Test Bank Health Psychology 11th Edition by Shelley Taylor
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) World Health Organization (1948) defined health as "a complete state of physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) According to the humoral theory of illness, phlegm is associated with sadness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Franz Alexander developed a profile of the ulcer-prone personality as someone with excessive
needs for dependency and love.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,4) The view that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state
of health or illness is called the common sense model of illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The biomedical model emphasizes health over illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the importance of an effective patient-practitioner
relationship.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,7) The division of health psychology was formed in 1978 within the American Psychological
Association (APA).
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) The health care industry is closely monitored and well-managed as substantial increase in
health care costs have led to tremendous improvement in basic indicators of health.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Experiments have ceased to remain the mainstay of science, because they typically provide
less definitive answers to problems than other research methods.
⊚ true
⊚ false
, 10) Morbidity may be expressed in two ways: as the number of new cases or as the total number
of existing cases of an illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Correlational studies often have disadvantages over experiments because they are less
adaptable.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address questions such
as why certain cancers are more prevalent than others in particular geographic areas.
⊚ true
⊚ false
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) World Health Organization (1948) defined health as "a complete state of physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) According to the humoral theory of illness, phlegm is associated with sadness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Franz Alexander developed a profile of the ulcer-prone personality as someone with excessive
needs for dependency and love.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,4) The view that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state
of health or illness is called the common sense model of illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The biomedical model emphasizes health over illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the importance of an effective patient-practitioner
relationship.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,7) The division of health psychology was formed in 1978 within the American Psychological
Association (APA).
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) The health care industry is closely monitored and well-managed as substantial increase in
health care costs have led to tremendous improvement in basic indicators of health.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Experiments have ceased to remain the mainstay of science, because they typically provide
less definitive answers to problems than other research methods.
⊚ true
⊚ false
, 10) Morbidity may be expressed in two ways: as the number of new cases or as the total number
of existing cases of an illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Correlational studies often have disadvantages over experiments because they are less
adaptable.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address questions such
as why certain cancers are more prevalent than others in particular geographic areas.
⊚ true
⊚ false
