It is time for a game of Jeopardy! The category is “Social Factors That Contribute to Stress.” The revealed answer is “Lack of variety or meaningfulness of work.” What will you say right before the buzzer sounds?

Your neighbor, a social worker, asks you if you would volunteer to counsel delinquent youths at a detention center for a year. When you refuse, she asks you if you could supervise the youths during a trip to the zoo. Your neighbor is using the __________ technique.

Your neighbor, a social worker, asks you if you would volunteer to counsel delinquent youths at a detention center for a year. When you refuse, she asks you if you could supervise the youths during a trip to the zoo. Your neighbor is using the __________ technique.

Attitudes are __________.

Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to experience acculturative stress?

Research by Teresa Amabile shows that time pressure has __________ impact on one’s ability to be creative.

Which communicator would likely be the MOST persuasive?

People who respond to life events with a laid-back, relaxed, easygoing attitude and are slow to anger are said to have a __________ personality.

Researchers conducted a study to determine the effects of stress on the immune system by measuring immune system chemicals. To accomplish this goal, they compared college students who were undergoing a stressful series of exams to a group of similar students relaxing during a time of no classes and no exams. The results of this study indicate that the __________.

Charlie is a freshman in college who needs to declare her major. She is interested in history, psychology, medicine, and law. As she thinks about each of these potential majors, she considers both the positive and negative aspects of each, which cause her to go back and forth in her decision. Charlie is experiencing a(n) __________ conflict.