PSY-352 STUDY GUIDE QUIZ 1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is the primary focus of health psychology?
a. health promotion, maintenance and recovery
b. etiology and correlates of health and illness
c. revising the health care system
d. finding the cure for disease like HIV and cancer
e. studying patient-practitioner interactions - Answ✔✔a. health promotion, maintenance and recovery
The endocrine hormone most related to the metabolism of food, especially glucose, is:
a. oxytocin
b. prolactin
c. gastrin
d. insulin - Answ✔✔d. insulin
Problems due to limited blood flow in certain parts of the body are referred to as:
a. ischemias
b. arteriosclerosis
c. cardiac arrhythmias
d. angina pectoris - Answ✔✔a. ischemias
Excessive obesity can be cured by (blank), but it is a risky procedure.
a. isometric exercise
b. bariatric surgery
c. laparoscopic surgery
d. cardiac surgery - Answ✔✔b. bariatric surgery
One of the main functions of the immune system is to:
, a. minimize the pain from illness and infection
b. destroy foreign substances and infected cells
c. rebuild cells after illness
d. reduce stress at the cellular level - Answ✔✔b. destroy foreign substances and infected cells
The most important cells of the immune system are the:
a. leukocytes
b. macrophages
c. microphages
d. red blood cells - Answ✔✔a. leukocytes
An important organ in the immune system that filters the blood is the:
a. heart
b. lungs
c. spleen
d. kidneys - Answ✔✔c. spleen
The most comprehensive definition of health is provided by the:
a. biomedical model
b. hippocratic model
c. population health model
d. population health model
e. international classification of functioning - Answ✔✔c. population health model
(blank) refers to the number of cases of a disease that exist at some given point in time. (blank) refers to
the number of deaths due to particular causes.
a. morbidity; mortality
b. mortality; morbidity
c. epidemiology; pathogenesis
d. etiology; epidemiology
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is the primary focus of health psychology?
a. health promotion, maintenance and recovery
b. etiology and correlates of health and illness
c. revising the health care system
d. finding the cure for disease like HIV and cancer
e. studying patient-practitioner interactions - Answ✔✔a. health promotion, maintenance and recovery
The endocrine hormone most related to the metabolism of food, especially glucose, is:
a. oxytocin
b. prolactin
c. gastrin
d. insulin - Answ✔✔d. insulin
Problems due to limited blood flow in certain parts of the body are referred to as:
a. ischemias
b. arteriosclerosis
c. cardiac arrhythmias
d. angina pectoris - Answ✔✔a. ischemias
Excessive obesity can be cured by (blank), but it is a risky procedure.
a. isometric exercise
b. bariatric surgery
c. laparoscopic surgery
d. cardiac surgery - Answ✔✔b. bariatric surgery
One of the main functions of the immune system is to:
, a. minimize the pain from illness and infection
b. destroy foreign substances and infected cells
c. rebuild cells after illness
d. reduce stress at the cellular level - Answ✔✔b. destroy foreign substances and infected cells
The most important cells of the immune system are the:
a. leukocytes
b. macrophages
c. microphages
d. red blood cells - Answ✔✔a. leukocytes
An important organ in the immune system that filters the blood is the:
a. heart
b. lungs
c. spleen
d. kidneys - Answ✔✔c. spleen
The most comprehensive definition of health is provided by the:
a. biomedical model
b. hippocratic model
c. population health model
d. population health model
e. international classification of functioning - Answ✔✔c. population health model
(blank) refers to the number of cases of a disease that exist at some given point in time. (blank) refers to
the number of deaths due to particular causes.
a. morbidity; mortality
b. mortality; morbidity
c. epidemiology; pathogenesis
d. etiology; epidemiology
