Exam 1: Introducing Health Psychology

The report entitled Healthy People 2020 outlines a number of specific goals to improve access to health services,eliminate health disparities,reduce chronic diseases,improve health in people of all ages,and prevent injuries and violence in the United States.Think of one or more of the goals from the textbook and write what steps you can personally take to work toward this goal.For the same target goal,think of steps your local community could take.Write a persuasive letter to your mayor about a specific initiative you want to implement in your city to meet your chosen target goal.

Describe in detail the different contexts considered by health psychologists.Give a specific example for each context,and ground your example in one particular perspective as mentioned in the text.

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

The federal law aimed at reducing the number of people in the United States who do NOT have health insurance is the:

Health disparities are:

Research studies demonstrate that college students who drink heavily prefer:

René Descartes influenced modern medicine with mind-body dualism,the viewpoint that:

Dr.Mills conducts research on the health assets that produce longer life and optimal human functioning.Which specialty area does her research best represent?

Trephination refers to:

Your friend Kara is interested in pursuing a career in health psychology.Outline the different educational trajectories available to Kara.Considering the different fields,what will she learn and what will each degree enable her to do? Which path would you recommend to her? Why?

Dr.Johnson believes her patients with a "rheumatoid personality," who tend to repress anger and are unable to express emotion,are more prone to developing arthritis.Dr.Johnson is influenced by the _____ perspective.

Compare and contrast the biomedical and biopsychosocial models of health and illness.Discuss the implications of accepting and adopting one model over the other in regard to understanding health and illness.

The first complete anatomical study of the internal organs,musculature,and skeletal systems of the human body was published by:

DNA methylation is best described as the:

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.