Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

People who are experiencing various stressors, such as caring for a loved one with a chronic disease, show a weakened immune system.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

People who are high in optimism suffer up to twice as many physical symptoms as those high in pessimism.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Some aspects of the hospital environment may actually impair recovery of patients with chronic illnesses.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in the United States.

Question 5

The United States population currently spends nearly 2.5 trillion dollars a year, which represents approximately 17.6% of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Question 6

Most deaths in the United States today are caused by acute infectious diseases.

Question 7

Primary prevention behavior focuses on detecting illness at an early stage.

Question 8

The biopsychosocial model describes health as determined by individual, social, and cultural factors.

Question 9

The field of psychosomatic medicine focuses on teaching physicians how to interact with patients in a tactful and constructive way in order to best diagnose and manage their illness.

Question 10

Individuals with higher educational attainment show_________.

A) an increased risk of developing diabetes
B) an increased risk of developing heart disease
C) an increased risk of mortality
D) lower levels of inflammation

Question 11

People who are high in _____ exhibit ______ blood pressure and heart rate when they are in a competitive situation.

A) Hostility; higher
B) Hostility; lower
C) Extraversion; higher
D) Extraversion; lower

Question 12

People with high levels of social support have ______ blood pressure and a ______ active immune system compared to those with low levels of support.

A) Higher; more
B) Higher; less
C) Lower; more
D) Lower; less

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT currently a goal of Healthy People 2020?

A) Reducing the number of people who are overweight
B) Reducing the number of people without health insurance
C) Reducing the proportion of those receiving annual influenza vaccinations
D) Reducing the number of people with HIV

Question 14

Behavior that involves detecting an illness at an early stage as a way of reducing its potential effects is:

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Detection prevention

Question 15

What year was the health psychology division of the APA created?

A) 1925
B) 1952
C) 1978
D) 1994

Question 16

Until the early 1900s, most people in the United States died from _______ , such as measles, small pox, and tuberculosis.

A) Acute infectious diseases
B) Chronic conditions
C) Accidents
D) Poor hygiene

Question 17

All of the following led to an increase in life expectancy EXCEPT:

A) changes in technology, such as the development of sewage treatment plants and water purification efforts
B) creation of vaccines to prevent disease
C) creation of antibiotics to treat disease
D) reduction in the number of accidents

Question 18

What is the leading cause of death in the United States today?

A) Coronary heart disease
B) Cancer
C) AIDS
D) Accidents

Question 19

Convincing people to use seatbelts, wear condoms, and stop smoking, are all examples of:

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Behavioral prevention

Question 20

According to the ______ model of health, physical and psychological health are two completely separate entities.

A) Biomedical
B) Biopsychosocial
C) Physical
D) Psychological

Question 21

Freud believed that ______ conflicts could lead to physical symptoms including paralysis and muscle tremors.

A) Conscious
B) Unconscious
C) Real
D) Perceived

Question 22

The field of behavioral medicine focuses on:

A) developing and applying behavioral techniques to the treatment, management, and rehabilitation of patients
B) how health and illness are viewed by people in different cultures
C) teaching physicians how to interact with patients in a tactful and constructive ay in order to best
D) how emotional, social, and psychological factors influence the development and progression of illness.

Question 23

Which of the following historical views of health best describes the role of both the mind and body in influencing health:

A) Hippocrates' view that health depends on an equilibrium
B) Descartes' view that disease results from the breakdown of the body's machine
C) Newton's demonstration of gravitational pull
D) Pasteur's work in the role of microorganisms in causing disease

Question 24

Describe how personality, stress, and social influence factors can all impact physical health.

Question 25

Describe the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Question 26

Let's say your sister was suffering from constant migraine headaches. Describe how she would treated based in the biomedical model, and then based in the biopsychosocial model.

Question 27

Describe four distinct factors that led to the creation of the field of health psychology.

Question 28

Describe how health psychology is connected to at least one discipline in the field of medicine, and one discipline in the field of anthropology or sociology.

Question 29

Describe three ways that psychological factors influence physical health.

Question 30

Describe three ways that we can use principles of psychology to decrease health care costs.