Test Bank For Health Psychology: Well-Being in a Diverse World 5th Edition |by Regan A.
R. Gurung |All Chapters 1–15 Fully Covered | With Questions And Verified Solutions With
Detailed Rationales And Case Studies.
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1. What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Chapter 2. Doing Health Psychology: Research Methods
Chapter 3. Cultural Approaches to Health
Chapter 4. Essential Physiology
Chapter 5. Diverse Understandings of Stress
Chapter 6. Coping and Social Support
Chapter 7. Why Don’t We Do What We Need To? Models of
Behavior Change
Chapter 8. Health Behaviors: Eating, Being Active, Smoking,
and Drinking
Chapter 9. Illness Cognitions, Adherence, and Patient–
Practitioner Interactions
Chapter 10. Diverse Approaches to Pain
Chapter 11. Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death
Chapter 12. Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV
Chapter 13. Cancer: Fundamentals and Cultural Variations
Chapter 14. Cardiovascular Disease: Fundamentals and
Cultural Variations
Chapter 15. Controversies and the Future of Health
Psychology
,Chapter 1: What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Note: This chapter establishes the foundational definitions of health from historical and cross-
cultural perspectives, introduces the biopsychosocial model, and emphasizes cultural competence in
health psychology. The chapter explores how health beliefs vary across cultures and examines the
determinants of health.
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following best reflects the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health?
A) The absence of disease or infirmity
B) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
C) The ability to perform activities of daily living without assistance
D) A balance of bodily humors
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The WHO defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This holistic definition is foundational to health
psychology.
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This is the biomedical definition, which the WHO definition expands upon.
• C: This is a functional definition related to physical health, not the comprehensive WHO
definition.
• D: This reflects the ancient humoral theory of illness.
Question 2
The humoral theory of illness, which proposed that health depends on the balance of four bodily
fluids, was developed by:
A) René Descartes
B) Hippocrates
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Galen
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Hippocrates (c. 460–370 BCE) proposed the humoral theory, which held that health
resulted from balance among blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: Descartes introduced mind-body dualism.
, • C: Freud developed psychoanalytic theory.
• D: Galen was a later Greek physician who expanded Hippocratic ideas but did not originate
the humoral theory .
Question 3
René Descartes's concept of dualism proposed that:
A) The mind and body are a single integrated unit
B) The mind and body are separate entities that interact
C) The body has no influence on the mind
D) Health is determined solely by physical factors
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Descartes's dualism proposed that mind and body are two independent entities that
interact. This concept allowed medicine to study the body while the mind was considered separate .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This contradicts dualism.
• C: Descartes believed the mind and body interact.
• D: This is a reductionist view that ignores the mind's influence.
Question 4
Which of the following best describes the biopsychosocial model?
A) A model that focuses exclusively on biological causes of disease
B) A model that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health
C) A model that emphasizes cultural beliefs to the exclusion of biology
D) A model that views health as purely psychological
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The biopsychosocial model, developed by George Engel, integrates biological,
psychological, and social factors to understand health and illness .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This is the biomedical model.
• C: This ignores biological factors.
• D: This ignores biological and social factors.
R. Gurung |All Chapters 1–15 Fully Covered | With Questions And Verified Solutions With
Detailed Rationales And Case Studies.
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1. What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Chapter 2. Doing Health Psychology: Research Methods
Chapter 3. Cultural Approaches to Health
Chapter 4. Essential Physiology
Chapter 5. Diverse Understandings of Stress
Chapter 6. Coping and Social Support
Chapter 7. Why Don’t We Do What We Need To? Models of
Behavior Change
Chapter 8. Health Behaviors: Eating, Being Active, Smoking,
and Drinking
Chapter 9. Illness Cognitions, Adherence, and Patient–
Practitioner Interactions
Chapter 10. Diverse Approaches to Pain
Chapter 11. Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death
Chapter 12. Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV
Chapter 13. Cancer: Fundamentals and Cultural Variations
Chapter 14. Cardiovascular Disease: Fundamentals and
Cultural Variations
Chapter 15. Controversies and the Future of Health
Psychology
,Chapter 1: What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Note: This chapter establishes the foundational definitions of health from historical and cross-
cultural perspectives, introduces the biopsychosocial model, and emphasizes cultural competence in
health psychology. The chapter explores how health beliefs vary across cultures and examines the
determinants of health.
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following best reflects the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health?
A) The absence of disease or infirmity
B) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
C) The ability to perform activities of daily living without assistance
D) A balance of bodily humors
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The WHO defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This holistic definition is foundational to health
psychology.
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This is the biomedical definition, which the WHO definition expands upon.
• C: This is a functional definition related to physical health, not the comprehensive WHO
definition.
• D: This reflects the ancient humoral theory of illness.
Question 2
The humoral theory of illness, which proposed that health depends on the balance of four bodily
fluids, was developed by:
A) René Descartes
B) Hippocrates
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Galen
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Hippocrates (c. 460–370 BCE) proposed the humoral theory, which held that health
resulted from balance among blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: Descartes introduced mind-body dualism.
, • C: Freud developed psychoanalytic theory.
• D: Galen was a later Greek physician who expanded Hippocratic ideas but did not originate
the humoral theory .
Question 3
René Descartes's concept of dualism proposed that:
A) The mind and body are a single integrated unit
B) The mind and body are separate entities that interact
C) The body has no influence on the mind
D) Health is determined solely by physical factors
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Descartes's dualism proposed that mind and body are two independent entities that
interact. This concept allowed medicine to study the body while the mind was considered separate .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This contradicts dualism.
• C: Descartes believed the mind and body interact.
• D: This is a reductionist view that ignores the mind's influence.
Question 4
Which of the following best describes the biopsychosocial model?
A) A model that focuses exclusively on biological causes of disease
B) A model that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health
C) A model that emphasizes cultural beliefs to the exclusion of biology
D) A model that views health as purely psychological
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The biopsychosocial model, developed by George Engel, integrates biological,
psychological, and social factors to understand health and illness .
Why other options are incorrect:
• A: This is the biomedical model.
• C: This ignores biological factors.
• D: This ignores biological and social factors.
