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As a new immigrant to the United States, Yangtse was faced with two fundamental questions: "Should I seek positive relations with the dominant society?" and "Is my original cultural identity of value to me, and should I try to maintain it?" Yangtse answered yes to both. Yangtse chose:

A) marginalization.
B) separation.
C) assimilation.
D) integration.

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Research shows that fewer than 30 percent of those who experience major disasters-such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes-develop posttraumatic stress disorder.

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In their survey research, investigators interested in the relationship between racism and chronic stress found that three-quarters of African American adolescents reported being treated as incompetent, dangerous, or both, because of their race. Such subtle instances of racism are called:

When Konya emigrated to the United States, he found it very difficult to adapt to the new culture. Konya probably experienced:

Which of the following is the BEST definition of stress?

People in lower socioeconomic groups, who have low incomes, low education levels, low-status occupations, and so on, experience fewer health problems than people in higher-status groups.

Psychologists Judith Rodin and Ellen Langer discovered that nursing home residents who were given control over their daily activities had fewer stress-related illnesses than other nursing home residents whose decisions about their daily activities were made for them by the nursing home staff.

Describe the four different patterns of acculturation, and explain how each pattern does or does not contribute to acculturative stress.

A growing body of literature has linked shorter telomeres with aging, age-related diseases, and mortality.

Compared to individualistic cultures, people in collectivistic cultures tend to cope with stressful events by emphasizing control over their emotional reactions and acceptance of the situation.

The hormone oxytocin is higher in females than in males, and is associated with maternal and nurturing behaviors in all female mammals, including humans.

How do stimulant drugs such as caffeine or nicotine affect people's ability to handle stress?

The stress contagion effect refers to:

Intense arousal is to the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome as adjustment to a continuing stressful situation is to the _____ stage.

Both very high and very low levels of cumulative adversity are associated with poor health outcomes.

Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed the Daily Hassles Scale in an attempt to measure the amount of stress people experience.

When Bernadette first left home to attend college, she felt lonely, isolated, and apprehensive about succeeding in her new academic environment. Bernadette frequently called her best friend, Cindy, who was attending college in their hometown. Cindy was very supportive, empathetic, and reassuring. Cindy provided Bernadette with a type of social support called:

An optimistic explanatory style involves accounting for negative events or situations with external, unstable, and specific explanations.

Resilience is:

As he began his internship in a hospital emergency room, George felt very anxious. Throughout the internship he experienced intense and prolonged stress, did not eat well, and did not get enough sleep. When he successfully completed his internship, he felt completely worn out and got very sick with the flu. George was probably experiencing the: