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Quiz: Preventing Burnout – Effective, Sustained and Adaptive Performance Under Stress: 20-910815
Quiz: Preventing Burnout – Effective, Sustained and Adaptive Performance Under Stress: 20-910815
20-910815
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Activation is the component of stress that refers to
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Our assessment of demands vs resources and prefrontal cortex activity
Our appraisal of desire or aversion about an outcome and limbic system activity
Physiologic responses that prepare us to meet demands, often associated with sympathetic nervous system activity
Physiologic responses that help us recover from meeting demands, often associated with parasympathetic nervous system activity
A subjective sense of having energy to meet demands and associated with a variety of physiologic processes
Modulation is the component of stress that refers to
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Our assessment of demands vs resources and prefrontal cortex activity
Our appraisal of desire or aversion about an outcome and limbic system activity
Physiologic responses that prepare us to meet demands, often associated with sympathetic nervous system activity
Physiologic responses that help us recover from meeting demands, often associated with parasympathetic nervous system activity
A subjective sense of having energy to meet demands and associated with a variety of physiologic processes
As reserves decrease the following components of stress tend to increase
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Difficulty
Unease
Activation
Modulation
a, b, and c
Activities that restore reserves have the following characteristics
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Attention is absorbed in the activity
The activity is physiologically soothing and not merely distracting
An absence of evaluation or “keeping score”
Are meditative
a, b, and c
The most rapid recharge technique is most likely to be
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Mindfulness meditation
Listening to music
Gentle, comfortable breathing at about 6 breaths/minute
Visualization
Going for a walk
High levels of activation will NOT have a negative effect on
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Strength, speed and reflexes
Fine-motor skills
Cognitive skills
Social skills
All of the above
Which of the following skills is most sensitive to increasing activation?
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Strength, speed and reflexes
Fine-motor skills
Cognitive skills
Social skills
When both physical and cognitive skills are needed effective performance is most likely when
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Activation is low and modulation is low
Activation is low and modulation is high
Activation is high and modulation is low
Activation is high and modulation is high
Signs of an imbalance between activation and modulation include
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Shallow breathing or breath-holding
Speaking loudly or rapidly
Tunnel-vision
Feeling frozen
All of the above
A reset is likely to be needed
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You are feeling rushed
You have skipped lunch
You are in pain
You are upset with a client
All of the above
Mental rehearsal can involve
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Thinking about performing a particular action
Visualizing ourselves performing a particular action
Imagining our body moving as it performs a particular action
Remembering performing a particular action
All of the above
After we finish mental rehearsal then in order to enhance the learning from it we should
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Reward ourselves with candy afterward
Write out affirmations
Feel a sense of satisfaction at having used our skills effectively
Tell ourselves how awesome we are in order to develop self-esteem
b, c, and d
We should apply the “review”
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To doing a reset breath
To any response we would like to experience more of
To practicing rapid recharge
Only to actions we have performed perfectly
a, b, and c
The purpose of the redo is to
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Change the past
Prevent us from ruminating about a mistake
Erase our memory of a mistake so we stop feeling guilty
Improve our chance of acting effectively in the future
b and d
We can “redo”
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Physical actions
Cognitive processes
Shifts of attention
Breathing
All of the above
Burnout, as opposed to fatigue is characterized by
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Restlessness even if exhausted
The experience of feeling fine and then being suddenly depleted
A loss of job satisfaction
A cynical attitude
All of the above
The core symptom in all definitions of burnout is
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Severe depletion
Emotional distance
Depersonalization
Loss of job satisfaction
Restlessness
The most critical component of stress to address in burnout is
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Difficulty
Unease
Activation
Modulation
Reserves
Relaxation techniques such as yoga, mindfulness, or exercise will
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Reduce the symptoms of burnout
Enable the person to overcome burnout
May paradoxically increase depletion and make burnout worse
Are contraindicated if someone is suffering from burnout
a and b
Signs that professional help may be needed include:
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Feeling hopeless
Thoughts of dying or not wanting to live
Feeling trapped
Withdrawing from friends and family
All of the above
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