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ACADEMIC
READING 3
LESSON 5

Instructor Nyamjav B.
CHECK YOUR
PREVIOUS
CLASSWORK
CHAPTER 2

PSYCHOLOGY: STRESS AND

ADAPTATION
Exercise 1: Recognizing word family members,
page52:
Word Form Answers

Psychologist 4. A person trained and educated to perform psychological

research, testing, and therapy.
Psychological 2. An adjective form of the base word meaning of or relating to
psychology.
Psychology 1. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior.
Psych 5. The short or abbreviated form of the word psychology. It is often
used in college course schedules to list psychology classes.
Psychotherapy 3. The treatment of psychological problems by encouraging
communication of and insight into conflict.

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Exercise 2: Using correct word forms,
page 53

1. psychological
2. psychology
3. Psych
4. Psychologists
5. psychotherapy

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Exercise 3: Defining psychology,
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Psychologists study
• _yes_ the ways people learn.
• _yes_ the mental and personal growth
of children.
• _yes_ how to help people with mental
health problems.
• _no_ human social behavior.
• _yes_ the different types of people and
their behavior.
• _no__ the evolution and physical
development of humans.
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Exercise 4. Understanding stress,
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A.
1. strain, anxiety, demands
2. alter, change, modify
B.
• hearing of the death of a friend or relative
• moving to a new house
• getting married
• going through divorce
• giving a speech
• immigrating to a new country
C.
1. c. 2. b. 3. b.
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Exercise 5: Previewing phrases with stress: page 57
• Group One
1. Noun
2. relentless, intense, and persistent
• Group Two
1. adjective
2. Stress relates to or goes together with disorders.
• Group Three
1. adjective
2. To be someone who researches the subject of stress.
• Group Four
1. noun
2. It continues to give stress, to which an individual will respond.
• Group Five
1. adjective
2. Moving, changing a job, going through a divorce are examples. 7
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EXERCISE 6
Understanding charts, page 59
1. Sources of stress
2. The stressor term to the left
3. The key points further define
the terms and tell us the
importance of these terms
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EXERCISE 7
Extending a chart, page 61
Hassles: traffic jams, chores, bad weather
EXERCISE 8
Life events: The death of a loved one, having
a baby, getting married Previewing to identify the topic,
Frustration: Not being able to get a page 62
promotion or attend college 1. Hans Selye
Conflict: Choosing the right school to attend,
avoiding the dentist 2. He recognized that the body
Traumatic stressors: Involvement in an reacts in the same way to various
accident or crime, a medical crisis stressors.
Type A behavior pattern: Meeting deadlines,
3. He called it the general
competing in a game adaptation syndrome
Acculturative stress: Moving to a new
country, struggling with a new language, 4. GAS
facing discrimination 8
 READING SELECTION 1
The Body’s Response To Stress – The General
Adaptation Syndrome

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DEMONSTRATING EXERCISE 10.
COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING REACTIONS TO STRESS

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 Power
Grammar

Verbs for Describing Research

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EXERCISE 11 PAGE.67

ANALYZING SENTENCES ABOUT

RESEARCH

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Exercise 12 Filling in the blanks

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A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of
the branch breaking, because its trust
is not on the branch but its own wings.
ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
HOMEWORK
- REPEAT THE WHOLE LESSON
- MEMORIZE NEW WORDS AND TERMS
- DO THE EXERCISES 16, 17 AND 18 ON
PAGES 76-79