Question 1

​How do income and education relate to health and life expectancy in America today?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Income affects health problems; education affects life expectancy. 
B)  ​Income affects life expectancy; education affects health problems. 
C)  ​Income and education both affect both health and life expectancy. 
D)  ​Income and education influence neither health nor life expectancy. 
A)  ​Income affects health problems; education affects life expectancy. 
B)  ​Income affects life expectancy; education affects health problems. 
C)  ​Income and education both affect both health and life expectancy. 
D)  ​Income and education influence neither health nor life expectancy.

Question 2

Pneumonia and influenza (together) account for one of the 10 leading causes of death in which ethnic group(s)?

Accepted Answer

A)  European Americans 
B)  European and African Americans 
C)  European, Hispanic, and Asian Americans 
D)  European, Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans 
A)  European Americans 
B)  European and African Americans 
C)  European, Hispanic, and Asian Americans 
D)  European, Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans

Question 3

​In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now as infectious diseases caused in the past. 
B)  ​They cause the majority of deaths now, but a lower percentage than infectious diseases once did. 
C)  ​They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now to the percentage that infectious diseases cause now. 
D)  ​They cause a very low percentage of actual deaths, but many people are living with them now. 
A)  ​They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now as infectious diseases caused in the past. 
B)  ​They cause the majority of deaths now, but a lower percentage than infectious diseases once did. 
C)  ​They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now to the percentage that infectious diseases cause now. 
D)  ​They cause a very low percentage of actual deaths, but many people are living with them now.

Question 4

​What best describes the relationship between ethnicity and mortality in America today?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Ethnicity is related to life expectancy, but not to cause of death. 
B)  ​Ethnicity is related to cause of death, but not to life expectancy. 
C)  ​Ethnicity is related to both life expectancy and to cause of death. 
D)  ​Ethnicity is related to neither life expectancy nor cause of death. 
A)  ​Ethnicity is related to life expectancy, but not to cause of death. 
B)  ​Ethnicity is related to cause of death, but not to life expectancy. 
C)  ​Ethnicity is related to both life expectancy and to cause of death. 
D)  ​Ethnicity is related to neither life expectancy nor cause of death.

Question 5

Most experts in health psychology recommend that​

Accepted Answer

A)  health psychologists should procure credentials as medical physicians first. 
B)  health psychologists should have at least two years of postdoctoral training. 
C)  ​health psychology should be a separate discipline from generic psychology. 
D)  ​health psychology should be a separate discipline from generic psychology 
A)  health psychologists should procure credentials as medical physicians first. 
B)  health psychologists should have at least two years of postdoctoral training. 
C)  ​health psychology should be a separate discipline from generic psychology. 
D)  ​health psychology should be a separate discipline from generic psychology

Question 6

Death rates in the United States from both heart disease and cancer are declining.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

​From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the role of psychologists in medicine changed most in which way?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​More psychologists began conducting health research. 
B)  ​More psychologists began teaching in medical schools. 
C)  ​More psychologists began working to change lifestyles. 
D)  ​More psychologists began working for managing pain. 
A)  ​More psychologists began conducting health research. 
B)  ​More psychologists began teaching in medical schools. 
C)  ​More psychologists began working to change lifestyles. 
D)  ​More psychologists began working for managing pain.

Question 8

​In the United States, the three leading causes of death for adults ages 35 to 44 are

Accepted Answer

A)  ​unintentional injuries, cancer, and heart disease. 
B)  ​suicide, homicide, and HIV infection. 
C)  ​HIV infection, heart disease, and pneumonia. 
D)  ​cancer, HIV infection, and pneumonia. 
A)  ​unintentional injuries, cancer, and heart disease. 
B)  ​suicide, homicide, and HIV infection. 
C)  ​HIV infection, heart disease, and pneumonia. 
D)  ​cancer, HIV infection, and pneumonia.

Question 9

​Janelle, a health psychologist, could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  ​offer alternatives to pharmacological treatments. 
B)  ​provide behavioral interventions to treat physical disorders. 
C)  ​design effective health communication to promote positive physical health. 
D)  ​design drug trials to enable doctors to find a drug to treat breast cancer. 
A)  ​offer alternatives to pharmacological treatments. 
B)  ​provide behavioral interventions to treat physical disorders. 
C)  ​design effective health communication to promote positive physical health. 
D)  ​design drug trials to enable doctors to find a drug to treat breast cancer.

Question 10

​The discipline that seeks to improve health and the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness through integrating psychology's behavioral knowledge with medicine's biological knowledge is called

Accepted Answer

A)  ​behavioral health. 
B)  ​health psychology. 
C)  ​behavioral medicine. 
D)  ​medical psychology. 
A)  ​behavioral health. 
B)  ​health psychology. 
C)  ​behavioral medicine. 
D)  ​medical psychology.

Question 11

​What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​It treats health as a positive state rather than a negative of illness. 
B)  ​It regards illness as a negative factor rather than a positive factor. 
C)  ​It has aspects both superior and inferior to the biomedical model. 
D)  ​It covers more factors, but cannot explain individual differences. 
A)  ​It treats health as a positive state rather than a negative of illness. 
B)  ​It regards illness as a negative factor rather than a positive factor. 
C)  ​It has aspects both superior and inferior to the biomedical model. 
D)  ​It covers more factors, but cannot explain individual differences.

Question 12

​Chronic diseases

Accepted Answer

A)  ​develop and persist over a period of time. 
B)  ​are due to infectious agents such as bacteria or viruses. 
C)  ​are not as common today as during the 19th century. 
D)  ​include influenza and pneumonia. 
A)  ​develop and persist over a period of time. 
B)  ​are due to infectious agents such as bacteria or viruses. 
C)  ​are not as common today as during the 19th century. 
D)  ​include influenza and pneumonia.

Question 13

​Behavioral medicine assumes

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the combination of behavioral and medical sciences. 
B)  ​the existence of a particular pathogen in any illness. 
C)  ​disease can be controlled; health cannot be enhanced. 
D)  ​medicine's and psychology's goals are incompatible. 
A)  ​the combination of behavioral and medical sciences. 
B)  ​the existence of a particular pathogen in any illness. 
C)  ​disease can be controlled; health cannot be enhanced. 
D)  ​medicine's and psychology's goals are incompatible.

Question 14

​Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​Based on the real-world profile of Angela Bryan, how should health psychologists evaluate how effective their interventions are in changing health behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​By anecdotal feedback from patients they have treated 
B)  ​By patients' responses to self-reporting questionnaires 
C)  ​By applying valid and reliable research methodologies 
D)  ​By interdisciplinary partners' views of patient progress 
A)  ​By anecdotal feedback from patients they have treated 
B)  ​By patients' responses to self-reporting questionnaires 
C)  ​By applying valid and reliable research methodologies 
D)  ​By interdisciplinary partners' views of patient progress

Question 16

​What is true about the time frames of diseases 100 years ago in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Illnesses lasted longer because fewer treatments existed then. 
B)  ​Illnesses were shorter because sick people got well in weeks. 
C)  ​Illnesses were shorter because sick people died within weeks. 
D)  ​Illnesses lasted for shorter times as results of all these causes. 
A)  ​Illnesses lasted longer because fewer treatments existed then. 
B)  ​Illnesses were shorter because sick people got well in weeks. 
C)  ​Illnesses were shorter because sick people died within weeks. 
D)  ​Illnesses lasted for shorter times as results of all these causes.

Question 17

​Which of the following ethnic groups has the most statistical justification for concern about dying from accidental injury?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​European Americans 
B)  ​Hispanic Americans 
C)  ​African Americans 
D)  ​Asian Americans 
A)  ​European Americans 
B)  ​Hispanic Americans 
C)  ​African Americans 
D)  ​Asian Americans

Question 18

​Among approaches that could rein in growing health care expenses, which is not only less expensive, but also more proactive?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Screening people for disease and death risks 
B)  ​Treating chronic disease most appropriately 
C)  ​Detecting disease earlier, facilitating control 
D)  ​Preventing disease through healthy lifestyles 
A)  ​Screening people for disease and death risks 
B)  ​Treating chronic disease most appropriately 
C)  ​Detecting disease earlier, facilitating control 
D)  ​Preventing disease through healthy lifestyles

Question 19

African Americans are more likely to die from _______ than European, Hispanic, or Asian Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  homicide or septicemia 
B)  kidney or liver disease 
C)  suicide and homicide 
D)  diabetes and stroke 
A)  homicide or septicemia 
B)  kidney or liver disease 
C)  suicide and homicide 
D)  diabetes and stroke

Question 20

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

How do income and education relate to health and life expectancy in America today?

Pneumonia and influenza (together) account for one of the 10 leading causes of death in which ethnic group(s)?

In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?

What best describes the relationship between ethnicity and mortality in America today?

Most experts in health psychology recommend that

Death rates in the United States from both heart disease and cancer are declining.

From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the role of psychologists in medicine changed most in which way?

In the United States, the three leading causes of death for adults ages 35 to 44 are

Janelle, a health psychologist, could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

The discipline that seeks to improve health and the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness through integrating psychology's behavioral knowledge with medicine's biological knowledge is called

What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

Chronic diseases

Behavioral medicine assumes

Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

Based on the real-world profile of Angela Bryan, how should health psychologists evaluate how effective their interventions are in changing health behaviors?

What is true about the time frames of diseases 100 years ago in the United States?

Which of the following ethnic groups has the most statistical justification for concern about dying from accidental injury?

Among approaches that could rein in growing health care expenses, which is not only less expensive, but also more proactive?

African Americans are more likely to die from _______ than European, Hispanic, or Asian Americans.

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.

Conducting Health Research

Seeking and Receiving Health Care

Adhering to Healthy Behavior

Defining, Measuring, and Managing Stress

Understanding Stress, Immunity, and Disease

Understanding and Managing Pain

Considering Alternative Approaches

Behaivoral Factors in Cardiovascular Disease

Behavioral Factors in Cancer

Living With Chronic Illness

Smoking Tobacco

Using Alcohol and Other Drugs

Eating and Weight

Exercising

Future Challenges

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Exam 1: Introducing Health Psychology

​How do income and education relate to health and life expectancy in America today?

Pneumonia and influenza (together) account for one of the 10 leading causes of death in which ethnic group(s)?

​In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?

​What best describes the relationship between ethnicity and mortality in America today?

Most experts in health psychology recommend that​

Death rates in the United States from both heart disease and cancer are declining.​

​From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the role of psychologists in medicine changed most in which way?

​In the United States, the three leading causes of death for adults ages 35 to 44 are

​Janelle, a health psychologist, could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

​The discipline that seeks to improve health and the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness through integrating psychology's behavioral knowledge with medicine's biological knowledge is called

​What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

​Chronic diseases

​Behavioral medicine assumes

​Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

​Based on the real-world profile of Angela Bryan, how should health psychologists evaluate how effective their interventions are in changing health behaviors?

​What is true about the time frames of diseases 100 years ago in the United States?

​Which of the following ethnic groups has the most statistical justification for concern about dying from accidental injury?

​Among approaches that could rein in growing health care expenses, which is not only less expensive, but also more proactive?

African Americans are more likely to die from _______ than European, Hispanic, or Asian Americans.

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.​

Conducting Health Research

Seeking and Receiving Health Care

Adhering to Healthy Behavior

Defining, Measuring, and Managing Stress

Understanding Stress, Immunity, and Disease

Understanding and Managing Pain

Considering Alternative Approaches

Behaivoral Factors in Cardiovascular Disease

Behavioral Factors in Cancer

Living With Chronic Illness

Smoking Tobacco

Using Alcohol and Other Drugs

Eating and Weight

Exercising

Future Challenges

Filters

How do income and education relate to health and life expectancy in America today?

In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?

What best describes the relationship between ethnicity and mortality in America today?

Most experts in health psychology recommend that

Death rates in the United States from both heart disease and cancer are declining.

From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the role of psychologists in medicine changed most in which way?

In the United States, the three leading causes of death for adults ages 35 to 44 are

Janelle, a health psychologist, could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

The discipline that seeks to improve health and the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness through integrating psychology's behavioral knowledge with medicine's biological knowledge is called

What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

Chronic diseases

Behavioral medicine assumes

Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

Based on the real-world profile of Angela Bryan, how should health psychologists evaluate how effective their interventions are in changing health behaviors?

What is true about the time frames of diseases 100 years ago in the United States?

Which of the following ethnic groups has the most statistical justification for concern about dying from accidental injury?

Among approaches that could rein in growing health care expenses, which is not only less expensive, but also more proactive?

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.