Psychology for Nursing Pre-Test
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Course Introduction
Psychology for Nursing is a foundational course that explores the principles of human behavior and mental processes as they relate to health care. Emphasizing the psychological needs of patients, the course covers topics such as developmental stages, stress and coping mechanisms, communication skills, mental health disorders, and the impact of illness on psychological well-being. Students will gain an understanding of how psychological factors influence patient care and will develop strategies for supporting patients mental and emotional health, enhancing therapeutic relationships, and promoting holistic care within diverse healthcare settings.
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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) Smoking has been identified as a risk factor in each of the following health problems except A) stroke.
B) cancer.
C) chronic lung disease.
D) obesity.
Answer: D
Q2) Your job is to work with pediatric cancer patients.What developmental factors must you keep in mind as you proceed with your work?
Answer: not answered
Q3) One of the goals of health psychology is to have an effect on public policy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The biopsychosocial model of health and illness is actually an extension of the biomedical model.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Bodys Physical Systems
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Q1) Organ transplants fail because the immune system identifies the transplanted tissue as an antigen.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The basal metabolic rate is
A) not affected by the size of the body.
B) exactly the same regardless of gender.
C) constant across the life span.
D) none of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding AIDS is not true?
A) It does not kill directly.
B) Although millions of people have the disease worldwide, most of the deaths have occurred in North America.
C) It is caused by a virus.
D) It affects T cells.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Stress: Its Meaning, Impact and Sources
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Q1) Janelle is fired from her job.Which of the following characteristics of stressful situations, as described in the text, does her situation reflect?
A) low desirability
B) ambiguity
C) difficult timing
D) posttraumatic stress disorder
Answer: A
Q2) A person's psychological and physiological response to a stressor is called A) a transaction.
B) discrepant behaviour.
C) strain.
D) avoidance
Answer: C
Q3) Which statement regarding stress and cognition is NOT true?
A)Cognitions can affect the experience of stress.
B)Thinking about the stressful incident constantly reduces the stress.
C)Stress can affect cognitions.
D)Chronic stress can result from cognitive processes.
Answer: B
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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) In old age, has been characterized as "a triumphant positive outlook during periods of adversity".
A)Type A behaviour
B)hardiness
C)resilience
D)stamina
E)internal locus of control
Q3) Al-omari deals with the stress of his daily painful skin medical treatments, by imagining himself walking across campus again with his friends, Laughing and joking with them.Al-omari is using which type of control?
A)Decisional
B)Cognitive
C)Behavioural
D)informational
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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) Based on the belief that our incorrect or maladaptive attitudes need to be disputed.
A)systematic desensitization
B)biofeedback
C)modeling
D)cognitive therapy
E)stress?inoculation training
Q3) Benzodiazepines are to ____ nervous system as beta-blockers are to _____ nervous system.
A) sympathetic; parasympathetic
B) central; peripheral
C) peripheral; central
D) parasympathetic; sympathetic
Q4) Discuss the effectiveness of the 3 methods of stress management reviewed in the chapter.
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Chapter 6: Health-Related Beahviour and Health Promotion
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Q1) Health behaviours are determined by the perceived seriousness of the threat and perceived cost of the behaviour.
A)theory of planned behaviour
B)conflict theory
C)health belief model
D)stages of change model
E)motivated reasoning
Q2) 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.
Q3) According to conflict theory, the only consistently adaptive decision?making pattern in the face of health risks is
A)hypervigilance.
B)vigilant coping.
C)unconflicted change.
D)defensive avoidance.
Q4) Discuss the similarities and differences between the Health Belief model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
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Chapter 7: Reducing Substance and Abuse
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Q1) Risk factors that link smoking to cardiovascular heart disease (CHD) include
A)having a lifestyle that includes other risk factors.
B)low blood pressure which causes the nicotine to be metabolized more slowly.
C)being a female.
D)having relatively low stress levels in one's life.
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) Habib has developed a physical dependence on nicotine, which means
A)his body requires it for "normal" functioning and he'll most likely experience withdrawal symptoms if he tries to quit smoking.
B)he is probably experiencing serious interpersonal problems because of this substance.
C)he very likely is failing to fulfill important obligations to others.
D)he probably feels compelled to smoke cigarettes.
Q4) Distinguish between the various types and effects of the different categories of drugs.
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Chapter 8: Improving Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise and Safety
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Q1) Individuals who lose weight and regain it will find it easier to subsequently lose weight again.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a demonstrated effect of exercise?
A)Weight loss.
B)Enhanced self?esteem.
C)Stress reduction.
D)All of these are effects of exercise.
Q3) Weight?lifting and push?ups are forms of _____ exercise.
A)isotonic
B)isometric
C)isokinetic
D)aerobic
Q4) People are classified as obese when their BMI exceeds _____.
A)10
B)20
C)25
D)30
Q5) Explain the significance of "Right to Know" laws.
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Chapter 9: Using Health Services
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Q1) A high school student fainted after eating the "mystery meat special" in the cafeteria. Upon witnessing this, thirty other students who had eaten the same thing subsequently fainted. Tests showed no harmful substances in the air or in the "mystery meat." These students were likely suffering from
A)food poisoning.
B)the placebo effect.
C)psychogenic illness.
D)conversion hysteria.
Q2) Research on medical consultations shows that about _______ of physician's statements are giving information to the patient.
A)10%
B)38%
C)50%
D)65%
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 10: In the Hosital: the Setting, Procedures and
Effects on Patients
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Q1) Your 8-year-old nephew will be going to the hospital to have his tonsils removed.Help him through the experience by developing a plan based on information from this chapter.
Q2) Which of the following is not characteristic of ''burnout?"
A)Drug and alcohol abuse.
B)High job satisfaction.
C)High absenteeism.
D)Chronic exposure to high stress.
Q3) Which of the following statements about the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is not true?
A)It is the most widely used personality test.
B)It was developed specifically for use in medical settings.
C)It is usually completed in about 1?1/2 hours.
D)All of the above are true.
Q4) Which change(s) took place in hospitals in the 18th and 19th centuries?
A)A deepened association with monasteries.
B)Use of X?rays for diagnosis.
C)Establishment of wards for different illness categories.
D)all of the above
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Q5) Trace the changes that have occurred in hospitals since their early development.
Chapter 11: The Nature and Symptoms of Pain
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Q1) Rheumatoid arthritis and cancer cause pain which Turk, Meichenbaum and Genest (1983) might classify as chronic-recurrent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following closes the gating mechanism according to the gate?control pain theory?
A)Depression.
B)Anxiety.
C)Medication.
D)Boredom.
Q3) The problems with the acceptance of pattern theory include
A)the requirement of intense stimuli to trigger pain.
B)the overlooking of psychological factors in pain.
C)the pain area of the brain does not exist.
D)all of the above
Q4) C fibres are involved in
A)acute pain sensations
B)dull pain sensations
C)sharp, well?localized pain sensations
D)an "average" degree of pain
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Chapter 12: Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain
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Q1) The abbreviation "PRN" refers to
A)taking the drug on a fixed schedule.
B)a computerized pump that delivers a dose of drug into a vein.
C)the practitioner recommending no medication.
D)giving the drug as needed to control symptoms.
Q2) Distraction efforts at pain control are most effective when the A)pain is strong.
B)pain is diffuse.
C)pain is mild or moderate.
D)the technique commands little attention.
Q3) The concept of a "pain game" refers to
A)an operant conditioning treatment approach.
B)playing the role of "suffering person."
C)a distraction technique to takes one's mind off the pain.
D)a physical therapy approach that involves exercise and sporting events.
Q4) Studies with patient controlled analgesia have shown A)high probabilities of abuse.
B)low abuse risk.
C)they are not effective with cancer patients.
D)patients administer the medication as directed.
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Chapter 13: Serious and Disabling Chronic Health Illnesses:
Causes, Management, and Coping
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Q1) 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
Q2) Common treatment approaches to arthritis include
A) use of pain relief medication.
B) use of physical therapy.
C)use of appropriate assistive devices.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Research on the relationship between mood and coping with rheumatoid arthritis indicates
A) most patients believed they had control over the course of their disease.
B)patients who believed they had control over their disease showed high levels of distress.
C)patients who saw themselves as active partners in treatment were better adjusted.
D)mood did not correlate with adjustment.
Q4) Compare and contrast the various forms of rheumatic diseases.
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Chapter 14: Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Aids:
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Q1) The highest rate of cancer deaths today is from neoplasms in the breast.
Q2) What is one way to prevent the learned food aversions associated with chemotherapy?
A)Use imaging therapy.
B)Provide a scapegoat food prior to chemotherapy.
C)Use progressive relaxation techniques.
D)Use less powerful chemicals.
Q3) Alain experienced a sudden, severe headache, followed by blindness in one eye and dizziness. These are symptoms of A)a myocardial infarction.
B)diabetes.
C)AIDS.
D)a stroke.
Q4) The phenomenon of visual neglect occurs when there is damage in the _____ hemisphere and is characterized by the failure to process information from the _____ visual field.
A)right; right
B)left; left
C)right; left
D)left; right
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Chapter 15: Whats Ahead for Health Psychology
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Q1) The measurement known as quality-adjusted life years, or QALY's, allows health care planners and patients to
A)make decisions regarding the value of different treatments.
B)measure past quality of life.
C)calculate the number of years a patient is expected to live.
D)calculate the cost of treatment.
Q2) Which of the following statements regarding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is NOT true?
A)Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands.
B)In the United States, no laws currently allow for either euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.
C)In the future, psychologists will very likely to be asked to assess patients' emotional status and decision-making capabilities in such cases.
D)Concerns over patients' level of depression have been a significant part of the debate in the medical community.
Q3) What differences have or still need to be addressed to increase health psychologists' acceptance in medical settings?
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