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Science Competitions
questions and answers
A possible treatment plan for coronary heart disease that involves a
combination of the following: bypass graft, stent, low cholesterol diet,
cholesterol lowering drug is considered to be a _________ approach.
A) Biopsychosocial
B) Biomedical
B
What type of design would it be if a researcher is examining the relationship
between sugar intake and body mass index across childhood and they take
measurements of both sugar intake and body mass index at five different
points (age 5, age 7, age 10, age 12, age 15) from the same children.
A) Prospective Design
B) Longitudinal Design
C) Retrospective Design
D) Epidemiological Design
B
What is a possible limitation of the biomedical model?
A) The model is dualistic.
B) Treats disease as a physiological process.
C) All answers are possible.
D) Has one-way causation.
C
Has the traditional biomedical model approach been proven effective in
treating disease?
A) No
B) Yes
B
,Which of the following is not one of the five factor's studied in terms of their
ability to protect health (from Hooker & Pressman reading)?
A)Dispositions and Emotions
B) Coping
C) Control and Self-Efficacy
D) Socioeconomic Status
D
The National Institutes of Health have called for researches to use the
knowledge we have about different types of risk factors to reduce the
prevalence of what types of illness (Hooker & Pressman article)?
A) Genetic
B) Contagious
C) Preventable
D)Chronic
C
What are the three factors of the Biopsychosocial Model of Health?
A)Biological, Personality, Genetics
B) Past traumatic experiences, environment, personality
C) Genetics, ethnicity, culture
D) Biological, Psychological, and Social
D
What could be an example of a situation when a tend and befriend stress
response tends to take place?
A) Natural disaster
B) During a parade
C) Going to the animal shelter
D) Talking with a friend who is upset
A
If someone encounters a stressful event and feels they have the resources to
meet the demands this would be considered what type of appraisal?
A) Challenge
B) Threat
,C) Ideal
D) Conquer
A
What factors influence responses to stress?
A) All possible answers
B) Person's history
C) Social support
D) Development
A
The _________ tradition of stress defines stress primary by reference to
independent ratings that reflect how others, in aggregate, judge the negative
impact of particular events.
A) Psychological
B) Biological
C) Epidemiological
D) Biopsychosocial
C
Who heavily influenced the biological stress tradition?
A) Selye
B) Lazarus
C) Cohen
D) Cannon
A
What is the major difference between cardiovascular responses to
psychological stress and cardiovascular responses to exercise that could
explain why psychological stress relates to cardiovascular disease?
A) Psychological cardiovascular stress responses are metabolically uncoupled
while exercise cardiovascular responses are metabolically coupled
B) Psychological cardiovascular stress responses require less effort of the
heart than exercise stress cardiovascular responses
C) Exercise cardiovascular responses feel better than psychological stress
cardiovascular responses
D) In order to exercise you have to have some heart health, but you don't
have to have heart health to experience a psychological stressor
, A
A dynamic regulatory process wherein homeostatic control is maintained by
an active process of adaptation during exposure to physical and behavioral
stressors.
A) Allostasis
B) Metabolic
C) Coping
D) Fight and/or Flight
A
The Cohen cold studies discussed in class where they exposed healthy
volunteers to a common cold virus or saline is what type of research design?
A) Experimental
B) Longitudinal
C) Correlational
D) Epidemiological
A
Which of the following statements is true?
A) On average, individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological
stress does not exceed metabolic demands, however there are vast
individual differences in the way people respond.
B) On average, individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological
stress exceed metabolic demands, however there are vast individual
differences in the way people respond.
C) Individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress always
exceed metabolic demands.
D) Individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress never
exceed metabolic demands.
B
The Carroll, Hewitt, Last, Turner, & Sims (1985) study suggested that
cardiovascular reactivity has a genetic component because...
A) There was a high concordance between identical twins' reactions to stress
compared to that for fraternal twins
B) There was a high concordance of fraternal twins' reactions to stress
compared to identical twins
C) Identical twins had higher cardiovascular responses to stress than
Science Competitions
questions and answers
A possible treatment plan for coronary heart disease that involves a
combination of the following: bypass graft, stent, low cholesterol diet,
cholesterol lowering drug is considered to be a _________ approach.
A) Biopsychosocial
B) Biomedical
B
What type of design would it be if a researcher is examining the relationship
between sugar intake and body mass index across childhood and they take
measurements of both sugar intake and body mass index at five different
points (age 5, age 7, age 10, age 12, age 15) from the same children.
A) Prospective Design
B) Longitudinal Design
C) Retrospective Design
D) Epidemiological Design
B
What is a possible limitation of the biomedical model?
A) The model is dualistic.
B) Treats disease as a physiological process.
C) All answers are possible.
D) Has one-way causation.
C
Has the traditional biomedical model approach been proven effective in
treating disease?
A) No
B) Yes
B
,Which of the following is not one of the five factor's studied in terms of their
ability to protect health (from Hooker & Pressman reading)?
A)Dispositions and Emotions
B) Coping
C) Control and Self-Efficacy
D) Socioeconomic Status
D
The National Institutes of Health have called for researches to use the
knowledge we have about different types of risk factors to reduce the
prevalence of what types of illness (Hooker & Pressman article)?
A) Genetic
B) Contagious
C) Preventable
D)Chronic
C
What are the three factors of the Biopsychosocial Model of Health?
A)Biological, Personality, Genetics
B) Past traumatic experiences, environment, personality
C) Genetics, ethnicity, culture
D) Biological, Psychological, and Social
D
What could be an example of a situation when a tend and befriend stress
response tends to take place?
A) Natural disaster
B) During a parade
C) Going to the animal shelter
D) Talking with a friend who is upset
A
If someone encounters a stressful event and feels they have the resources to
meet the demands this would be considered what type of appraisal?
A) Challenge
B) Threat
,C) Ideal
D) Conquer
A
What factors influence responses to stress?
A) All possible answers
B) Person's history
C) Social support
D) Development
A
The _________ tradition of stress defines stress primary by reference to
independent ratings that reflect how others, in aggregate, judge the negative
impact of particular events.
A) Psychological
B) Biological
C) Epidemiological
D) Biopsychosocial
C
Who heavily influenced the biological stress tradition?
A) Selye
B) Lazarus
C) Cohen
D) Cannon
A
What is the major difference between cardiovascular responses to
psychological stress and cardiovascular responses to exercise that could
explain why psychological stress relates to cardiovascular disease?
A) Psychological cardiovascular stress responses are metabolically uncoupled
while exercise cardiovascular responses are metabolically coupled
B) Psychological cardiovascular stress responses require less effort of the
heart than exercise stress cardiovascular responses
C) Exercise cardiovascular responses feel better than psychological stress
cardiovascular responses
D) In order to exercise you have to have some heart health, but you don't
have to have heart health to experience a psychological stressor
, A
A dynamic regulatory process wherein homeostatic control is maintained by
an active process of adaptation during exposure to physical and behavioral
stressors.
A) Allostasis
B) Metabolic
C) Coping
D) Fight and/or Flight
A
The Cohen cold studies discussed in class where they exposed healthy
volunteers to a common cold virus or saline is what type of research design?
A) Experimental
B) Longitudinal
C) Correlational
D) Epidemiological
A
Which of the following statements is true?
A) On average, individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological
stress does not exceed metabolic demands, however there are vast
individual differences in the way people respond.
B) On average, individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological
stress exceed metabolic demands, however there are vast individual
differences in the way people respond.
C) Individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress always
exceed metabolic demands.
D) Individuals' cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress never
exceed metabolic demands.
B
The Carroll, Hewitt, Last, Turner, & Sims (1985) study suggested that
cardiovascular reactivity has a genetic component because...
A) There was a high concordance between identical twins' reactions to stress
compared to that for fraternal twins
B) There was a high concordance of fraternal twins' reactions to stress
compared to identical twins
C) Identical twins had higher cardiovascular responses to stress than
