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Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions, 8th Edition – Edward P. Sarafino, Timothy W. Smith – ISBN 9781118425206 – Complete Test Bank (All Chapters 1–15). Chapters Include: Chapter 1 An Overview of Psychology and Health, Chapter 2 The Body’s Physical Systems, Chapter 3 Stress: Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources, Chapter 4 Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness, Chapter 5 Coping With and Reducing Stress, Chapter 6 Health-Related Behavior and Health Promotion, Chapter 7 Substance Use and Abuse, Chapter 8 Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety, Chapter 9 Using Health Services, Chapter 10 In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients, Chapter 11 The Nature and Symptoms of Pain, Chapter 12 Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain, Chapter 13 Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management, and Coping, Chapter 14 Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management, and Coping, Chapter 15 What's Ahead for Health Psychology?

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Health Psychology
Biopsychosocial Interactions
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8th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Edward P. Sarafino
Timothy W. Smith
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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— Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions, 8th Edition
— Sarafino and Smith

Description
This test bank corresponds to the 8th edition of Health Psychology:
Biopsychosocial Interactions by Edward P. Sarafino and Timothy W. Smith. It
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follows the official textbook structure and supports assessment of
biopsychosocial models of health, stress and coping, health behaviors, pain
management, chronic illness, and future directions in health psychology.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: An Overview of Psychology and Health
Chapter 2: The Body’s Physical Systems
Chapter 3: Stress: Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources
Chapter 4: Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness
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Chapter 5: Coping With and Reducing Stress
Chapter 6: Health-Related Behavior and Health Promotion
Chapter 7: Substance Use and Abuse
Chapter 8: Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety
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Chapter 9: Using Health Services
Chapter 10: In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients
Chapter 11: The Nature and Symptoms of Pain
Chapter 12: Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain
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Chapter 13: Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management,
and Coping
Chapter 14: Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management,
and Coping
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Chapter 15: What’s Ahead for Health Psychology?
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, Chapter 1
TEST QUESTIONS

True or False

F 1. Advances in medical treatment were responsible for a sharp decrease
(4) in infectious diseases at the turn of the 20th century.

T 2. Today, accidental injury is the leading cause of death in children and
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(5) adolescents in the United States.

F 3. During the Middle Ages, the influence of the Church resulted in many
(6) major advancements in medical knowledge.
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F 4. “Risk factors” are those biological or behavioral characteristics that are
(9) known to cause a disease.

T 5. In the past, practitioners of psychosomatic medicine generally used a
(10) psychoanalytic model to explain a physical symptom.
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T 6. One of the goals of health psychology is to have an effect on public
(11) policy.
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T 7. The biopsychosocial model of health and illness is actually an extension
(13) of the biomedical model.

T 8. The "systems" approach assumes simple systems are embedded
(15) within complex systems.
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F 9. Although sociocultural research has found differences in health beliefs
(20) across cultures, disease patterns themselves do not differ.

F 10. Quasi-experimental designs allow us to make causal conclusions from
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(25) existing groups.
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, Matching

Match one of the following with descriptions given in questions one to five.
a. Hippocrates
b. Plato
c. Galen
d. St. Thomas Aquinas
e. Descartes

c 1. From his work, which included dissection, this second century
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(6) physician felt that pathologies could be localized in parts of the body.

d 2. An Italian philosopher, he saw the mind and body as an interrelated unit.
(6)
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b 3. He was among the Greek philosophers to propose that the mind and body
(5) are separate entities.

a 4. Called "the father of medicine," his humoral theory for the origin of
(5) disease was influential for centuries.
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e 5. He described in mechanical terms the functioning of the body's actions
(6) and sensations such as pain.
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Match the following with descriptions given in questions 6 through 10
a. epidemiology
b. public health
c. medical sociology
d. medical anthropology
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e. health psychology

e 6. Provides direct service to patients in the management of their illnesses
(12) or engages in research and teaching.
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a 7. Concerned with the incidence and prevalence of illnesses.
(17)

b 8. Organizes health education or provides community health services.
(18)
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c 9. May conduct studies of health care services and how they are organized.
(18)

d 10. May conduct studies on the medical practices in different cultures.
(18)
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Edition: januari 2014 ISBN: 9781118425206 Edition: 1

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