Introduction to Health Psychology Practice Test

Stressors and stress are identical; any demand automatically produces the same response in everyone regardless of interpretation.

Stress is always harmful, while stressors are always beneficial; therefore stress should be eliminated completely in all cases.

Stressors are external or internal demands; stress is the person’s physiological and psychological response shaped by appraisal and coping resources.

Stress is purely biological and stressors are purely social, so psychological factors cannot influence either.