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Health Psychology explores the interplay between psychological factors and physical health, examining how behavior, cognition, emotion, and social influences affect well-being, illness, and healthcare. The course covers concepts such as stress, coping mechanisms, health behavior change, the impact of chronic disease, patient-provider relationships, and health promotion. Students learn about the psychological processes underlying health-related behaviors and interventions designed to prevent illness, promote healthy lifestyles, and enhance quality of life, with an emphasis on research and real-world applications in diverse populations.
Recommended Textbook Development Across the Life Span 8th Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development
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Q1) Freud believed that the ego operates on the
A)unconscious.
B)reality principle.
C)pleasure principle.
D)conscious.
Answer: B
Q2) According to Freud,which part of everyone's personality operates according to the "pleasure principle"?
A)unconscious
B)ego
C)superego
D)id
Answer: D
Q3) What learning model seeks to identify the ways individuals take in,use,and store information?
A)Piaget
B)neo-Piaget
C)information processing
D)social-cognitive
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
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Q1) It is the job of the _______ to keep teratogens from reaching the fetus.
A)umbilical cord
B)placenta
C)amniotic fluid
D)prenatal development
Answer: B
Q2) What is used to find genetic defects and involves taking samples of the hair-like material that surrounds the embryo?
A)karyotype
B)amniocentesis
C)ultrasound sonography
D)chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
Answer: D
Q3) Research on pregnant women who were severely malnourished during famines during World War II found that their children were,on average,unaffected physically or intellectually as adults.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Infant
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Q1) In the 1990s,insurance companies advocated hospital stays of 48 hours following a birth in order to reduce costs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What is one advantage of administering a "walking epidural" or "dual spinal-epidural" during childbirth?
A)uses smaller needles and a system for administering anesthetic
B)permits the woman to lay prone during labor
C)encourages women to move around less during labor
D)costs less to administer
Answer: A
Q3) Very-low-birthweight infants are tiny,with eyes that are fused shut,darkened skin color (despite race),and earlobes that look like flaps of skin on the sides of their heads.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
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Q1) Which of the following is an explanation as to why a newborn's body lacks easy mobility?
A)The baby's head is disproportionately larger than its body.
B)Babies cannot get enough nourishment to increase their strength.
C)The baby's limbs are relatively long in relation to the rest of the body.
D)Babies' bodies are mostly muscle,so they lack the flexibility to pick their head up.
Q2) Without proper nutrition,infants cannot reach their physical and cognitive potential.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Severe malnutrition during the first year can produce __________,a disease in which infants stop growing.
A)kwashiorkor
B)nonorganic failure to thrive
C)marasmus
D)rickets
Q4) A clear link between obese babies and overweight adults has been found.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Information processing focuses on _________ changes in infants,while Piaget's theory focuses on _________ changes in infants.
A)quantitative;qualitative
B)effective;efficient
C)qualitative;quantitative
D)surreal;real
Q2) Piaget's Substage 6: Beginnings of thought occur for children in the age range of
A)12-18 months of age.
B)18-24 months of age.
C)8-14 months of age.
D)12-14 months of age.
Q3) What is the term that refers to a style of language use in which language is used primarily to convey feelings and needs related to oneself and others?
A)underextension
B)overextension
C)referential
D)expressive
Q4) Briefly discuss criticisms,if any,of Piaget's theories.
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Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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Q1) When an infant uses his/her abilities to interpret others' facial and vocal expressions that carry emotional meaning,this is called
A)nonverbal encoding.
B)nonverbal decoding.
C)social smile.
D)communication.
Q2) Eight-month-old Elisha's crib is located near a large mirror on her dresser,yet Elisha barely ever stops to look at herself in the mirror.On the other hand,her 18-month-old sister,Amanda,stops regularly to gaze at herself as she crawls around on the floor near the full-length bathroom mirror.What is the likely reason that Amanda looks at the mirror but Elisha does not?
A)Amanda has developed self-awareness,or knowledge of herself.
B)Amanda's self-awareness has begun to develop into narcissism.
C)Elisha has developed self-awareness,but is too interested in other things to look at herself.
D)Amanda's mother has given her more attention than she's given Elisha.
Q3) Infants are unable to demonstrate the capacity for socialization.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in the
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Q1) According to Vygotsky,what is the level at which a child cannot fully perform a task independently,but can do so with the assistance of someone more competent?
A)schema
B)script
C)zone of proximal development
D)scaffolding
Q2) What is the term for the system of rules that determines how our thoughts can be expressed?
A)egocentric speech
B)fast mapping
C)private speech
D)grammar
Q3) Research suggests that the age at which toilet training takes place has risen over the years.Today,the average age of toilet training is around _________.
A)30 months
B)24 months
C)18 months
D)12 months
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Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in the
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Q1) Because a typical 3-year-old's understanding of "pretend" has developed,that means his/her understanding of "belief" has also completely developed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What type of play involves action in which children play with similar toys,in a similar manner,but do not interact with each other?
A)associative
B)functional
C)onlooker
D)parallel
Q3) Four-year-old Sheila,an African American,is asked to choose between pictures of white children and black children.According to research regarding racial dissonance,Shelia is most likely to have negative feelings toward A)pictures of white children.
B)pictures of black children.
C)pictures of black and white children together.
D)neither of the pictures.
Q4) Briefly give some reasons why parents physically abuse children.
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Provide some criticisms of Piaget's perspective of learning.
Q2) When a middle-school student is able to demonstrate that he/she is able to hear a string of digits (1,2,3,4,etc. )and then repeat the string in reverse order,the child is indicating that he/she is developing
A)memory skills.
B)working memory.
C)rehearsal strategies.
D)recall.
Q3) Who is the psychologist that linked intelligence and school success by constructing an intelligence test that continues to provide reasonable indicators of a student's ability to be successful in school?
A)Freud
B)Binet
C)Skinner
D)Watson
Q4) School-age children are very active;therefore,they do not need to exercise more.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain some of the educational trends of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.
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Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) According to psychologist Kenneth Dodge,successful ___________ proceeds through a series of steps that correspond to the child's information processing strategies.
A)status management
B)conflict resolution
C)social competence
D)social problem solving
Q2) After a divorce,______-year-old children feel pressured to choose sides between the mother and father,and may experience a degree of divided loyalty.
A)5- to 6
B)10
C)2
D)6- to 8
Q3) According to Damon,the first stage of building friendship for middle-school-age children is
A)basing friendship on intelligence.
B)basing friendship on others' behavior.
C)basing friendship on trust.
D)basing friendship on psychological closeness.
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) How many hours of sleep do older adolescents require for optimal functioning?
A)9 hours per night;they need to go to bed later and to sleep later in the morning.
B)8 hours per night;they need to go to bed earlier and to get up earlier in the morning.
C)7-8 hours per night;they need to go to bed later and to sleep later in the morning.
D)9 hours per night;they need to go to bed earlier and to get up earlier in the morning.
Q2) By age 8,_________ Caucasian American girls and ________ African American girls develop breasts or pubic hair.
A)1 out of 7;1 out of 2
B)1 out of 2;1 out of 7
C)2 out of 7;1 out of 2
D)1 out of 2;2 out of 7
Q3) For women,binge drinking is a problem and is defined as
A)10 or more drinks in one sitting.
B)5 or more drinks in one sitting.
C)4 or more drinks in one sitting.
D)3 or more drinks in one sitting.
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Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
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Q1) An adolescent's autonomy is one of the primary developmental tasks of that period in his/her life.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following should be done if you suspect an adolescent (or anyone)is contemplating suicide?
A)Do not over-react,many adolescents are simply attention seeking.
B)Ask specific questions,such as "Do you have a plan?"
C)Let the person make their own choices about whether to seek further help.
D)Respect the person's privacy and keep your talk a secret.
Q3) Groups of people with whom one compares oneself are called A)associates.
B)cohorts.
C)reference groups.
D)social reference.
Q4) If a person is attracted to another person of the same sex,this is A)heterosexuality.
B)bisexuality.
C)asexuality.
D)homosexuality.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) According to Schaie,what is the mission of the late stages of early adulthood through middle adulthood?
A)responsibility
B)acquisition
C)achievement
D)reintegration
Q2) When a person attempts coping that involves unconscious strategies that distort or deny the true nature of a situation,this is called
A)emotion-focused coping.
B)hardiness.
C)defensive coping.
D)substitution.
Q3) What percent of students entering college finish four years later with a degree?
A)40%
B)45%
C)55%
D)50%
Q4) A strategy for coping with stress is to view the threat as a challenge.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
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Q1) According to psychologist George Vaillant's longitudinal research study of male Harvard graduates,which of the following usually occurs when a man is in his late 20s and early 30s?
A)he gets married
B)he puts off having children
C)he focuses on his social life
D)he fulfills obligations to his parents
Q2) The birth of a child produces one of the highest levels of marital satisfaction. A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the most likely reason for the dramatic decrease in the number of children in the average American family?
A)the increase in religious-based sex-abstinence programs
B)the availability and use of effective contraceptives
C)the decrease in the number of people getting married
D)an increase in same-sex couplings
Q4) Men with avoidant attachment make up about 60% of the male population. A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain some criticism of Ginzberg's career choice theory.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Menopause by itself does not produce psychological symptoms. A)True
B)False
Q2) The "silent killer" refers to A)alcoholism.
B)drug addiction. C)strokes.
D)hypertension.
Q3) A possible reason for the higher incidence of illnesses in women may be that a greater amount of research money is focused on diseases suffered by men.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Men seem to be more prone to a decline in height due to the risk of osteoporosis. A)True B)False
Q5) According to research,middle-aged adults show significant losses of memory ability.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
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Q1) Research indicates that when children depart from a home where the mother remained within the home full-time,the despair and feelings of loss experienced by the mother are so profound that the mother can never get over them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Erik Erikson suggested that middle adulthood encompasses a period he characterized as ________________,where a person is,or is not,making a contribution to family and community.
A)midlife crisis
B)life events models
C)normative-crisis model
D)generativity-versus-stagnation stage
Q3) When young adults return after leaving home for some period to live in the homes of their middle-aged parents,this is called
A)midlife crisis.
B)empty nest syndrome.
C)sandwich generation.
D)boomerang children.
Q4) Briefly explain how to deal with spousal abuse.
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) Theories that suggest that our body's DNA genetic code contains a built-in time limit for the reproduction of human cells are called
A)wear-and-tear theories.
B)inevitable death theories.
C)life expectancy theories.
D)genetic programming theories of aging.
Q2) At least one-tenth of the aged are living in long-stay institutions (such as nursing homes,mental hospitals,and homes for the aged).
A)True
B)False
Q3) Drug therapy to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease focuses on the loss of the neurotransmitter
A)serotonin.
B)dopamine.
C)acetylcholine.
D)ribonucleic acid.
Q4) Briefly explain ageism and how it operates in society.
Q5) Briefly describe some of the promising avenues to increase the human lifespan.
Q6) Briefly describe some of the aspects of the gender gap in life expectancy.
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Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
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Q1) What percent of elderly people finish their lives in nursing homes?
A)3%
B)5%
C)7%
D)10%
Q2) _________ is assistance and comfort supplied by a network of caring,interested people.
A)Social support
B)Emotional support
C)A self-help group
D)Assisted living
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding personality throughout adulthood is true?
A)Profound changes in social environments can produce fluctuations.
B)Changes in physiological adaptation produce fluctuations in personality.
C)Personality will change with age.
D)There are constant fluctuations in personality.
Q4) Social support plays a critical role in successful aging.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Death and Dying
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Q1) Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed a theory of death and dying that involves _____ steps.
A)10
B)5
C)4
D)3
Q2) The differences between "extreme" and "extraordinary" medical treatments to prolong life are clear-cut and legally defined.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A significant drop in performance in cognitive areas such as memory and reading may
A)spark an interest in cognitive training.
B)foreshadow death within the next few years.
C)be an indicator of brain cancer.
D)be a precursor for Alzheimer's disease.
Q4) The definition of functional death is completely straightforward.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly describe the different cultural conceptions of death.
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