Exam 16: Application Module B: Applying Social Psychology to Health

The definition of health includes ____.

Many early definitions of stress tended to focus on ____ factors.

_____ applied the concept of homeostasis to the study of human interactions with the environment. ​

Amira notices a lump in her breast but convinces herself that it was always there. As she continues to examine her breasts monthly, the lump remains and seems larger, but each time Amira finds a way to explain it away-the lump is just a result of the uncomfortable bra she was wearing, the lump is connected to her menstrual cycle, and so forth. In fact, she never has the lump investigated because she interprets the lump in terms of her belief that she is "healthy." Which social psychological error has Amira succumbed to in her thinking?

In one study, researchers recruited single, sexually active student volunteers to take part in a campaign (actually the experimental manipulation)supposedly designed to get other students who were just becoming sexually active to practice safe sex. The volunteers were asked to develop a persuasive speech about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)and safer sex that was then videotaped. Researchers found that the students who made the taped speeches were more likely to use condoms, a finding that is consistent with ____.

The ____ model is a value-expectancy theory in which the values and expectations have been reformulated from abstract concepts.

Suppose that you are nearly mugged while walking down a crowded city street. Your body quickly reacts to the situation. Your heart rate speeds up, your breathing becomes more intense, and you feel pumped up to either attack the mugger or flee the scene. It would be MOST accurate to say that your ____ was activated in this situation.

It is estimated that ____ of all deaths in the United States could have been postponed or avoided had people changed unhealthy behaviors. ​

A(n)____ is defined as a person's subjective probability that he or she will perform the behavior in question. ​

Rachel has recently lost her pet dog. Assuming that she is in the primary appraisal stage of the cognitive appraisal model, which appraisal would she most likely attribute this event to?

When we believe an event will be extremely demanding and will put us at risk for damage, we make a(n)____ appraisal.

The tend-and-befriend response is a more ____ stress response for females than the basic fight-or-flight response. ​

General adaptation syndrome is a model for understanding ____.

Research has shown that the more instances of smoking that adolescents view in movies, the more likely they are to smoke. This is believed to be a result of ____.

Who among the following is most likely to be a hypochondriac?

The health belief model proposes that ____.

People who experience ____ show a disease-prone personality. ​

If everyone in North America stopped smoking today, the death rates due to cancer would drop by close to ____. ​

In health psychology, a(n)____ can be defined as any program or message providing information or structure to change a behavior. ​

Most researchers contend that the best way to know when people are stressed is to ____.