Psychology for Health Sciences
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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental concepts of psychology as they relate to the health sciences, emphasizing the interplay between psychological theory, research, and practice in promoting health and well-being. Students will examine topics such as stress and coping mechanisms, health behavior change, patient-practitioner communication, and the psychological factors influencing illness and recovery. Designed for future healthcare professionals, the course highlights how psychological principles can be applied to understand patient experiences, improve healthcare outcomes, and foster holistic approaches to health and wellness in diverse populations.
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Understanding Psychology 12th Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Which contemporary perspective is CORRECTLY matched with its description?
A)Psychodynamic perspective: emphasizes the automatic response of an individual to environmental stimuli
B)Humanistic perspective: emphasizes how people know,understand,and think about the world
C)Behavioral perspective: emphasizes observable behavior and objectivity
D)Neuroscience perspective: emphasizes that behavior is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which we have little awareness or control
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the three newer branches of psychology's family tree?
A)Counseling psychology
B)Behavioral genetics
C)Evolutionary psychology
D)Clinical neuropsychology
Answer: A
Q3) According to the cognitive perspective,thinking is similar to_____ by a computer. Answer: information processing
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Chapter 2: Psychology Research
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Q1) Naturalistic observation entails:
A)the systematic,detailed study of a single individual.
B)examining existing records such as census documents.
C)asking a sample of individuals a set of questions.
D)examining behavior in the setting in which it typically occurs.
Answer: D
Q2) When a researcher debriefs her participants,she:
A)reveals the outcome of the study.
B)provides a detailed explanation of the study.
C)tells them they can stop taking part at any time.
D)assures the participants of confidentiality.
Answer: B
Q3) No relationship between two variables is represented by a:
A)negative sign.
B)sigma.
C)zero.
D)positive sign.
Answer: C
Q4) A(n)_____outcome is not due to chance.
Answer: significant
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Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
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Q1) _____ neurons transmit information from the perimeter of the body to the central nervous system.
Answer: Afferent
Q2) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding hormone replacement therapy as a treatment for menopausal symptoms?
A)It is used less frequently now than in the past.
B)It is the only treatment that does not have any side effects.
C)Its benefits outweigh its risks.
D)It has become increasingly popular.
Answer: A
Q3) The _____ is the main means for transmitting messages between the brain and the body.
A)cortex
B)medulla
C)axon
D)spinal cord
Answer: D
Q4) A technique called _____ records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes. Answer: electroencephalography
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Which of the following sequences correctly arranges the structures of the inner ear from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?
A)Cochlea \(\rarr\) basilar membrane \(\rarr\)hair cells
B)Cochlea \(\rarr\) hair cells \(\rarr\) basilar membrane
C)Basilar membrane \(\rarr\) hair cells \(\rarr\) cochlea
D)Basilar membrane \(\rarr\) cochlea \(\rarr\) hair cells
Q2) Which of the following laws would help explain why a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is already in a noisy room?
A)Fitt's law
B)Weber's law
C)Bloch's law
D)Hick's law
Q3) The body's own painkillers are called:
A)substance Ps.
B)endorphins.
C)g factors.
D)opioids.
Q4) The difference threshold is also known as a(n)_____.
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Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
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Q1) The effects of using steroids are:
A)acne,mood swings,masculine traits in women,and feminine traits in men.
B)euphoria,relaxed inhibitions,nightmares,and disoriented behavior.
C)weakness,restlessness,nausea and vomiting,headaches,and nightmares.
D)apathy,difficulty in concentration,slowed speech,decreased physical activity,and drooling.
Q2) _____ is the deepest stage of sleep,during which we are least responsive to outside stimulation.
A)Stage 1 sleep
B)Stage 2 sleep
C)Stage 3 sleep
D)Stage 4 sleep
Q3) Which of the following withdrawal symptoms are related to the use of stimulants?
A)Decreased appetite,weight loss; women may note menstrual changes
B)Acute anxiety,hallucinations,seizures,possible death
C)Sneezing,diarrhea,lower back pain,watery eyes,runny nose
D)Apathy,general fatigue,prolonged sleep
Q4) Dexedrine,benzedrine,and crystal methamphetamine are examples of _____.
Q5) Milk helps us sleep because it contains the chemical _____.
Q6) According to Hobson's _____theory,dreams begin in random neural activity.
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) The cognitive learning concept of _____ learning is associated most prominently with _____.
A)latent; Tolman
B)latent; Thorndike
C)implicit; Tolman
D)implicit; Thorndike
Q2) _____ stimulus is a stimulus that does not naturally bring about the response of interest.
A)Reflexive
B)Unconditioned
C)Neutral
D)Normative
Q3) Learning in which a new behavior is acquired but is not demonstrated until some incentive is provided for displaying it is known as _____ learning.
A)tangential
B)latent
C)perceptual
D)spatial
Q4) Shaping is one way that organisms learn_____ behavior.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) When you tell an acquaintance your telephone number,you do not recite the digits one by one at a constant rate,as in "3,3,7,2,3,4,8,3,9,2." Rather,you might say,"3,3,7 ...2,3,4 ...83,92." This exemplifies _____,a strategy to enhance _____ memory.
A)consolidation; sensory
B)consolidation; short-term
C)chunking; sensory
D)chunking; short-term
Q2) The process by which we encode,store,and retrieve information is known as _____.
A)perception
B)memory
C)rehearsal
D)cognition
Q3) _____ amnesia occurs when an individual has a memory for some material but cannot recall where he or she encountered it.
A)Retrograde
B)Source
C)Anterograde
D)Dissociative
Q4) Implicit memory is often studied through experiments that use .
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Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
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Q1) Alyssa uses a shoe as a hammer and a butter knife as a screwdriver while making several minor household repairs.Which of the following statements best characterizes Alyssa's problem solving?
A)She is constrained by a powerful mental set.
B)She has been released from functional fixedness.
C)She is taking advantage of the representative heuristiC.
D)She is forming subgoals.
Q2) Which of the following is an advantage of the use of heuristics?
A)A heuristic will present a clearly defined solution to a problem.
B)A heuristic is often efficient.
C)A heuristic is guaranteed to result in a correct response.
D)A heuristic results in only one possible solution to a problem.
Q3) Students are educated in their native language and in English simultaneously in _____,whereas they are educated only in English in _____.
A)immersion programs; bilingual education
B)bilingual education; immersion programs
C)an alternation approach; immersion programs
D)immersion programs; alternation programs
Q4) Distinguish between an algorithm and a heuristic.Provide an example of each.
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Chapter 9: Intelligence
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Q1) Define (a)practical and (b)emotional intelligence.To what extent are these types of intelligence related to the sort of intelligence that is traditionally assessed by standardized tests?
Q2) When compared to fluid intelligence,_____intelligence is more a reflection of the culture in which a person is raised.
Q3) The g-factor is:
A)the factor that helps us reason abstractly.
B)a general intelligence factor that was thought to underlie performance in every aspect of intelligence.
C)a score derived from one of several standardized tests that are designed to assess the overall intelligence.
D)the same thing as crystallized intelligence.
Q4) The study of the intellectually gifted is associated with Terman,who began studying high-IQ children in the:
A)1920s.
B)1930s.
C)1940s.
D)1950s.
Q5) The IQ of an intellectually gifted person is greater than or equal to_____ .
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) In the James-Lange theory of emotion,physiological responses _____ emotional experiences.
A)follow
B)precede
C)occur simultaneously with D)are unrelated to
Q2) Valerie is obese-that is,her body mass index (BMI)exceeds _____.
Q3) _____is the body's tendency to maintain a steady internal state.
Q4) Which figure best approximates the number of women in the United States who suffer from an eating disorder?
A)100,000
B)1 million
C)5 million
D)10 million
Q5) In _____ approaches to motivation,the desirable properties of external stimuli account for a person's motivation.
A)drive-reduction
B)arousal
C)incentive
D)cognitive
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Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) The "double standard" _____.
A)has vanished
B)has been succeeded by a new view
C)remains strong
D)exists across all cultures
Q2) Alfred _____conducted pioneering research on Americans' sexual behavior.
Q3) The point at which an egg is released from the ovaries is called_____ .
Q4) Which of the following is TRUE of rape?
A)Rape is not considered a form of crime.
B)Rape is a rare crime,which is committed only by strangers.
C)A rapist uses sexual behavior to show his rage at women in general.
D)Rape does not include a female forcing a male into sexual activities without his consent.
Q5) The rate of sexually transmitted infections is _____in the United States than in other industrialized nations.
Q6) Sexual behavior is abnormal if it is:
A)exciting.
B)harmful.
C)unusual.
D)illegal.
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Chapter 12: Development
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Q1) Discuss three remedies to overcome infertility.
Q2) Baby Lisa automatically turns her head in the direction of a touch on the cheek.This is the _____ reflex.
A)gag
B)rooting
C)sucking
D)Babinski
Q3) Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice.His father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass.Jay is now content that he has more juice.Jay has failed to grasp the concept of:
A)object permanence.
B)egocentrism.
C)hypo-deductive reasoning.
D)conservation.
Q4) Outline the perceptual capabilities of very young infants.How might these capabilities inform one's position on the nature vs.nurture debate? Provide as thoughtful a response as you can.
Q5) According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,in the stage,people facing impending death resist the _____idea that they are dying.
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) The id operates according to the _____ principle in which the goal is the immediate reduction of tension and the maximization of satisfaction.
A)pleasure
B)reciprocity
C)attitude
D)reality
Q2) Which approach to personality emphasizes the role played by self-efficacy?
A)Bandura's social cognitive approach
B)Skinner's behaviorist approach
C)Gordon Allport's trait theory
D)Rogers's humanistic theory
Q3) _____ approaches to personality emphasize people's inherent goodness and their tendency to move toward higher levels of functioning.
A)Evolutionary
B)Humanistic
C)Learning
D)Biological
Q4) The ,or MMPI-2-RF,is the most widely used self-report measure of personality.
Q5) _____is a sense of success in forming close bonds with other people.
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Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and
Well-Being
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Q1) The suicide rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is _____ the general population.
A)twice as high as B)the same as C)less than half for D)three times as high as
Q2) Despite growing up in an environment characterized by unemployment,violence,drug abuse,and poverty,Geoff finished college and is successful and thriving today.Geoff is:
A)hostile.
B)hardy.
C)resilient.
D)fortunate.
Q3) Tim was told by his doctor that if he did not stop eating fast food,he will become diabetic and obese.This is an example of a(n)_____framed health message.
A)neutrally
B)positively
C)ambiguously
D)negatively
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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) _____is an acquired expectation that events in one's life are uncontrollable and that one cannot escape from the situation.
Q2) According to a massive study done on the prevalence of psychological disorders in the United States,which of the following is the most common disorder reported?
A)Depression
B)Alcohol dependence
C)Panic disorder
D)Posttraumatic stress disorder
Q3) Fear of places,such as unfamiliar or crowded spaces,where help might not be available in case of emergency is referred to as:
A)acrophobiA.
B)claustrophobia.
C)xenophobia.
D)agoraphobia.
Q4) Briefly describe the causes of mood disorders.
Q5) Psychologists typically define _____,broadly,as behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevents them from functioning in their daily lives.
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Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Research shows that behavioral therapy is roughly _____% more effective than no treatment at all.
A)15
B)25
C)60
D)80
Q2) Community psychology came of age in the _____; its aim was to minimize psychological disorders.
A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s
Q3) Many newer antidepressants are selective_____ reuptake inhibitors.
Q4) Rational-emotive therapy is associated with _____; cognitive-behavioral approach with _____.
A)Beck; Ellis
B)Beck; Seligman
C)Ellis; Beck
D)Ellis; Seligman
Q5) What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)?
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Chapter 17: Social Psychology
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Q1) One's impression of another individual may be strongly influenced by the presence of especially important characteristics,called _____traits.
Q2) George met Paul at a seminar for the first time.When Paul expressed his political interests,George felt that Paul was very much like him as they shared the same opinions on political ideals.George's inference is an example of:
A)selective perception.
B)self-serving bias.
C)assumed-similarity bias.
D)fundamental attribution error.
Q3) Dahlia is trying to make partner at one of the city's most prestigious law firms.It is generally understood that associates remain hard at work in the office until at least 7 or 8 each evening.This is an element of the firm's group:
A)role.
B)schema.
C)norm.
D)attitude.
Q4) _____refers to positive feelings for others; liking and loving.
Q5) The intentional injury of,or harm to,another person is called_____ .
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