Question

1.Research was conducted where one group of residents in a nursing home were given the responsibility of caring for a plant, and another group did not receive a plant. After 6 months, the group with a plant to care for were significantly better off than the group without plants. This is an example of one of the main dimensions of stress, called ______.

		control
		predictability
		clarity
		duration

2. According to Brofrenbrenner (1977), work and home are examples of ______.

		role theory
		reciprocity
		microsystems
		mesosystem

Answer 1

Answers:

1) A. control ( Taking care of something requires stress control. That's why above given case is an example of one of the main dimensions of stress called control )

2) C. microsystems

Bronfenbrenner introduced ecological systems theory. According to this theory, man will travel through 5 types of environmental influences. Those are micro system, meso system, exo system, Macro system and chrono system.

An environment which straightly changes the behavior of a person called microsystem. Work and home can change behavior of a person straightly. Hence work and home are examples of microsystem.