PSYC 365 - Chapter 1 questions with correct answers
How did health psychology emerge? Correct Answer-- Psychologists
realized that psychological principles could be applied to health and
health care
What were the prominent topics in health psychology's development?
Correct Answer-- Behaviourism (Neal Miller)
- Cognition and Personality (Krantz)
- Coping Styles (Neal Miller)
- Psychoneuroimmunology (Cohen & Herbert)
Behavioural Medicine Correct Answer-- Branch of medicine concerned
with relationship between health and behaviour
- Focus is remediation and biomedical and behavioural approaches
Health Psychology Correct Answer-- Application of psychological
principles to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as well as to people's
attempts to maintain health and well-being
Health Correct Answer-- Enjoy a desired quality of life in terms of
physical, mental, and social functioning
or
- State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
,What was the first article in health psychology? Correct Answer-- Neal
Miller's 1983 article on behavioural medicine
What did Neal Miller's article cover? Correct Answer-- Development of
the biomedical perspective of illness
- Start with invention of microscope to development of germ theory and
then development of antibiotics
Neal Miller and Medical Non-Compliance Correct Answer-- Gradient of
reinforcement
- Delayed gratification
Germ Theory Correct Answer-- Discovery of many illnesses causing the
activity of microorganisms (bacteria...)
Biomedical Perspective Correct Answer-- Viewpoint that emphasizes
biological factors in the development of psychological disorders
- Reduce illnesses to a cellular level and treat them with medicines
What developments resulted from biomedical discoveries (Miller)?
Correct Answer-1. Success of antibiotics brought change in the profile
of life-threatening illnesses and lifestyle became number 1 killer
2. Emphasis on technical aspects of medicine replaced a consideration
for emotional factors in health
, What did the developments that resulted from the biomedical discoveries
create? Correct Answer-- Behavioural medicine
What is health influenced by according to the behavioural perspective?
Correct Answer-- What we do rather than what we think
How was the key issues of the day explained in Miller's article? Correct
Answer-- Using the language of behaviourism
Ex.
- Describe non-compliance in terms of a gradient of reinforcement
Gradient of Reinforcement Correct Answer-- Greater the lag time
between behaviour and reinforcement, the weaker the behaviour will be
Ex.
- Non-compliance because reinforcement for following the medical
regimen is delayed
Delayed Gratification Correct Answer-- Used be behaviourists
- Describe a situation in which there is a time lag between a behaviour
and its reinforcement
How does research support the delayed gratification explanation of
Miller's concept of non-compliance? Correct Answer-- Compliance rates
are higher for regimens bringing rapid reduction in symptoms and
lowest for asymptomatic
How did health psychology emerge? Correct Answer-- Psychologists
realized that psychological principles could be applied to health and
health care
What were the prominent topics in health psychology's development?
Correct Answer-- Behaviourism (Neal Miller)
- Cognition and Personality (Krantz)
- Coping Styles (Neal Miller)
- Psychoneuroimmunology (Cohen & Herbert)
Behavioural Medicine Correct Answer-- Branch of medicine concerned
with relationship between health and behaviour
- Focus is remediation and biomedical and behavioural approaches
Health Psychology Correct Answer-- Application of psychological
principles to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as well as to people's
attempts to maintain health and well-being
Health Correct Answer-- Enjoy a desired quality of life in terms of
physical, mental, and social functioning
or
- State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
,What was the first article in health psychology? Correct Answer-- Neal
Miller's 1983 article on behavioural medicine
What did Neal Miller's article cover? Correct Answer-- Development of
the biomedical perspective of illness
- Start with invention of microscope to development of germ theory and
then development of antibiotics
Neal Miller and Medical Non-Compliance Correct Answer-- Gradient of
reinforcement
- Delayed gratification
Germ Theory Correct Answer-- Discovery of many illnesses causing the
activity of microorganisms (bacteria...)
Biomedical Perspective Correct Answer-- Viewpoint that emphasizes
biological factors in the development of psychological disorders
- Reduce illnesses to a cellular level and treat them with medicines
What developments resulted from biomedical discoveries (Miller)?
Correct Answer-1. Success of antibiotics brought change in the profile
of life-threatening illnesses and lifestyle became number 1 killer
2. Emphasis on technical aspects of medicine replaced a consideration
for emotional factors in health
, What did the developments that resulted from the biomedical discoveries
create? Correct Answer-- Behavioural medicine
What is health influenced by according to the behavioural perspective?
Correct Answer-- What we do rather than what we think
How was the key issues of the day explained in Miller's article? Correct
Answer-- Using the language of behaviourism
Ex.
- Describe non-compliance in terms of a gradient of reinforcement
Gradient of Reinforcement Correct Answer-- Greater the lag time
between behaviour and reinforcement, the weaker the behaviour will be
Ex.
- Non-compliance because reinforcement for following the medical
regimen is delayed
Delayed Gratification Correct Answer-- Used be behaviourists
- Describe a situation in which there is a time lag between a behaviour
and its reinforcement
How does research support the delayed gratification explanation of
Miller's concept of non-compliance? Correct Answer-- Compliance rates
are higher for regimens bringing rapid reduction in symptoms and
lowest for asymptomatic
