Health Psychology Review Questions
Course Introduction
Health Psychology explores the psychological factors that influence health, illness, and healthcare. This course examines the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors in health-related behaviors, emphasizing topics such as stress, coping mechanisms, patient-practitioner relationships, and chronic illness management. Students will analyze theoretical models and empirical research to understand how attitudes, behaviors, and cognitive processes impact physical well-being, prevention, and recovery. The course also investigates interventions aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and adapting to illness, providing a comprehensive overview of the role of psychology in the context of physical health.
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Health Psychology An Introduction to Behavior and Health 8th Edition by Linda Brannon
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Chapter 1: Introducing Health Psychology
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Q1) Trace the changes in patterns of disease during the 20th century.Are there signs that those trends are changing? If so,how?
Answer: A.Chronic diseases became more prevalent during the 20th century,overtaking acute diseases as leading causes of death.
1.In 1900,the leading causes of death were attributable to public or community health problems.
2.As the century progressed,diseases with behavioral components such as heart disease,cancer,and stroke,became leading causes of death.
B.Beginning in the mid-1990s,the death rate from diseases with behavioral components began to decrease (such as heart disease),whereas some causes of death with minor behavioral contributions increased (such as Alzheimer's disease).
Q2) Health psychologists are MOST likely to
A) be part of an interdisciplinary team.
B) work as a practitioner in a solo private practice.
C) go to medical school after finishing a doctoral degree in psychology.
D) do all of these.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Conducting Health Research
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Q1) The effect of a placebo varies according to people's expectancies and previous learning,but in general,that response rate is about
A) 5%.
B) 10%.
C) 35%.
D) 60%.
Answer: C
Q2) The randomized,clinical trial is a type of retrospective study.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is part of an ex post facto study but not an experimental study?
A) manipulation of an independent variable
B) control of extraneous variables
C) measurement of a dependent variable
D) inclusion of a subject variable
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Seeking and Receiving Health Care
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Q1) Young adults show the greatest reluctance to seek health care.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Of all ethnic groups,_____ are the most likely to report a visit to a physician.
A) Asian Americans
B) European American
C) African Americans
D) Mexican Americans
Answer: B
Q3) When people without health insurance are in serious need of medical attention,they are most likely to go to
A) an emergency room.
B) an alternative health provider.
C) a pharmacist.
D) another country.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Adhering to Healthy Behavior
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Q1) Economic factors may exert a negative effect on adherence by A) limiting access to screening tests.
B) preventing people from getting prescriptions filled or refilled.
C) increasing social support.
D) both a and b
Q2) Research conducted on the adherence of children with asthma revealed that A) behavioral techniques were largely ineffective.
B) behavioral techniques were effective, but the lack of an educational component was a drawback.
C) the children named rewards as the most effective approach. D) children responded to rewards but adolescents did not.
Q3) _____ is an individual's perceptions of how much control exists over one's behavior,and is one factor that determines intentions in the theory of planned behavior.
A) Self-efficacy
B) Perceived behavioral control
C) Subjective norm
D) Attitude
Q4) Discuss ways to improve adherence.
Q5) What assessment issues have an impact on understanding adherence rates?
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Chapter 5: Defining, Measuring, and Managing Stress
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Q1) ________,or the wear and tear of the body,may be responsible for a number of health problems,such as high blood pressure,insulin resistance,and decline in cognitive functioning.
A) Allostatic load
B) Survival
C) "Fight or flight" response
D) Coping
Q2) The effect of emotional disclosure does not differ based on gender,age,or ethnicity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Marty believes that he has control of events that shape his life.Psychologists would say that Marty has high ____________.
A) problem-solving skills
B) social support
C) free will
D) personal control
Q4) Research has confirmed a gender difference in responses to stress.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Understanding Stress, Immunity, and Disease
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Q1) Vaccinations may be less effective in protecting against stress among people who experience ________.
A) stress
B) many daily hassles
C) few daily hassles
D) exposure to cigarette smoke.
Q2) One route through which stress may affect the immune system is through A) lowered epinephrine levels.
B) elevated cortisol levels.
C) reverse peristalsis.
D) any of these.
Q3) Stress may relate to disease because people under stress may A) abuse alcohol.
B) eat unhealthy foods.
C) use illicit drugs.
D) do any or all of these.
Q4) The immune system protects the body against bacteria but not viruses.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the implications of immune deficiency.
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Chapter 7: Understanding and Managing Pain
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Q1) Low back pain has many causes.About what percent of back pain patients have an identified,physical cause for their pain?
A) 20%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) about 40% of men and about 60% of women
Q2) Did Jonathan's cut finger hurt? What experiences and psychological factors might increase or decrease his experience of pain?
Q3) Which of these methods have been used to measure pain?
A) self-reports
B) behavioral assessment
C) physiological measures
D) all of these
Q4) The dangers of opiate drugs outweigh their risks for pain control.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Women are more than twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as men.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Considering Alternative Approaches
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Q1) Relaxation training,including meditation,has been found to be most successful in A) lowering blood pressure to the normal range.
B) managing stress and anxiety.
C) treating stress-related schizophrenia.
D) treating ulcers.
Q2) Critics of CAM argue that few double-blind,placebo controlled trials have demonstrated effectiveness.CAM advocates argue that A) many techniques used in conventional medicine have not been evaluated by this method either.
B) double-blind, placebo controlled trials are a flawed method for evaluating health research.
C) researchers are biased against CAM, so the research is not fair.
D) the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is underfunded.
Q3) What are the advantages of integrative medicine? What are the barriers?
Q4) The most critical element of the biofeedback process is A) change in rate of breathing.
B) immediate information on the status of a biological system.
C) an understanding of how and why the process occurs.
D) change in heart rate.
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Chapter 9: Behavioral Factors in Cardiovascular Disease
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Q1) You are MOST at risk for heart disease if you A) are a woman.
B) are an unmarried man.
C) eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
D) never or seldom become angry.
Q2) The strongest physiological risk factor for cardiovascular disease is A) lack of social support.
B) hypertension.
C) obesity.
D) smoking.
Q3) Bill Clinton,whose story introduced this chapter,had some family history of heart disease and had eaten a high-fat diet for many years of his life.Which of his risks would be an inherent cardiovascular risk factor for the former President?
A) his high-stress job as President
B) his gender
C) his history of being overweight
D) his diet
Q4) The medical term for heart attack is myocardial infarction.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Behavioral Factors in Cancer
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Q1) Physical activity seems to offer some protection against
A) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
B) colon cancer.
C) bone cancer.
D) lung cancer.
Q2) Taylor is a 28-year-old stockbroker with a 6-year-old son.She smokes about 30 cigarettes a day and consumes about 5 to 10 alcoholic drinks during a week.Because her mother died of cancer of the esophagus at age 64,Taylor is trying to reduce her risk of cancer.Her best course of action would be to
A) change jobs.
B) have another child.
C) quit smoking.
D) stop drinking.
Q3) Women whose mothers developed breast cancer before age 40,compared with those whose mothers did not have cancer,are
A) about two times more likely to develop breast cancer.
B) about five to ten times as likely to develop breast cancer.
C) no more likely to have breast cancer.
D) much less likely to have breast cancer.
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Chapter 11: Living With Chronic Illness
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Q1) For a person with a terminal illness,a personal re-examination of his or her life
A) usually leads to disintegration and despair.
B) often causes a loss of personal relationships and social support.
C) may lead the person to find a new meaning in his or her life.
D) is typically different for people with cancer than for people with heart disease.
Q2) Amy,a 10-year-old 5th grade student,has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.Which of these added problems would be of LEAST concern?
A) losing significant levels of her cognitive functioning
B) adopting a regular time eating schedule
C) refraining from eating some of her favorite fools
D) adopting a regular exercise program
Q3) The progression from HIV infection to AIDS runs a similar timeline for every person-around 5 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare the processes involved with adjusting to chronic illness and facing death.
Q5) What are the major challenges to people with asthma in managing their disease?
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Chapter 12: Smoking Tobacco
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Q1) Chris is a smoker.What would be your predictions about Chris?
A) Chris is a man with a college degree.
B) Chris is a woman with a college degree.
C) Chris began smoking as a teenager.
D) Chris has parents who do not smoke.
Q2) Anti-smoking media campaigns are effective but pro-smoking media campaigns are more effective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The annual number of excess deaths in the United States attributable to smoking has been
Estimated to be about
A) 25,000.
B) 57,000.
C) 175,000.
D) 443,000.
Q4) Cigarettes were often given away for free to soldiers during World War II.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Evaluate the dangers of passive smoking.
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Chapter 13: Using Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Erick drinks about seven or eight drinks a day.Besides the risk of accidents,Erick's greatest INCREASED risk is that of
A) heart disease.
B) oral cancer.
C) lung cancer.
D) cirrhosis of the liver.
Q2) The Alcoholics Anonymous doctrine
A) calls for complete abstinence.
B) adopts a psychological approach to quitting drinking.
C) holds that most alcoholics will eventually be cured of their problem drinking.
D) includes the notion that its members must give up tobacco products as well as alcohol.
Q3) The alcohol myopia view of drinking assumes that alcohol consumption leads to A) the tendency to deflate one's accomplishments and abilities.
B) loss of control over one's drinking.
C) increased friendliness and sexiness.
D) increased aggression and hostility.
Q4) What are the hazards of alcohol? What are the benefits?
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Chapter 14: Eating and Weight
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Q1) Although individual differences exist among anorexics,one characteristic typically found is
A) a denial of femininity.
B) a fear of motherhood.
C) achievement orientation.
D) a dislike of cooking or being around food.
Q2) The preferred treatment for bulimia is
A) antipsychotic drugs
B) cognitive behavioral therapy
C) group therapy
D) family therapy
Q3) The most common eating disorder is
A) anorexia
B) bulimia
C) binge eating disorder
D) both b and c
Q4) What are the behavioral differences between anorexia,bulimia,and binge eating? Are there similarities?
Q5) Evaluate the adequacy of the setpoint model and the positive incentive model to explain obesity.
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Chapter 15: Exercising
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Q1) Research has found that people who experienced the greatest benefits from physical activity were
A) those who changed from a sedentary to an active lifestyle.
B) those who changed from an active to a more active lifestyle.
C) women.
D) children.
Q2) The benefits of physical activity are most strongly evident with A) heart disease.
B) injuries.
C) cancer.
D) young children.
Q3) Exercise like yoga and tai chi can help provide muscle ___________.
A) strength
B) endurance
C) flexibility
D) fitness
Q4) Physically active people can expect to live,on average,5 years longer than physically inactive people.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Future Challenges
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Q1) Most college students rate their health as good to excellent; that perception
A) is accurate-individuals in this age group have low morbidity and mortality.
B) is accurate for college women but not for college men, who experience poorer health.
C) is not accurate-individuals in this age group experience more health problems than older adults.
D) is true only for college student who do not drink alcohol.
Q2) Even with universal access to health care,disparities exist between wealthy and poorer individuals.One factor that may explain this discrepancy is
A) education and health literacy are higher among those with higher incomes.
B) health varies within countries, and women are healthier than men.
C) those with the lowest levels of social support are healthier than those with many social contacts.
D) all of these contribute to health disparities.
Q3) Over ____ of young adults engage in binge drinking.
A) 20%
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 60%
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