PSY 255 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the missions of health psychology? Ans✓✓✓To promote and
maintain health.
To prevent and maintain illness.
To identify the causes of health and illness.
To analyze and improve the healthcare system.
When did the germ theory of disease first come into prominence?
Ans✓✓✓Renaissance
What organization's definition of health is as follows: "Health is not
merely the absence of disease of infirmity. Rather, health is a state of
optimal well-being. That includes physical, mental, and social well-
being." Ans✓✓✓WHO
Diseases that are not curable and may last the rest of your life, creating
significant life changes, stress, and discomfort. Ans✓✓✓Chronic illness
A model that highlights the interrelated roles of biological,
psychological, and social processes in health. Ans✓✓✓Biopsychosocial
model
The scientific exploration of what factors cause genes to turn on or turn
off, therby influencing what is generally expressed.
Ans✓✓✓Epigenetics
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the missions of health psychology? Ans✓✓✓To promote and
maintain health.
To prevent and maintain illness.
To identify the causes of health and illness.
To analyze and improve the healthcare system.
When did the germ theory of disease first come into prominence?
Ans✓✓✓Renaissance
What organization's definition of health is as follows: "Health is not
merely the absence of disease of infirmity. Rather, health is a state of
optimal well-being. That includes physical, mental, and social well-
being." Ans✓✓✓WHO
Diseases that are not curable and may last the rest of your life, creating
significant life changes, stress, and discomfort. Ans✓✓✓Chronic illness
A model that highlights the interrelated roles of biological,
psychological, and social processes in health. Ans✓✓✓Biopsychosocial
model
The scientific exploration of what factors cause genes to turn on or turn
off, therby influencing what is generally expressed.
Ans✓✓✓Epigenetics
