PSY 382 EXAM 1 Study guide Questions With Complete
Solutions
10. Why is mortality rate important? Correct Answer a.
proportion of cases resulting in death, measure of lethality
11. What is social epidemiology? Correct Answer a. the
branch of epidemiology that studies the social distribution and
social determinants (causes/influences) of health
12. What are the different levels of influence according to social
epidemiologist? (Think about the Jeff example)? Correct
Answer a. Individual
i. Psychological, biological
b. Interpersonal
i. Friends, close friends
c. Neighborhood/work/school
i. Friendliness/ hostility in the environment, stability, demand
d. Society
i. Broader social attitudes, social policies, freedoms, economics,
control
13. What is intersectionality? Correct Answer a. Refers to
overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems
of oppression, dominance, or discrimination
14. What model helps us to understand how these different
social influences (interpersonal, neighborhood/work/school,
society) influence disease in an individual? (think about #1 & 2
above). Correct Answer a. The Biopsychosocial (BPS)
Model: helps us to understand how all these external social
, experiences can cause disease through health behavior (diet,
smoking, sedentary activity) and physiological reactions to
stress
16. What do the majority of people die from in the world -
infectious, communicable, or non-communicable diseases?
Correct Answer a. Non-communicable diseases are the leading
cause of death in the world
17. What are the key determinants of risk for getting an
infectious/communicable disease like a cold, flu, or ebola?
Correct Answer a. Exposure, Sanitation, Education about
dangers, Availability of treatment, Treatment adherence and
resistant strains, Hygiene, Quarantine
18. What are ways to reduce exposure? Correct Answer
19. Why is treatment adherence like talking medication as
prescribed, important? Correct Answer a. Failure to complete
treatment can lead to development of drug resistant strains
which present a new challenge
20. How are herd immunity and quarantine similar? Correct
Answer - Herd immunity is an effective way to protect some
community members from disease, but it does not protect
against all disease. Firstly, it can only protect against vaccine-
preventable disease
- quarantine is a state, period, or place of isolation in which
people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been
exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
Solutions
10. Why is mortality rate important? Correct Answer a.
proportion of cases resulting in death, measure of lethality
11. What is social epidemiology? Correct Answer a. the
branch of epidemiology that studies the social distribution and
social determinants (causes/influences) of health
12. What are the different levels of influence according to social
epidemiologist? (Think about the Jeff example)? Correct
Answer a. Individual
i. Psychological, biological
b. Interpersonal
i. Friends, close friends
c. Neighborhood/work/school
i. Friendliness/ hostility in the environment, stability, demand
d. Society
i. Broader social attitudes, social policies, freedoms, economics,
control
13. What is intersectionality? Correct Answer a. Refers to
overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems
of oppression, dominance, or discrimination
14. What model helps us to understand how these different
social influences (interpersonal, neighborhood/work/school,
society) influence disease in an individual? (think about #1 & 2
above). Correct Answer a. The Biopsychosocial (BPS)
Model: helps us to understand how all these external social
, experiences can cause disease through health behavior (diet,
smoking, sedentary activity) and physiological reactions to
stress
16. What do the majority of people die from in the world -
infectious, communicable, or non-communicable diseases?
Correct Answer a. Non-communicable diseases are the leading
cause of death in the world
17. What are the key determinants of risk for getting an
infectious/communicable disease like a cold, flu, or ebola?
Correct Answer a. Exposure, Sanitation, Education about
dangers, Availability of treatment, Treatment adherence and
resistant strains, Hygiene, Quarantine
18. What are ways to reduce exposure? Correct Answer
19. Why is treatment adherence like talking medication as
prescribed, important? Correct Answer a. Failure to complete
treatment can lead to development of drug resistant strains
which present a new challenge
20. How are herd immunity and quarantine similar? Correct
Answer - Herd immunity is an effective way to protect some
community members from disease, but it does not protect
against all disease. Firstly, it can only protect against vaccine-
preventable disease
- quarantine is a state, period, or place of isolation in which
people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been
exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
