Applied Health Psychology Exam Review
Course Introduction
Applied Health Psychology explores the intersection of psychological principles and physical health, focusing on how behavior, cognition, and emotion influence well-being, illness prevention, and healthcare outcomes. Students learn about theoretical models of health behavior, the psychological impact of chronic illness, the role of stress and coping, and interventions that promote healthy living. Emphasis is placed on real-world application, including strategies for health promotion, patient education, and collaboration with healthcare professionals to support behavioral change and enhance quality of life across diverse populations.
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The Psychology of Health and Health Care A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Gary Poole
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Chapter 1: Welcome to Health Psychology
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Q1) In understanding the cause of health related conditions such as heart attack,we must consider
A)both biological and psychological causes
B)biological,psychological and sociological causes
C)psychological,sociological and environmental causes
D)biological and environmental causes
E)biological,psychological,sociological and environmental causes
Answer: E
Q2) Whether or not you engage in exercise behaviour will depend largely on
A)your belief that the long term gain from exercise will outweigh the immediate costs
B)your social economic status
C)your perception of people who exercise
D)your perception of yourself,exercising
E)your previous exercise experiences
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Stress and Coping
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Q1) A self-generated coping strategy in which an attempt is made to reinterpret past events more positively is called a
A)reappraisal
B)primary reappraisal
C)defensive appraisal
D)challenge appraisal
E)comforting appraisal
Answer: C
Q2) When a threat is perceived,either actual or imagined,the body is alerted to mobilize its coping resources.This response begins with the A)adrenal medulla
B)limbic system
C)reticular formation
D)hypothalamus
E)sympathetic nervous system
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Psychoneuroimmunology
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Q1) In studying the effect of mood on the immune system,researchers have found that depression ___________________________ for all types of patients,regardless of their age or sex.
A)always occurs when the immune system is compromised
B)always accompanies stress
C)activates the immune system
D)increases mortality risk
E)decreases mortality risk after a heart attack
Answer: D
Q2) Thus far,Spiegel and his colleagues (1998)concluded that the effect of stress on tumour growth is
A)potentiating rather than initiating
B)initiating and potentiating
C)initiating rather than potentiating
D)statistically insignificant
E)clinically insignificant
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Health Communication
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Q1) Based on the research regarding physician behaviours contributing to faulty communication,a patient should plan to discuss their most important problem first and
A)take no more than 2 minutes to explain
B)the second complaint second and so on
C)not bring up any other problems
D)be prepared to be interrupted after only 23 seconds
E)use medical jargon to explain the problem
Q2) A physician who makes eye contact,smiles and jokes with the patient will likely find the patient's adherence to medical treatment will ______________
A)increase
B)decrease
C)show no effect but the patient will report liking the physician
D)depend on the appropriateness of the joking
E)show no effect but the physician will be seen as competent
Q3) Describe the 6 models of Physician-Patient Interaction and indicate which one is the preferred model.
Q4) What are the implications of having so much information freely available on the internet?
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Chapter 5: Health and Physical Activity
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Q1) The purpose of relaxation in athletic performance is
A)provide motivation for the performance
B)distraction
C)to manage physiological components of anxiety
D)to manage cognitive components of anxiety
E)enhance oxygen intake prior to the event
Q2) An important predictor of adherence to physical exercise programs is
A)physical proximity to the exercise area
B)physical activity at an early age
C)previous experience with the program
D)level of fitness
E)athletic intelligence or sports smarts
Q3) Etnier and colleagues (1997)found that the relationship between exercise and cognitive function is
A)small and positive
B)negative but only if the exercise is chronic
C)positive but only if the exercise is acute
D)large and positive
E)small and negative
Q4) What factors determine a particular individual's reaction to a sports injury?
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Chapter 6: Health-Compromising Behaviours
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Q1) A disorder characterized by a preoccupation with the idea that one's body is not sufficiently lean and muscular is
A)anorexia nervosa
B)bulimia nervosa
C)body dysmorphic disorder
D)muscle dysmorphia
E)obsessive compulsive disorder
Q2) Discuss the treatment strategies for the eating disorders.
Q3) Discuss the factors which prompt adolescents to begin smoking.
Q4) The theory that proposes a powerful biological mechanism that controls a person's weight is the
A)health belief model
B)internality-externality hypothesis model
C)theory of reasoned action
D)set-point theory
E)theory of planned behaviour
Q5) Describe the stress response dampening effect of alcohol and explain why this model was proposed and why it is important.
Q6) Explain why prevention would be the preferred strategy for dealing with obesity.
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Chapter 7: Chronic and Life-Threatening Illnesses
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Q1) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified possible reactions a person might experience when facing his or her own death.The reaction which is considered a defence mechanism is A)anger
B)denial
C)bargaining
D)depression
E)acceptance
Q2) All of the following,according to Kubler-Ross,are possible reactions a person might experience when facing his or her own death except A)denial
B)anger
C)bargaining
D)hostility
E)depression
Q3) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified several possible reactions a person might experience when facing his or her own death.Describe these stages.
Q4) Describe a rehabilitation program for cardiac patients which specifically addresses anger as a risk factor..
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Chapter 8: Pain
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Q1) When using acupuncture for pain relief it has been found that the pain relief experience is dependent on the
A)expertise of the person inserting the needles
B)the type of needles used (e.g.steel,gold,or other metals)
C)correct location of acupuncture points
D)intensity of the stimulation
E)social acceptance of the theory underlying its use
Q2) The type of meditation which has its roots in Buddhist practice is called
A)meditative relaxation
B)hypnosis
C)biofeedback
D)mindfulness meditation
E)guided imagery
Q3) In the measurement of pain behaviour during day to day activities,the best assessment is one completed by
A)the family physician
B)the person experiencing the pain
C)a family member or significant other
D)a neighbour or unbiased family friend
E)a physiotherapist
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Chapter 9: The World of Health Care: Places, procedures, and People
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Q1) One of the factors identified by Polimeni and Moore (2002)which is closely connected to satisfaction with the hospital experience is
A)degree of invasiveness of the procedure
B)length of hospital stay
C)the admission procedure
D)patient's sense of control
E)number of health care professionals involved in treatment
Q2) Kiyoshi is a patient in ICU.He is beginning to realize that there is a machine which is helping him to breathe.According to Pallavinci-Gonzalez and colleagues (1995)he would be classified as being in the
A)monitor stage
B)blunting stage
C)6incommunication stage
D)reflexion stage
Q3) Discuss the goals of palliative care and explain how these goals differ from medical care in general.
Q4) Define "invasiveness" and explain how various medical procedures vary on a continuum of invasiveness.
Q5) Discuss some of the factors that influence the perception of symptoms.
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Chapter 10: From One to Many: Health on a Large Scale
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Q1) Many of the health inequities found in the Aboriginal populations can be explained by
A)social determinants
B)drug use
C)alcoholism
D)location
E)the residential school system
Q2) What is meant by harm reduction and provide some examples as to where is it most applicable.
Q3) Culture refers to the values,practices and assumptions learned from our membership in groups.This definition by Canada's centre for Intercultural Learning also includes
A)behaviours
B)thoughts
C)ideas about health care
D)intercultural standards
E)religion
Q4) List and explain the common social determinants of health.
Q5) What is meant by the social ecological model and how does it apply to health initiatives?
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Chapter 11: Health Promotion
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Q1) Inequities in the health care system in Canada may be based on differences in all of the following except
A)geography
B)culture
C)age
D)education
E)social support
Q2) All good health promotion programs place the primary responsibility for good health on the
A)individual
B)medical staff
C)medical facilities
D)provincial government
E)federal government
Q3) Design a counterattack program for grade 12 students aimed at affecting drinking and driving behaviour.Describe your program including psychological principles to support your reasoning.
Q4) Describe and provide examples of the two routes in the elaboration likelihood model through which attitudes are influenced.
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Chapter 12: Conducting Research in Health Psychology
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Q1) Marty recently submitted a case study to a health psychology journal.He is aware that the findings of his study
A)may not be accepted because it is a case study
B)had a very small control group
C)cannot always be generalized to other people
D)was prospective rather than retrospective
E)are subject to inclusion criteria
Q2) Patients who had suffered a heart attack were randomly assigned to two groups,One group received Cardiac Rehab,and the other did not.This is an example of
A)a positive correlation
B)a negative correlation
C)a random clinical trial
D)a cross sectional design
E)fatal research flaw
Q3) Describe three common flaws in health psychology research.
Q4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional research designs as they apply to health psychology research?
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Chapter 13: Epidemiology: What Can Be Learned From the
Sars Outbreak in Canada
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Q1) The first identified instance of a medical problem is called the A)host
B)agent
C)index case
D)patient number one
E)point patient
Q2) In the early 1980s,the number of AIDS cases was about 50,increasing to 4900 in three years and reaching 500,000 by 1995.Determining the number of cases today would provide the A)point prevalence
B)incidence rate
C)vectors
D)lifetime prevalence
E)index rate
Q3) In epidemiology,the total number of cases at any given time is the A)incidence rate
B)prevalence
C)index rate
D)morbidity rate
E)mortality rate
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Chapter 14: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cam
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Q1) The difference between alternative treatment and complementary treatment is that the latter is
A)used in conjunction with allopathic treatment
B)not allopathic
C)traditional medicine
D)holistic
E)effective
Q2) Why might a patient decide to use CAM? What are the characteristics of the person most likely to pursue alternative treatments?
Q3) Distinguish between the terms complementary,alternative and holistic therapies.
Q4) In two different studies of cancer patients,the characteristics of those most likely to use CAM were
A)younger,high school education,lower income bracket
B)older,high school education,upper income bracket
C)older,post secondary education,lower income bracket
D)younger,post secondary education,upper income bracket
E)older,no high school education,lower income bracket
Q5) Using the different outcome categories discuss the research findings addressing the effectiveness of CAM.
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Chapter 15: the Sociology of Health and Illness
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Q1) In the case of AIDS,people with this disease often find that their disease status has become
A)the same as their illness status
B)the source of conflict according to conflict theory
C)irrelevant
D)unmanageable
E)their master status in sociological terms
Q2) Distinguish between disease and illness from the perspective of a medical sociologist using symbolic interactionism.
Q3) Discuss the three major topics or issues which are the focus of women's health care.
Q4) Both Ivana and Julian are experiencing stress at work.According to feminist theory,Ivana's stress is more likely related to
A)conflict
B)role strain
C)sick role behaviour
D)illness
E)role conflict
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