During a Week of Final Exams, One of Your Friends

question 265

Multiple Choice

During a week of final exams, one of your friends comes up to you and says, "I'm so worked up this week. I've been so worried, tense, and strung out that I've really lost it!" Statements like these are most consistent with the definition of stress as a(n)

• A)stimulus
• B)transaction
• C)response
• D)interaction

---

Definitions:

Palliative Care

Specialized medical care that aims to relieve pain and distressing symptoms in patients with serious illnesses, focused on improving quality of life.

Knee-Replacement Surgery

A medical procedure in which diseased or damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artificial parts.

Narcotic Pain Medications

A class of drugs used to relieve acute or chronic pain, which work by altering the perception of pain in the brain.

Disenfranchised Grief

A type of grief that is not acknowledged or validated by society, often because the loss does not meet the societal norms of a significant grieving situation.