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According to Hans Selye, The following statement is accurate ?

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Many stressful events do not threaten people , but provide them with a insurmountable programs.

2
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Selye has formulated what he calls the General Adaption Syndrome to describe how the biological level of stress can incapacitate an individual. what are they they ?

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Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

3
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Most people adjust their behavior to daily stress according to their adaptive range. At the high end of the range , when a person encounters an extremely demanding situation, his or her first reaction is usually ?

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Anxiety

4
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A type A personality type exhibits all of the following characteristics ?

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Continuous pressure to accomplish
Intense and ambitious
continuous impatience

5
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The following was ranked in the top police stressors by Violanti ?

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Fellow officer killed
Battered child
Physical attack

6
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Alcohol related problems among police officers manifest themselves in a number of ways some examples are?

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Higher than then normal absenteeism
Complaints of insubordination by superiors
Complaints by citizens of misconduct.

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Which of the following is a benefit indicated by the Denver police department with its alcohol rehabilitation program?

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Retention of the majority of officers who had suffered from alcoholism.
Solution of a set of complex and difficult personnel problems.
Realistic and practical extension of the police agency program into the entire city.

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According to Violanti and Aron, the most potent stressors indicated by police officers was ?

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The killing of someone in the line of duty

9
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A national study of drug abuse by police officers revealed that what percentage of officers had a serious drug problem ?

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10 percent

10
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Adverse effect of anabolic steroid use by women include ?

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Brest enlargement
Baldness
Higher-pitched voice