Psy 102 GCU Final Exam Questions
and Actual Answers.
Health psychology - Answer Study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness,
and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural
factors contribute to physical health and illness.
Biopsychosocial model - Answer Is a broad view that attributes disease outcome to the
intricate, variable interaction of biological factors (genetic, biochemical, etc), psychological
factors (mood, personality, behavior, etc.), and social factors (cultural, familial, socioeconomic,
medical, etc.).
Well-being - Answer Is a dynamic concept that includes subjective, social, and psychological
dimensions as well as health-related behaviors.
General adaptation syndrome stages - Answer Firstly, the alarm stage, your brain sends an
emergency signal to other parts of your body, which lets those parts know that you're in a
dangerous situation. Secondly, the resistance stage, the body attempts to resist or adapt to the
stressor. The last stage is known as the exhaustion stage because energy is depleted.
Difference between men and women and stress response: - Answer Men experience "fight or
flight." Women experience "tend and befriend."
Why is fight or flight helpful? - Answer It helps if your being attacked and need a boost of
energy to remain focus to either fight or run. This could apply to any dire situation.
Problem-focused coping - Answer Targets the causes of stress in practical ways which tackles
the problem or stressful situation that is causing stress, consequently directly reducing the
stress. Problem focused strategies aim to remove or reduce the cause of the stressor, including:
Problem-solving. Time-management.
Emotion-focused coping - Answer Aims to reduce and manage the intensity of the negative
and distressing emotions that a stressful situation has caused rather than solving the
problematic situation itself.
Actor/observer bias: - Answer A tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes
and Actual Answers.
Health psychology - Answer Study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness,
and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural
factors contribute to physical health and illness.
Biopsychosocial model - Answer Is a broad view that attributes disease outcome to the
intricate, variable interaction of biological factors (genetic, biochemical, etc), psychological
factors (mood, personality, behavior, etc.), and social factors (cultural, familial, socioeconomic,
medical, etc.).
Well-being - Answer Is a dynamic concept that includes subjective, social, and psychological
dimensions as well as health-related behaviors.
General adaptation syndrome stages - Answer Firstly, the alarm stage, your brain sends an
emergency signal to other parts of your body, which lets those parts know that you're in a
dangerous situation. Secondly, the resistance stage, the body attempts to resist or adapt to the
stressor. The last stage is known as the exhaustion stage because energy is depleted.
Difference between men and women and stress response: - Answer Men experience "fight or
flight." Women experience "tend and befriend."
Why is fight or flight helpful? - Answer It helps if your being attacked and need a boost of
energy to remain focus to either fight or run. This could apply to any dire situation.
Problem-focused coping - Answer Targets the causes of stress in practical ways which tackles
the problem or stressful situation that is causing stress, consequently directly reducing the
stress. Problem focused strategies aim to remove or reduce the cause of the stressor, including:
Problem-solving. Time-management.
Emotion-focused coping - Answer Aims to reduce and manage the intensity of the negative
and distressing emotions that a stressful situation has caused rather than solving the
problematic situation itself.
Actor/observer bias: - Answer A tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes
