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TEST BANK
Health Psychology
by Shelley Taylor
6th Edition
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Test Bank for Health Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition by
Shelley E. Taylor A+
1) is the subarea of psychology devoted to understanding psychological influences
on health, illness, and responses to those states, as well as the psychological origins and impacts
of health policy and health interventions.
A) Psychosomatic medicine
B) Health psychology
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C) Medical psychology
D) Biomedical psychology
E) The biopsychosocial model
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2) According to the textbook, health psychology encompasses all options EXCEPT:
A) health promotion and maintenance.
B) prevention and treatment of illness.
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C) etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D) the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
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E) a primary focus on the biology of illness and disease
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3) Etiology refers to .
A) the origins or causes of illness
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B) a special kind of disease state
C) cures for diseases
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D) the effects of stress
E) the prevalence of disease in a population
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4) Health psychologists who are interested in the behavioural and social factors that
contribute to health or illness and dysfunction would focus on which of the following in
particular?
A) Microorganisms (i.e., bacteria)
B) Cardiovascular system
C) Health habits (i.e., exercise)
D) The biomedical model
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E) Immunology
5) Health psychologists who are interested in the impact of health institutions and health
professionals on people's behaviour would focus on all but the following:
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A) emergency room wait times
B) physician-patient communication
C) geographical locations of hospitals
D) the biomedical model
E) physician malpractice
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6) What is the process called where small holes were created in skulls, presumably to let the
evil spirits out?
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A) Cauterization
B) Exorcism
C) Stenting
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D) Letting
E) Trephination
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7) Very early medicine believed that illness occurred when assorted bodily fluids became
unbalanced. This was called:
A) Humoral theory
B) Equilibrium theory
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C) Fluidity theory
D) Dynamic theory
E) Biological determinism
8) Which group proposed humoral theory for understanding the links between temperament
and illness?
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A) Ancient Chinese
B) Aztecs
C) Neolithics
D) Ancient Greeks
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E) Indigenous shamans
9) Hippocrates placed the origin of disease within the body and argued for the balance of
which humors?
A) Blood, bile, phlegm, feces.
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B) Green bile, yellow bile, mucus, blood.
C) Blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm.
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D) Green bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm.
E) Mucus, feces, blood, bile.
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In addition to determining illnesses, humoral theory was also thought to be somewhat
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10)
predictive of
A) life expectancy.
U
B) fertility.
C) vitality.
D) strength.
E) personality.
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TEST BANK
Health Psychology
by Shelley Taylor
6th Edition
TU
TO
R
G
U
R
U
kjhgfds
, jhgfdsa
Test Bank for Health Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition by
Shelley E. Taylor A+
1) is the subarea of psychology devoted to understanding psychological influences
on health, illness, and responses to those states, as well as the psychological origins and impacts
of health policy and health interventions.
A) Psychosomatic medicine
B) Health psychology
TU
C) Medical psychology
D) Biomedical psychology
E) The biopsychosocial model
TO
2) According to the textbook, health psychology encompasses all options EXCEPT:
A) health promotion and maintenance.
B) prevention and treatment of illness.
R
C) etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D) the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
G
E) a primary focus on the biology of illness and disease
U
3) Etiology refers to .
A) the origins or causes of illness
R
B) a special kind of disease state
C) cures for diseases
U
D) the effects of stress
E) the prevalence of disease in a population
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4) Health psychologists who are interested in the behavioural and social factors that
contribute to health or illness and dysfunction would focus on which of the following in
particular?
A) Microorganisms (i.e., bacteria)
B) Cardiovascular system
C) Health habits (i.e., exercise)
D) The biomedical model
TU
E) Immunology
5) Health psychologists who are interested in the impact of health institutions and health
professionals on people's behaviour would focus on all but the following:
TO
A) emergency room wait times
B) physician-patient communication
C) geographical locations of hospitals
D) the biomedical model
E) physician malpractice
R
G
6) What is the process called where small holes were created in skulls, presumably to let the
evil spirits out?
U
A) Cauterization
B) Exorcism
C) Stenting
R
D) Letting
E) Trephination
U
7) Very early medicine believed that illness occurred when assorted bodily fluids became
unbalanced. This was called:
A) Humoral theory
B) Equilibrium theory
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C) Fluidity theory
D) Dynamic theory
E) Biological determinism
8) Which group proposed humoral theory for understanding the links between temperament
and illness?
TU
A) Ancient Chinese
B) Aztecs
C) Neolithics
D) Ancient Greeks
TO
E) Indigenous shamans
9) Hippocrates placed the origin of disease within the body and argued for the balance of
which humors?
A) Blood, bile, phlegm, feces.
R
B) Green bile, yellow bile, mucus, blood.
C) Blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm.
G
D) Green bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm.
E) Mucus, feces, blood, bile.
U
In addition to determining illnesses, humoral theory was also thought to be somewhat
R
10)
predictive of
A) life expectancy.
U
B) fertility.
C) vitality.
D) strength.
E) personality.
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