Question 1

Regarding health and disease,which of the following is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beginning in middle age,women have higher disease and disability rates than men do. 
B)  At every age,death rates vary by ethnic group. 
C)  People in developing countries can expect to live about the same number of healthy years as people in developed countries. 
D)  Men are twice as likely as women to die of any cause. 
A)  Beginning in middle age,women have higher disease and disability rates than men do. 
B)  At every age,death rates vary by ethnic group. 
C)  People in developing countries can expect to live about the same number of healthy years as people in developed countries. 
D)  Men are twice as likely as women to die of any cause.

Question 2

DNA methylation is best described as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  biochemical process that occurs in body cells and helps regulate the expression of genes. 
B)  cause of most chronic illnesses in children and young adults. 
C)  cause of most chronic illnesses in older adults. 
D)  mechanism by which psychological traits such as introversion are inherited. 
A)  biochemical process that occurs in body cells and helps regulate the expression of genes. 
B)  cause of most chronic illnesses in children and young adults. 
C)  cause of most chronic illnesses in older adults. 
D)  mechanism by which psychological traits such as introversion are inherited.

Question 3

Dr.Rogers believes that our characteristic human behaviors exist as they do because they helped our distant ancestors survive.Evidently,Dr.Rogers is a proponent of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary perspective. 
B)  biomedical model. 
C)  life-course perspective. 
D)  biopsychosocial model. 
A)  evolutionary perspective. 
B)  biomedical model. 
C)  life-course perspective. 
D)  biopsychosocial model.

Question 4

Regarding the benefits of attending college,which of the following is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women and men who have attended college are no healthier than those who have not. 
B)  Over the course of a typical four-year college experience,thinking tends to become broader and more complex. 
C)  Educated people are more likely to develop higher health literacy. 
D)  Higher education is associated with better health habits. 
A)  Women and men who have attended college are no healthier than those who have not. 
B)  Over the course of a typical four-year college experience,thinking tends to become broader and more complex. 
C)  Educated people are more likely to develop higher health literacy. 
D)  Higher education is associated with better health habits.

Question 5

A disease that spreads rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time over a limited geographical area is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the plague. 
B)  a pandemic. 
C)  an epidemic. 
D)  mass hysteria. 
A)  the plague. 
B)  a pandemic. 
C)  an epidemic. 
D)  mass hysteria.

Question 6

Which of the following is the field of health psychology NOT directly concerned with?

Accepted Answer

A)  The health care system 
B)  Enhancing health 
C)  Preventing and treating illness 
D)  Lowering health care costs 
A)  The health care system 
B)  Enhancing health 
C)  Preventing and treating illness 
D)  Lowering health care costs

Question 7

Research studies demonstrate that college students who drink heavily prefer:

Accepted Answer

A)  large social contexts involving both men and women. 
B)  small social contexts involving both men and women. 
C)  large social contexts involving only men or women. 
D)  small social contexts involving only men or women. 
A)  large social contexts involving both men and women. 
B)  small social contexts involving both men and women. 
C)  large social contexts involving only men or women. 
D)  small social contexts involving only men or women.

Question 8

Who was an early proponent of behavioral medicine who used operant conditioning techniques to teach animals to gain control over bodily functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Franz Alexander 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Joseph Matarazzo 
D)  Neal Miller 
A)  Franz Alexander 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Joseph Matarazzo 
D)  Neal Miller

Question 9

According to Sigmund Freud,loss of speech,deafness,and other conversion disorders were caused by:

Accepted Answer

A)  unconscious emotional conflicts. 
B)  psychological viruses. 
C)  erotic urges. 
D)  repressed feelings of hatred toward one's parents. 
A)  unconscious emotional conflicts. 
B)  psychological viruses. 
C)  erotic urges. 
D)  repressed feelings of hatred toward one's parents.

Question 10

One research study found that boys who inherit one variation of the MAOA gene,and girls who inherit a different variation of the same gene,are more likely to engage in ____________ behavior as adolescents,but only if they were exposed to ____________ as children.

Accepted Answer

A)  prosocial;chemical toxins 
B)  delinquent: maltreatment 
C)  criminal;malnutrition 
D)  bullying;bullying 
A)  prosocial;chemical toxins 
B)  delinquent: maltreatment 
C)  criminal;malnutrition 
D)  bullying;bullying

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the original four goals of the new field of health psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  To promote health 
B)  To prevent and treat illness 
C)  To lower health care costs 
D)  To promote public health policy 
A)  To promote health 
B)  To prevent and treat illness 
C)  To lower health care costs 
D)  To promote public health policy

Question 12

Some nineteenth-century scholars believed that living organisms could be formed from nonliving matter.This idea is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  asceticism. 
B)  spontaneous generation. 
C)  tridosha. 
D)  trephination. 
A)  asceticism. 
B)  spontaneous generation. 
C)  tridosha. 
D)  trephination.

Question 13

The biomedical model embraces reductionism,which is the view that:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychological,social,and behavioral variables play little role in illness. 
B)  complex phenomena (such as health)derive from a single factor. 
C)  mind and body are separate and autonomous entities. 
D)  health is nothing more than the absence of disease. 
A)  psychological,social,and behavioral variables play little role in illness. 
B)  complex phenomena (such as health)derive from a single factor. 
C)  mind and body are separate and autonomous entities. 
D)  health is nothing more than the absence of disease.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the immigrant paradox?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low socioeconomic status does not predict poor health for Hispanics and other ethnic groups in the United States. 
B)  The children and grandchildren of immigrants to the United States typically surpass their elders in income and education. 
C)  The children and grandchildren of immigrants to the United States typically are healthier than their elders. 
D)  Latinos in the United States use health care less often. 
A)  Low socioeconomic status does not predict poor health for Hispanics and other ethnic groups in the United States. 
B)  The children and grandchildren of immigrants to the United States typically surpass their elders in income and education. 
C)  The children and grandchildren of immigrants to the United States typically are healthier than their elders. 
D)  Latinos in the United States use health care less often.

Question 15

Health psychologists view health:

Accepted Answer

A)  as the absence of disease. 
B)  from a biopsychosocial viewpoint. 
C)  from a biomedical perspective. 
D)  in various ways,depending on the individual's background. 
A)  as the absence of disease. 
B)  from a biopsychosocial viewpoint. 
C)  from a biomedical perspective. 
D)  in various ways,depending on the individual's background.

Question 16

Genomics is the study of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary history of a species' health. 
B)  structure,function,and mapping of the genetic material of organisms. 
C)  role of psychological factors in vulnerability to disease. 
D)  effects of environmental forces on how genes are expressed. 
A)  evolutionary history of a species' health. 
B)  structure,function,and mapping of the genetic material of organisms. 
C)  role of psychological factors in vulnerability to disease. 
D)  effects of environmental forces on how genes are expressed.

Question 17

Dr.Smyth is studying the relationship of socioeconomic status to health and disease.Dr.Smyth is evidently working from the __________ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  sociocultural 
B)  life-course 
C)  gender 
D)  behavioral 
A)  sociocultural 
B)  life-course 
C)  gender 
D)  behavioral

Question 18

Trephination refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of leeches to draw blood from a sick person. 
B)  a primitive form of surgery in which a hole was bored into a sick person's skull. 
C)  the earliest public health regulations established by Greek and Roman medicine. 
D)  a non-Western form of healing based on the use of herbs and tonics. 
A)  the use of leeches to draw blood from a sick person. 
B)  a primitive form of surgery in which a hole was bored into a sick person's skull. 
C)  the earliest public health regulations established by Greek and Roman medicine. 
D)  a non-Western form of healing based on the use of herbs and tonics.

Question 19

What is the leading cause of death in young people (age 1-44)?

Accepted Answer

A)  chronic lower respiratory disease 
B)  heart disease 
C)  cancer 
D)  unintentional injuries 
A)  chronic lower respiratory disease 
B)  heart disease 
C)  cancer 
D)  unintentional injuries

Question 20

In the history of Western medicine,humoral theory was eventually replaced by the ____________theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  anatomical 
B)  cellular 
C)  germ 
D)  hormonal 
A)  anatomical 
B)  cellular 
C)  germ 
D)  hormonal

Exam 1: B: Introducing Health Psychology

Regarding health and disease,which of the following is NOT true?

DNA methylation is best described as the:

Dr.Rogers believes that our characteristic human behaviors exist as they do because they helped our distant ancestors survive.Evidently,Dr.Rogers is a proponent of the:

Regarding the benefits of attending college,which of the following is NOT true?

A disease that spreads rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time over a limited geographical area is called:

Which of the following is the field of health psychology NOT directly concerned with?

Research studies demonstrate that college students who drink heavily prefer:

Who was an early proponent of behavioral medicine who used operant conditioning techniques to teach animals to gain control over bodily functions?

According to Sigmund Freud,loss of speech,deafness,and other conversion disorders were caused by:

One research study found that boys who inherit one variation of the MAOA gene,and girls who inherit a different variation of the same gene,are more likely to engage in ____________ behavior as adolescents,but only if they were exposed to ____________ as children.

Which of the following is NOT one of the original four goals of the new field of health psychology?

Some nineteenth-century scholars believed that living organisms could be formed from nonliving matter.This idea is called:

The biomedical model embraces reductionism,which is the view that:

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the immigrant paradox?

Health psychologists view health:

Genomics is the study of the:

Dr.Smyth is studying the relationship of socioeconomic status to health and disease.Dr.Smyth is evidently working from the __________ perspective.

Trephination refers to:

What is the leading cause of death in young people (age 1-44)?

In the history of Western medicine,humoral theory was eventually replaced by the ____________theory.

A: Introducing Health Psychology

C: Introducing Health Psychology

A: Research in Health Psychology

B: Research in Health Psychology

C: Research in Health Psychology

A: Biological Foundations of Health and Illness

B: Biological Foundations of Health and Illness

C: Biological Foundations of Health and Illness

A: Stress

B: Stress

C: Stress

A: Coping With Stress

B: Coping With Stress

C: Coping With Stress

A: Staying Healthy: Primary Prevention and Positive Psychology

B: Staying Healthy: Primary Prevention and Positive Psychology

C: Staying Healthy: Primary Prevention and Positive Psychology

A: Exercise, Sleep, and Injury Control

B: Exercise, Sleep, and Injury Control

C: Exercise, Sleep, and Injury Control

A: Nutrition, Obesity, and Eating Disorders

B: Nutrition, Obesity, and Eating Disorders

C: Nutrition, Obesity, and Eating Disorders

A: Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction

B: Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction

C: Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction

A: Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

B: Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

C: Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

A: Cancer

B: Cancer

C: Cancer

A: Hiv/Aids and Other Communicable Diseases

B: Hiv/Aids and Other Communicable Diseases

C: Hiv/Aids and Other Communicable Diseases

A: The Role of Health Psychology in Seeking and Obtaining Health Care

B: The Role of Health Psychology in Seeking and Obtaining Health Care

C: The Role of Health Psychology in Seeking and Obtaining Health Care

A: Managing Pain

B: Managing Pain

C: Managing Pain

A: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

B: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

C: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Filters

One research study found that boys who inherit one variation of the MAOA gene,and girls who inherit a different variation of the same gene,are more likely to engage in behavior as adolescents,but only if they were exposed to as children.