achieve and maintain.
B) impossible to maintain.
C) the immune system of our consciousness.
D) impossible to achieve.
E) easier to achieve due to the empowerment of the Internet.

Question 22

Polyphasia is a stress-related, debilitating disease.

Question 23

According to research, Type A people are as likely to be found in a rural setting or an urban one.

Question 24

The idea that personality traits associated with anxiety and depression (Type D personality) affect the course of heart disease is now supported by data.

Question 25

Research shows that codependent traits manifest in adulthood when married to or working with/for an alcoholic.

Question 26

According to Anne Wilson Schaef, codependency has a direct relationship to the absence of spiritual health.

Question 27

A helpless-hopeless personality is a function of an extreme internal locus of control.

Question 28

Of these attributes-challenge, control, and commitment-Suzanne Kobasa felt that challenge was the most important to determine a hardy personality.

Question 29

Resiliency seems to be the key factor for the hardy personality.

Question 30

Resiliency is the alchemy of control, commitment, and challenge.

Question 31

Self-image and self-esteem are basically the same thing.

Question 32

The concept of self-esteem seems to play an important role in the gravitation of personality traits that either promote or resist the threats of perceived stress. Explain what self-esteem is, describe its components, and list ten ways to enhance self-esteem.

Question 33

Please define the following terms or concepts in no more than two sentences, and give an example to support your definition.

A) Biphasic personality traits
B) Codependency
C) Compensation
D) Enablers
E) Focusing
F) Hardy personality
G) Helpless-hopeless personality
H) Illusion of control
I) Locus of control (internal and external)
J) Multitasking
K) Polyphasia
L) Process addiction
M) Reactionaries
N) Reconstruction
O) Self-esteem
P) Sensation seeker
Q) Substance addiction
R) Survivor personality
S) Time urgency
T) Type A personality
U) Type D personality
V) Resiliency
W) High-tech personality

Question 34

Describe the common factors of the cited stress-prone personalities. Compare these with the commonalties of the stress-resistant personalities.

Question 35

The concept of self-esteem seems to play an important role in the gravitation of personality traits that either promote or resist the threats of perceived stress. Explain what self-esteem is, describe its components, and list 10 ways to enhance self-esteem.

Question 36

Please explain the concept of resiliency. What are the factors that make up resiliency? Can one learn to become more resilient? Please explain.

Question 37

Think back to Chapter 2 and the discussion about narcissism. What stress-prone personality does this display of behavior fit into (or is it its own type of stress-prone personality)? Why?

Question 38

Polyphasia is another name for:

A) anger.
B) multitasking.
C) rapid speech.
D) time urgency.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 39

According to Anne Wilson Schaef, which of the following personalities is most likely to be codependent?

A) The heart disease-prone personality
B) The emotionally repressed personality
C) The alcoholic personality
D) The addictive personality

Question 40

The helpless-hopeless personality is most closely associated with what factor?

A) Internal locus of control
B) External referencing
C) Internal referencing
D) External locus of control
E) All of these are correct.

Question 41

Aron Ralston, the renowned rock climber, would be an example of which personality type?

A) Resilient personality
B) Hardy personality
C) Cancer personality
D) Survivor personality

Question 42

Nien Cheng might be considered an example of which personality type?

A) Resilient personality
B) Hardy personality
C) Cancer personality
D) Survivor personality

Question 43

What is thought to be the distinguishing characteristic of the survivor personality?

A) Resiliency traits
B) Faith
C) Biphasic traits
D) Hope
E) All of these are correct.

Question 44

All of the following are traits in the makeup of being resilient, except:

A) positivity.
B) a good sense of humor.
C) genetic makeup.
D) purpose in life.

Question 45

Self-image and self-esteem are basically the same thing.

Question 46

Personality is composed primarily of a person's moods.

Question 47

During conversations, people often finish sentences for Type A personalities.