Psy 352: Health Psychology Study Guide: Quiz 1

PSY 352 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTERS 1,3,6 & 8 STUDY GUIDE: QUIZ 1 PLEASE NOTE: This study guide DOES NOT replace your responsibility to study for the quiz in question. It is not a comprehensive “instruction manual” but a guide to support and assist you to be successful in attaining your goal of the maximum points possible on the quiz. 1. Study the best possible way that health psychologists might define health a. It may not relate to just one domain 2. Predicated upon the above, what is the most likely focus to be within the model of biopsychosocial approach? a. Although a scientific approach, the model serves to promote, maintain, prevent, and treat illness. 3. Know positive and negative correlations! a. A strong correlation is most likely to be a positive or negative direction. i. See informational paperwork provided. 4. Knowing how many individuals has a particular disease at a specific time is known as? a. Mortality b. Morbidity c. Prevalence rate or d. Incidence rate? 5. Recall, refresh your memory and apply knowledge to a. Independent VS Dependent Variables – information found in Announcements 6. Know about experimental and Quasi Experimental Designs a. Correlational designs i. Remember a correlation does not necessarily provide causality b. Experimental designs help to determine causality c. Quasi-experiments used mostlty when? i. In a controlled environment? ii. A naturally occurring environment? 7. Know what the Health Belief Model explains: a. When folk will perform healthy behaviors… b. Focus on the individuals intentions…