Applied Psychology
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Applied Psychology explores the practical application of psychological theories, principles, and research to address real-world problems across diverse settings, including healthcare, education, business, and the legal system. This course covers fundamental psychological concepts such as motivation, perception, learning, and behavior modification, emphasizing how they can be utilized to improve individual and organizational outcomes. Through case studies, experiments, and hands-on projects, students gain insights into therapeutic approaches, assessment methods, and intervention strategies, preparing them to analyze and address psychological issues in practical contexts.
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Health Psychology A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Regan A.R. Gurung
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Chapter 1: Health Psychology: Setting the Stage
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Q1) When we define our culture,our views of ourselves reside at different levels of conscious awareness.This is the definition for:
A)exposure to culture
B)level of analysis
C)cultural impact
D)attitudes
Answer: B
Q2) Regarding research and the change in statistics: all change in the data is statistically significant,and all statistically significant change is meaningful change.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Inactive substances similar to the experimental drugs given to test the power of expectations are called:
A)controls
B)distracters
C)placebos
D)dependent variables
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Cultural Approaches to Health
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Q1) If you as a patient are purging the body of toxins by vomiting,laxatives,enemas,nasal medication,and bloodletting,you are following this tradition.
A)ancient Greek medicine
B)Ayurvedic medicine
C)modern holistic medicine
D)Traditional Chinese Medicine
Answer: B
Q2) Reiki is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).It combines movement and,meditation,and therapists manipulate muscle and connective tissue to enhance the function of those tissues and to promote relaxation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Yin and yang focus on spiritual balance and living in harmony with nature.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Essential Physiology
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Q1) What are some facts that are known about the respiratory system?
A)Lung capacity is an important measure of cardiovascular fitness.
B)Asthma is a curable respiratory condition.
C)The main gas system transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs in the trachea.
D)All of the above are true
Answer: A
Q2) The premise of health psychology is that the following influences our bodies and our biology:
A)smoking,drinking,and poor diet
B)our minds,our personalities,and our behaviors
C)our socioeconomic status,personality,and regional location
D)genetic,ethnic,and cultural background
Answer: B
Q3) The brain and spinal cord comprise the:
A)peripheral nervous system
B)the central nervous system
C)the superior colliculus
D)prosencephalon
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Stress Across Cultures
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Q1) After having a stressful day at work,women _____ (Repetti & Wood,1997).
A)want to spend more time with their kids and have more physical contact with them
B)want to go shopping
C)want to go work out in the gym
D)want to be alone
Q2) Stress can affect human physiology by:
A)suppression of the immune system and neuronal damage
B)decreasing blood pressure
C)improving short term memory
D)causing nail and hair growth due to increase in sympathetic nervous system.
Q3) A balloon breaking at a birthday party has the following definitions:
A)The noise from the balloon breaking is the stressor,and the heart rate increasing could be one stress response.
B)If the noise does not make your heart rate go up,it is not a stressor but just another event.
C)Stressors can vary among individuals,not everyone will have the same stress response to the balloon breaking
D)All of the above are true.
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Chapter 5: Coping and Social Support
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Q1) Mai is utilizing a coping technique that asks her to focus on a specific thought,word image,or phrase.Which of the following coping technique might she be using?
A)biofeedback
B)meditation
C)guided imagery
D)all of the above
Q2) An individual with body dysmorphic disorder,the condition where their body image perception is different than reality,can utilize this form of treatment to learn how to identify and change their irrational beliefs
A)biofeedback
B)relaxation therapy
C)guided imagery
D)rational-emotional therapy
Q3) Compare and contrast received support and perceived support.Give some examples of how these two types of support can affect the health outcome of an individual.
Q4) How do the personality characteristics hardiness and resilience assist people in moderating the effects of stress,and improving their ability to cope?
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Chapter 6: Models of Behavior Change
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Q1) Which of the following is not a major component of the Health Beliefs Model? Belief in:
A)susceptibility
B)consequences
C)effectiveness
D)social norms
Q2) If a researcher wants to utilize a health behavior change theory that posits that health behaviors must be understood in the context of reciprocal determinism,in that characteristics of a person,one's environment,and the behavior itself all interact to determine whether a behavior is formed,the researcher would use this theory:
A)Precaution Adoption Process Model
B)Social Cognitive Theory
C)Health Action Process Approach
D)Transtheoretical Model
Q3) Healthy behaviors can be defined as behaviors that:
A)reduce the risk of heart disease
B)prevent illness
C)maintain and enhance health
D)increase physical and mental well-being
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Chapter 7: Health Behaviors: Eating, Physical Activity,
Smoking and Drinking
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Q1) The body mass index (BMI)is a great indicator of a person's health for all cultural groups.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tobacco smoke contains approximately:
A)300 chemicals
B)500 chemicals
C)1000 chemicals
D)2000 chemicals
Q3) It may be possible that wine drinkers may be:
A)more prone to alcoholism
B)more prone to weight gain
C)may be better off economically,and may eat better and exercise more
D)no better off health wise then those who drink other types of alcohol
Q4) Native Americans have high rates of:
A)congenital heart failure
B)diabetes
C)arthritis
D)pancreatic cancer
Q5) What are two eating disorders,and what are their characteristics?
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Chapter 8: Factors Surrounding Illness
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Q1) These women tend to quickly go back to work after the birth of their babies:
A)Latina
B)African American
C)European American
D)Asian American
Q2) Illness behavior is defined as the demonstration of behaviors associated with a mental illness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe some of the cultural clashes concerning the Lee family and their traditional Hmong beliefs concerning the illness of their daughter,and the Western doctor's reaction to their daughter's illness.What might have been done by the health care system to improve the outcome of the daughter's care?
Q4) Ulrich,Simons and Miles (2003)found that patient stress was lowest during blood draws when:
A)television was played in the waiting rooms.
B)classical or quiet music is played
C)videotapes of nature scenes were playing
D)newer magazines are available for patients to read
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Chapter 9: Pain
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Q1) There are many distinct processes critical to the process of experiencing pain._____ takes place at the level of the receptors where the nerve impulses are stimulated.
A)transmission
B)transduction
C)modulation
D)perception
Q2) Stress-induced analgesia can be described by this example:
A)runner's high
B)stress fracture in foot from running
C)stress experienced by air traffic controllers
D)fibromyalgia
Q3) The fastest growing ethnic group in North America is Latinos.In regards to health insurance,Latinos are _____ in ethnic groups who have health insurance.
A)underrepresented
B)the majority
C)decreasing
D)increasing
Q4) Describe and discuss differences in pain between males and females.
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Chapter 10: Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death
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Q1) Patients with cancer or CHD often have an increase in pain,and medical practitioners prescribe:
A)high doses of morphine,which the delivery might be under the patient's own control
B)very little medication for fear that the patient will be suicidal
C)medications that are not habit forming so the patient does not have to deal with addiction to a pain medication
D)medication if it is allowed by the insurance company
Q2) Different religions deal with death differently.Muslims,or followers of Islam,believe:
A)that last rights need to be performed on a dying person
B)a dying person must do penance
C)the body must not be washed at time of death
D)the seriously ill may not die at home
Q3) A chronic disease that often begins very early in life is:
A)cancer
B)asthma
C)arthritis
D)coronary heart disease
Q4) How do cultural variations affect the process of death and dying?
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Chapter 11: Psychoneuroimmunology and Hiv
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Q1) One of the major physiological symptoms of AIDS is:
A)T cell count of 200 or less
B)T cell count of 400-500
C)T cell count of 600-1000
D)T cell count over 1000
Q2) Which cultural group is especially at risk and account for an increasing percentage of new cases of HIV infection (CDC,2008)?
A)European American gay males
B)women with higher SES
C)African American gay males
D)low-income women of color
Q3) Regarding sexual mixing,these two groups report the heaviest mixing:
A)African American females,European American males
B)Latino males,and European American females
C)African American males,and European females
D)Latino males and females
Q4) Given the fatal course of HIV infection,what psychological factors could explain why people would still continue to engage in unsafe sexual practices/drug use?
Q5) How do psychological factors influence the progression of AIDS?
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Chapter 12: Culture and Cancer
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Q1) The severity of cancer is determined by a multifactor assessment of stage,most commonly the:
A)Cancer Scoring Grid
B)TNM system
C)American Cancer Society system (ACSS)
D)Hodgkin's assessment
Q2) 2008 results on the incidence of cancer show that the rate of new diagnosis is increasing among European Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cancers such as breast,colon,endometrial,pancreatic,and gallbladder cancers have been linked to:
A)gender
B)obesity
C)individuals who have lost over 20 pounds in one year
D)individuals with a lower body mass index
Q4) How does immunotherapy activate the body's own immune system to fight cancer?
Q5) What are some of the beliefs that some traditional Native Americans have about cancer?
Q6) How can developmental age affect how people cope with a cancer diagnosis?
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Chapter 13: Culture and Cardiovascular Disease
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Q1) Orth-Gomer et al.(2000)followed women for an average of 5 years after hospitalization for cardiac diseases to look at the longitudinal effects of marital stress.They found:
A)stressful marital relationships may affect these women's prognosis
B)living alone without a partner may affect their prognosis
C)their partners reported more stress then the women
D)an increase in divorce following hospitalization.
Q2) Laboratory studies measuring participants' cardiovascular reactivity to different stressors have found that _____ show higher blood pressure responses and epinephrine responses to tasks compared with European Americans.
A)Asian Americans
B)Latinos
C)Native Americans
D)African Americans
Q3) What physiological factors predict the incidence of cardiovascular disease?
Q4) Antioxidants may be mediators for:
A)atherosclerosis
B)arteriosclerosis
C)cardiac arrest
D)low cholesterol
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Chapter 14: The Future of Health Psychology
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Q1) An explicit sign that psychology's role in health is gaining in importance is:
A)Congress passed a bill to sanction the biopsychosocial model
B)APA modified its mission to include health promotion
C)many more millions of dollars are allocated to health psychology research
D)membership in Div 38 (health psychology)has tripled in the last 5 years
Q2) Research on the determinants of health behaviors among older adults will become even more important to complement similar research being conducted on:
A)older adults in non-Western countries
B)younger age groups
C)older adults in Canada.
D)individuals with health disparities
Q3) Who are the largest consumers of health care?
A)Latinos
B)older adults
C)infants and adolescents
D)Asian Americans
Q4) Even though there is a strong need for academic curricula to be culturally diverse,why has there not been enough cultural research?
Q5) What have you learned about health disparities in the United States?
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