Psychology of Health and Illness Final
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Course Introduction
This course explores the psychological factors that influence health, the onset and progression of illness, and the ways individuals cope with sickness and health-related challenges. Through an examination of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional processes, students will analyze how stress, personality, social support, and health behaviors impact physical well-being. The course also covers topics such as patient-practitioner relationships, adherence to medical advice, and the psychological management of chronic and terminal illnesses, integrating current research and theory with real-world applications in health promotion and disease prevention.
Recommended Textbook Health Psychology 10th Edition by Taylor
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Chapter 1: What Is Health Psychology
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Q1) Epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address questions such as why certain cancers are more prevalent than others in particular geographic areas.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) An experiment conducted by a health care practitioner to evaluate treatments or interventions and their effectiveness over time is called a A)retrospective design.
B)prospective research.
C)randomized clinical trial.
D)correlational study.
Answer: C
Q3) The number of deaths due to a particular cause is known as A)homicide.
B)obliteration.
C)mortality.
D)morbidity.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Systems of the Body
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Q1) The gene for _____ disease has been identified by a test,which also roughly predicts the age when one will succumb to the disease.
A)paraplegia
B)Parkinson's C)epilepsy
D)Huntington's
Answer: D
Q2) Toxigenicity is the ability to
A)produce poisons which invade other parts of the body.
B)resist the body's defenses.
C)produce white blood cells in the body.
D)reduce the risk of potential genetic disorders.
Answer: A
Q3) The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during respiration occurs between the A)primary bronchi and the secondary bronchi.
B)alveoli and the capillaries.
C)alveoli and the arteries.
D)bronchioles and the arteries.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Health Behaviors
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Q1) The window of vulnerability for smoking and drug use is typically associated with adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) ________ involves modifying the environment to affect one's ability to practice a particular health behavior.
A)Social engineering
B)Reconstruction
C)Cognitive restructuring
D)Passive retraining
Answer: A
Q3) ________ is experienced when individuals have free will and choice to make decisions regarding health behavior change.
A)Self reinforcement
B)Locus of control
C)Autonomous motivation
D)Perceived competence
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Health-Promoting Behaviors
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Q1) The most powerful determinant of what a family eats is
A)the husband's food preferences.
B)the wife's food preferences.
C)the children's food preferences.
D)the children's health considerations.
Q2) Screening through mammography is important for high-risk women because
A)the majority of breast cancers are detected in women over age 40)
B)one in every three women in the United States develops breast cancer.
C)the x-rays used in mammography help arrest the growth of breast cancer.
D)experimental medication for breast cancer works better in women over the age of 50)
Q3) Individuals are more likely to exercise if
A)they belong to families in which exercise is rarely practiced.
B)they perceive themselves as lethargic.
C)they do not have social support or people to take responsibility for their health.
D)they have a strong self-efficacy for exercising.
Q4) Explain the physical and psychological benefits of exercise.
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Chapter 5: Health-Compromising Behaviors
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Q1) _____,a hunger-stimulating hormone,is secreted by specialized cells in the stomach.
A)Ghrelin
B)Leptin
C)Albumin
D)Dopamine
Q2) Evaluations of alcohol prevention programs for adolescents suggest that such programs
A)are expensive and ineffective.
B)enhance participants' sense of self-efficacy.
C)have little influence on participants' ability to resist peer pressure.
D)encourage participants to enroll in self-help programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
Q3) Which of the following components,if included,can produce up to a 40 percent treatment success rate for alcoholism?
A)excluding relatives and employers from the treatment process
B)increasing the length of treatment by several months
C)gradually reducing alcohol consumption over a period of time
D)instilling coping skills to manage environmental pressures
Q4) What are the factors associated with smoking in adolescents?
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Chapter 6: Stress
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Q1) Chronic strain is strongly related to depression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research suggests that habituation may not occur after exposure to long-term stressors and that the immune system may be compromised by long-term stress.
A)True
B)False
Q3) During the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome,an organism makes efforts to cope with a threat.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some working parents cope well with their multiple roles,whereas others do not.Explain the factors that are associated with positive and negative outcomes in juggling family and work roles.
Q5) A relationship between discrimination and poor health has been found for A)Caucasian women.
B)happily-married women.
C)Asian adults and children.
D)African American men and women.
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Chapter 7: Coping,resilience,and Social Support
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Q1) Surveys show that nearly half the people in the United States deal with their health problems through A)writing. B)prayer.
C)meditation. D)yoga.
Q2) The relationship between coping and a stressful event is a _____ process.
A)divergent
B)synergistic
C)dynamic
D)static
Q3) Mindfulness engages the prefrontal cortical regions of the brain,which regulate affect and downregulate activity in the limbic areas related to anxiety and other negative emotions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the Combat Stress Now (CSN)program,and cite a few advantages of using this program.
Q5) Define social support,and elucidate the different forms of social support.
Q6) Explain coping and the relationship between personality and coping.
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Chapter 8: Using Health Services
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Q1) A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggested that physicians begin all their patient interviews with A)direct questions.
B)online screening.
C)drug administration
D)physical examinations.
Q2) Physicians estimate that as much as half their time is taken up by patients whose complaints are psychological rather than medical.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The coherent conceptions of diseases and afflictions that are acquired through the media,through personal experience,and from family and friends who have experience with similar disorders are known as
A)illness representations.
B)medical delays.
C)secondary gains.
D)delay behaviors.
Q4) Explain the usage of health services in the context of social psychological factors.
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Chapter 9: Patients,providers,and Treatments
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Q1) Briefly explain patients' contributions to faulty communication.
Q2) Which of the following is a factor that aggravates burnout?
A)high perceptions of success
B)excessive feedback
C)too much time spent with clients
D)high sense of autonomy
Q3) Patient-centered care involves providing patients with information,involving them in decisions regarding care,and considering psychosocial issues such as social support needs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The practice of modifying and supplementing a prescribed treatment regimen is known as
A)apperception.
B)problem-focused coping.
C)self-regulation.
D)creative nonadherence.
Q5) The duration of a typical physician's assistant program is two years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Management of Pain and Discomfort
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Q1) _____ is a psychological technique for the management of pain and can be thought of as an operant learning process.
A)Counterirritation
B)Distraction
C)Biofeedback
D)Spinal cord stimulation
Q2) Catastrophic thinking reduces the pain experience.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ is a psychological pain management technique in which a patient turns his or her attention away from pain by focusing attention on an irrelevant and attention-getting stimulus.
A)Distraction
B)Biofeedback
C)Acupuncture
D)Counterirritation
Q4) What is pain control? Briefly explain the traditional methods of controlling pain.
Q5) Why is the distinction between acute and chronic pain important in clinical management?
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Chapter 11: Management of Chronic Health Disorders
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Q1) During physical rehabilitation,patients need a ________ management program for the alleviation of discomfort.
A)health
B)mind
C)disease
D)pain
Q2) Physical therapists plan and direct recreational activities to help patients become more self-sufficient.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true about body image?
A)Body image remains constant during chronic health disorders.
B)Body image plummets only during acute health disorders.
C)Changes in body image are long-lived in acutely ill patients.
D)Negative evaluations last longer in chronically ill patients.
Q4) The website WebMD is
A)scrupulously careful about the information they post.
B)usually accurate but not always careful about the information they provide.
C)like most of the information on the Web,not to be trusted.
D)always associated with the risk of misinformation.
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Chapter 12: Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness
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Q1) In the denial stage,patients act as if the illness is not severe,and it will shortly go away.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following factors contribute to women's lower mortality rates?
A)They participate in less group activities.
B)They possess more biological fitness.
C)They engage in more risky behaviors.
D)They experience less social support.
Q3) Physician-assisted dying is legal in all fifty states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The elderly (over age 65)are generally less prepared to face death than are the young.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe Kübler-Ross's theory of dying.Evaluate the usefulness of her theory.
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Q6) Describe the psychological and physiological correlates of grief.
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Chapter 13: Heart Disease, hypertension, stroke, and Type Ii
Diabetes
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Q1) In individuals who are at high risk for diabetes,modest weight loss and small increases in physical activity can cause significant reduction in the incidence of diabetes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) CPR is
A)cardiopulmonary relief.
B)cardiac prevention resources.
C)cardiac prevention resuscitation.
D)cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Q3) In the context of cardiac rehabilitation,which of the following statements is true of social support?
A)Social support during hospitalization predicts depression during recovery.
B)Social support predicts an increased likelihood of social drinking.
C)Social support is likely to increase intolerance for exercise.
D)Social support predicts a decreased likelihood of smoking.
Q4) Stroke patients achieve their maximum recovery within the first two months after stroke.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: Psychoneuroimmunology and Immune-Related Disorders
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Q1) Cognitive-behavioral intervention programs that work with other at-risk populations may not work as well with IV drug users because A)their peer group has too much influence.
B)they lack good impulse control.
C)methadone programs don't work with them.
D)they are not receptive to outside interventions.
Q2) What are the common symptoms of AIDS?
Q3) In the context of cancer,cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)intervention focuses on A)reducing cancer risk-related behavior.
B)medical treatments to improve immunologic functioning related to the course of illness.
C)active cultivation of conscious awareness through relaxation,meditation,and yoga.
D)reducing depression and controlling fear of recurrence.
Q4) Impaired immune functioning has been found in samples of adults who have experienced short-term marital conflict,marital separation,and divorce.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Health Psychology Challenges for the Future
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Q1) Maximizing the number of good years during which a person is free from the burdens of chronic illness
A)has no effect on the patients.
B)reduces the mortality rate.
C)increases the financial burden of that person's family.
D)produces a higher quality of life.
Q2) In the context of health care,which of the following statements is true of women?
A)Health care for women is better consolidated than for men.
B)They have the same age of onset for major diseases as men.
C)Smoking is more hazardous for women than for men.
D)They are less likely to encounter stressful conditions than men.
Q3) _____ is a branch of health psychology that primarily focuses on interventions with patients.
A)Social psychology
B)Clinical psychology
C)Physiological psychology
D)Developmental psychology
Q4) Explain comprehensive intervention models with examples.
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