Health Psychology
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Course Introduction
Health Psychology explores the psychological factors that influence health, illness, and the healthcare system. The course examines how behaviors, emotions, beliefs, and social environments impact physical well-being and the management of disease. Students will study concepts such as stress, coping mechanisms, adherence to medical advice, and strategies for promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The course also addresses topics like chronic illness, pain management, patient-provider communication, and the role of psychological interventions in the prevention and treatment of health problems.
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Health Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by
Edward P. Sarafino
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Chapter 1: An Overview of Psychology and Health
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Q1) Organizes health education or provides community health services.
A)epidemiology
B)public health
C)medical sociology
D)medical anthropology
E)health psychology
Answer: B
Q2) During the Middle Ages, the influence of the Church resulted in many major advancements in medical knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The term "health", as used by the author of the textbook, is best described as
A)a positive state of mental, social, and physical well being.
B) the absence of illness.
C) the absence of disease risks.
D) lack of a terminal condition.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Bodys Physical Systems
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Q1) Operate to slow down or stop immunity processes.
A)killer T cells
B)memory T cells
C)delayed-hypersensitivity T cells
D)helper T cells
E)suppressor T cells
Answer: E
Q2) Damage to the myelin sheath tends to produce little noticeable effect in motor functioning.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following occurs to the brain as we age?
A) New neurons continue to form.
B) Glial cells increase in number.
C) Myelination increases.
D) both b and c
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Stress: Its Meaning, Impact and Sources
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Q1) Assessing a potentially stressful event in comparison to previous personal situations is called
A) primary appraisal.
B) secondary appraisal.
C) threat impact analysis.
D) rational emotion.
Answer: A
Q2) A stressor may be correctly defined as
A) an event that is physically or psychologically challenging.
B) a person under stress.
C) a medication taken to relieve stress.
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Q3) The assessment of our resources available for coping with an event is called primary appraisal.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness
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Q1) When people receive a diagnosis of essential or primary hypertension it means that A) the mechanisms that cause their hypertension are unknown.
B) their hypertension is caused by disorders in essential body systems. C)there are identifiable biomedical causes for their disease. D) they have heart disease.
Q2) Your friend has just been told that he has Type A behaviour pattern.Help him understand the concept and the various factors that contribute to its development and maintenance.
Q3) Discuss the sub-scales of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scale from the standpoint of internal/external LOC.
Q4) The perceived comfort and caring a person receives from other people or groups is referred to as A) eustress. B) social support.
C) social network. D) self?esteem.
Q5) Tension headaches are muscular in origin and involve a slow progression. A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: Coping With and Reducing Stress
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Q1) Which of the following is not a part of effective time management?
A) Goal?setting.
B) Delaying urgent new tasks until the next day.
C) Establishing a schedule.
D) Prioritizing the day's activities.
Q2) The most clearly effective methods in preparing people for the stress of surgery
A) involve hypnosis.
B) are psychotherapies.
C) involve drug treatment.
D) enhance feelings of control.
Q3) Mr. Goodwin is a well?known accountant in town who makes a large salary and is CEO of a large bank. We might expect his social network to contain many non?kin members.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT true about the coping process?
A) It may include avoiding a potentially stressful situation.
B) It involves ongoing transactions with the environment.
C) It is not a single event.
D) It does not include avoidance behaviour.
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Chapter 6: Health-Related Beahviour and Health Promotion
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary prevention?
A) following a prescribed diet to control blood pressure
B)school hearing or vision tests
C) an annual physical examination
D) physical therapy following a stroke
Q2) Biological factors and poverty have only a small impact on health promotion programs with diverse populations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Dr. Peterson gives her patients a new toothbrush and tasty mouthwash for attending regular dental checkups.
A)positive reinforcement
B)negative reinforcement
C)extinction
D)punishment
E)modeling
Q4) Jeff has just had a heart attack.Using one of the cognitive theories of change, describe how cognition will affect Jeff's efforts to make lifestyle changes.
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Chapter 7: Reducing Substance and Abuse
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Q1) Maria has just finished formal treatment for her addiction to cocaine.If she experiences a relapse, when is the most likely time that will happen?
A)within the next few weeks
B)at the one year point following treatment
C)at the seven year point following treatment
D)relapse is highly unlikely
Q2) Which of the following statement regarding cigarette smoking is true?
A)It is at an all?time high in the Canada.
B)It has declined to the point that many tobacco companies now face bankruptcy.
C)It reached its greatest popularity in Canada in the mid?60's.
D)It was introduced to North America by Columbus.
Q3) Specifies what rewards and punishers are applied in controlling a behaviour.
A)aversion strategies
B)self?monitoring
C)stimulus control
D)response substitution
E)behavioural contracting
Q4) Cocaine may have harmful effects on the cardiovascular system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Improving Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise and Safety
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Q1) Which of the following treatments for bulimia nervosa is most effective?
A)Antidepressants
B)Aversive techniques
C)Cognitive/behavioural plus antidepressants
D)Aversive plus behavioural contracting
Q2) Exposure to asbestos is strongly connected to A)hypertension
B)lung cancer
C)heart disease
D)brain damage
Q3) Early studies found that diets rich in _____ are associated with lower cancer risk.This finding is not _____.
A)fat; supported
B)beta-carotene; definitive
C)lipids; supported
D)sodium; definitive
Q4) Briefly describe the five components of food and explain their role in metabolism.
Q5) Develop and elaborate an argument that supports the statement that weight is a biopsychosocial phenomenon.
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Chapter 9: Using Health Services
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Q1) Which group is most likely to take their medicine as prescribed?
A)Adolescent diabetics.
B)Female diabetics who are concerned with controlling their weight.
C)Arthritic patients over age 55.
D)Adolescents taking antibiotics.
Q2) Hospitals are to _____ as nursing homes are to _____.
A)emergency care; long term care
B)long term care; emergency care
C)inpatient services; home health care services
D)outpatient services; inpatient services
Q3) Aboriginal people in Canada face socio-cultural and economic barriers to accessing healthcare because of:
A)living in rural communities where services are harder to access.
B)inability to arrange transportation to clinics and hospitals.
C)language.
D)all of the above
Q4) Compare and contrast the American and Canadian health care systems.
Q5) Imagine for a moment that your eye has been watering for the past 2 hours.What factors will determine if you go to the doctor?
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Q6) Compare and contrast inpatient treatment modalities.
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Chapter 10: In the Hosital: the Setting, Procedures and
Effects on Patients
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Q1) Generally speaking, the most useful approach to helping patients cope with impending surgery is to
A)assure them of the safety of the procedure.
B)assure them of the doctor's competence.
C)depersonalize them.
D)enhance their sense of control.
Q2) Despite modern techniques, it is estimated that roughly 5-10% of patients contract an infection while hospitalized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research on blame attribution and health problems has shown that
A)blaming others leads to better adjustment.
B)blaming others leads to poorer adjustment.
C)blame attribution has little effect on adjustment.
D)blaming family members leads to better adjustment than self?blame.
Q4) How might the medical staff respond to "problem patients"?
A)Provide them with reassurance and explanations.
B)Ignore their problem behaviour.
C)Arrange for an early discharge.
D)all of the above
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Chapter 11: The Nature and Symptoms of Pain
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Q1) Lucia has been diagnosed with a case of neuralgia.She is most likely to experience A)shooting pain.
B)burning pain.
C)pain in her back.
D)pain that is provoked only by an extremely noxious stimulus.
Q2) According to gate-control theory, the proposed gating mechanism is located in A)the substantia gelatinosa.
B)the periaqueductal gray.
C)the gray matter of the brain.
D)the thalamus.
Q3) Tyson has a stabbing pain in his back but his physician cannot find any injury to his spinal column or surrounding muscles.Tyson's pain is likely to be classified as A)chronic pain.
B)phantom pain.
C)organic pain.
D)psychogenic pain.
Q4) Explain the role of endogenous opioids in the pain experience.
Q5) Compare and contrast early theories of pain with the gate-control theory.
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Chapter 12: Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain
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Q1) Studies of the relative effects of physical therapy and behavioural/cognitive programs in the treatment of chronic low back pain have shown that
A)neither is very effective.
B)only physical therapy is effective.
C)only behavioural/cognitive programs are effective.
D)both approaches show good effects specific to their area of focus.
Q2) Interpersonal therapy is incorporated in pain treatment programs because A)patients learn how to play "pain games" with their family members during the course of treatment.
B)patients have the opportunity to discover who is causing them the most trouble in their lives and confront them.
C)patients gain insight into the motivations for their behaviours and how their behaviours toward others affect their adjustment.
D)pain patients tend to experience psychotic symptoms.
Q3) Many patients experience greater than necessary pain following surgery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast acute clinical pain with chronic clinical pain.
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Chapter 13: Serious and Disabling Chronic Health Illnesses:
Causes, Management, and Coping
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Q1) One key difference in chronic health problems vs. short?term difficulties is
A)chronic problems are always more painful.
B)chronic problems require behavioural, social, and emotional adjustments.
C) short?term problems are more painful.
D)chronic problems cause less reliance on the medical field.
Q2) Although there are over 100 forms of rheumatic disease, they all have the same underlying pattern of causes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following best described the demographics of spinal cord injuries?
A)They are more prevalent in males.
B)They are more common under age 30.
C)Most result from traffic accidents.
D)all of the above
Q4) Which of the following is included in the type of adjustment problems associated with chronic illness?
A)Learning to adjust to changes in one's self-image.
B)Coping with disability or pain.
C)Coping with the loss of enjoyable activities or relationships.
D)all of the above
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Chapter 14: Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Aids:
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Q1) In North America, the number of new HIV diagnoses annually is highest among
A)20- to 49-year-old adults.
B)men.
C)women.
D)both a and b.
Q2) How is the rehabilitation of cardiac patients influenced by the psychosocial impact of the disease?
Q3) The helplessness that a person with a high-mortality illness experiences, coupled with nurturance from his or her family, can lead to ____ on the part of the patient.
A)high self esteem
B)dependence
C)self-efficacy
D)hardiness
Q4) Among Canadian men, AIDS mortality rates are
A)higher for Blacks and Aboriginals than Whites.
B)higher for Whites than Blacks or Aboriginals.
C)higher for Aboriginals than both Blacks and Whites
D)none of the above.
Q5) The highest rate of cancer deaths today is from neoplasms in the breast.
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Chapter 15: Whats Ahead for Health Psychology
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Q1) The quality-adjusted life years scale is useful in determining the value of different treatments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Assesses extent to which providing an intervention saves more money than it costs.
A)cost-benefit ratio
B)ecological momentary assessment
C)bioethics committees
D)stages of change model
E)quality-adjusted life years scale
Q3) Kimiko, who suffered from the final stages of a painful cancer, arranged for someone to purchase carbon monoxide for her, and put a mask attached to the canister over her face.She insisted on turning the dial which released the gas by herself.This situation is best described as A)murder.
B)euthanasia.
C)a cost-benefit analysis.
D)assisted suicide.
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