Deck 1: A: Introducing Health Psychology

Question 1

The __________ perspective considers how the enduring behaviors,values,and customs of a group of people contribute to health and disease.

A) behavioral
B) biopsychosocial
C) sociocultural
D) life course

Answer 1

sociocultural

Question 2

__________ is credited with proposing the first rational explanation of why people get sick.

A) Aristotle
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Galen
D) Hippocrates

Answer 2

Hippocrates

Question 3

The scientific study of the causes or origins of specific diseases is called:

A) etiology.
B) entomology.
C) epidemiology.
D) behavioral medicine.

Answer 3

etiology.

Question 4

__________ published the first complete study of the internal organs of the human body.

A) Hippocrates
B) Galen
C) Descartes
D) Vesalius

Question 5

According to systems theory,health is determined by:

A) the body's tissues,cells,and genetic material.
B) the endocrine system,immune system,and other biological systems of the body.
C) our families,neighborhoods,and culture.
D) the interaction of all of these things determine health.

Question 6

The __________ perspective maintains that health and disease must be explained in terms of multiple contexts.

A) life-course
B) birth cohort
C) biopsychosocial
D) sociocultural

Question 7

According to the text,complete health involves which three domains?

A) physical,psychological,physiological
B) emotional,physical,social
C) physical,psychological,social
D) physical,economic,social

Question 8

_______ is best known for his beliefs that the mind and body are autonomous processes.

A) Pasteur
B) Van Leeuwenhoek
C) Hippocrates
D) Descartes

Question 9

__________ is the oldest known medical system in the world.

A) Ayurveda
B) Tridosha
C) Aediles
D) Humoral

Question 10

Young people (aged 1-24)are more likely to die from ____________,while older people (45 and over)are more likely to die from __________.

A) chronic conditions;external causes
B) external causes;chronic conditions
C) heart disease;cancer
D) cancer;heart disease

Question 11

__________ psychology is a relatively new field that encourages psychologists to devote more research attention to optimal,healthy human functioning.

A) Health
B) Applied health
C) Positive
D) Biopsychosocial

Question 12

Dr.Singer studies the effects of environmental forces on how genes are expressed.Dr.Singer's research is evidently focused on ___________ phenomena.

A) epigenetic
B) molecular
C) cellular
D) holistic

Question 13

In the early 1970s,the interdisciplinary field of __________ began to explore the role of learned behaviors in health and disease.

A) psychosomatic medicine
B) behavioral medicine
C) biofeedback
D) behaviorism

Question 14

The immigrant paradox is the finding that low ______________ is not always associated with poorer health among some ethnic groups in the United States.

A) birthweight
B) body mass index
C) socioeconomic status
D) health literacy

Question 15

The belief that disease was caused by microscopic organisms and should be treated by surgery and immunization was a product of:

A) the Middle Ages.
B) the nineteenth century.
C) the Renaissance.
D) the 21st century.