Question 1

Health care providers should give straightforward explanations about problems and its treatments to their patients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Alcoholics who undergo training in cue exposure techniques are less likely to suffer a relapse than those who do not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

All of the following factors contribute to patient-practitioner communication problems EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Patients' tendency to disclose too much irrelevant information to doctors
B)   Patients' tendency to minimize the pain they are experiencing
C)   Practitioners' tendency to interrupt patients' descriptions of their symptoms
D)   Patients' tendency to forget or misunderstand the information they are given A

Question 4

Intentional nonadherence can be caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Aspects of the treatment, such as side effects
B)   Individual differences, such as self-efficacy and perceived vulnerability
C)   Social factors, such as social support
D)   Lack of information from the physician regarding adherence instructions

Question 5

The time between when people acknowledge they are sick and decide that help from a professional is required:

Accepted Answer

A)   Appraisal delay
B)   Illness delay
C)   Scheduling delay
D)   Treatment delay

Question 6

Who should be MOST likely to engage in regular screening behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)   Joe, who is very conscientious about his health
B)   Julie, who is extremely concerned about developing breast cancer, because her mother died of this disease
C)   Jamie, who isn't at all concerned with developing breast cancer, because she thinks that is a disease only of older women
D)   Joseph, whose doctor doesn't mention screening at all

Question 7

Apply Leventhal's Common Sense Model of Illness Self-Regulation to care seeking and illness behavior.

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Question 8

Which of the following people should be MOST likely to relapse to their prior behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gordon, who experiences several major life events
B)   Adam, who received training in cue exposure techniques
C)   Jeff, who joined a yoga class to reduce his stress
D)   Steve, whose wife also changed her behavior to support his new behavior

Question 9

People who are bored with their job and socially isolated tend to notice symptoms less quickly than those who are not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In recent research by Hall, when the patient was _____________ the students perceived her as less seriously ill, less in need of lab tests and follow-up care, and more likely to require psychiatric evaluation than when the patient was _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an older adult, a younger adult
B)   a female, male
C)   a younger adult, an older adult
D)   a male, female

Question 11

All of the following strategies for preventing relapse should be effective EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Identifying high-risk situations that lead to cravings for a given substance
B)   Spending time in tempting situations to develop self-control over a given substance
C)   Receiving training in ways to handle high-risk situations in new ways
D)   Setting clear, attainable goals and incentives for reaching these goals

Question 12

Describe the experience of burnout and explain how it affects both physicians and patients. What are the implications for adherence? Screening?

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Question 13

Describe two benefits of screening and two costs of screening.

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Question 14

The abstinence violation effect refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)   People's expectation that they will never give in to temptation, which can then lead a lapse in behavior to become a total relapse
B)   The problem of immediate gratification, in which people focus on the short-term benefits of relapse as opposed to their long-term costs
C)   People's inability to quit a given negative behavior "cold-turkey"
D)   The breakdown of cognitive redefinition techniques which lead to a relapse

Question 15

The emotional state most likely to trigger relapse is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Negative emotions, such as boredom, anger, and frustration
B)   Positive emotions, such as happiness, joy, and excitement
C)   Social pressure situations
D)   Interpersonal conflict situations

Question 16

Which of the following statements about health care utilization is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   People in low socioeconomic classes are more likely to seek help from emergency rooms than private doctor's offices.
B)   People who are very old seek health care less often than those who are younger.
C)   Women seek health care more than men.
D)   People with hypochondriasis seek health care even for minor symptoms.

Question 17

Screening tests are currently available to test whether a person is at risk of acquiring all of the following diseases EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Autism
B)   Alzheimer's disease
C)   Cystic fibrosis
D)   Breast cancer

Question 18

The most accurate method of measuring adherence is:

Accepted Answer

A)   self-report
B)   Pill or bottle counts
C)   Therapeutic outcomes
D)   Blood or urine tests

Question 19

Describe two reasons why patient-practitioner communication can be ineffective, and two strategies for improving such communication.

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Question 20

Behavior that is designed to determine one's health status after experiencing symptoms is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Health behavior
B)   Symptom or illness behavior
C)   Sick-role behavior
D)   Wellness behavior

Exam 12: Health-Care Interaction: Screening, Utilization, Adherence, and Relapse