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,Chapter 1
TEST QUESTIONS

True or False

F 1. Advances in medical treatment were responsible for a sharp decrease
(4) in infectious diseases at the turn of the 20th century.

T 2. Today, accidental injury is the leading cause of death in children and
(5) adolescents in the United States.

F 3. During the Middle Ages, the influence of the Church resulted in many
(6) major advancements in medical knowledge.

F 4. “Risk factors” are those biological or behavioral characteristics that are
(9) known to cause a disease.

T 5. In the past, practitioners of psychosomatic medicine generally used a
(10) psychoanalytic model to explain a physical symptom.

T 6. One of the goals of health psychology is to have an effect on public
(11) policy.

T 7. The biopsychosocial model of health and illness is actually an extension
(13) of the biomedical model.

T 8. The "systems" approach assumes simple systems are embedded
(15) within complex systems.

F 9. Although sociocultural research has found differences in health beliefs
(20) across cultures, disease patterns themselves do not differ.

F 10. Quasi-experimental designs allow us to make causal conclusions from
(25) existing groups.




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,Matching

Match one of the following with descriptions given in questions one to five.
a. Hippocrates
b. Plato
c. Galen
d. St. Thomas Aquinas
e. Descartes

c 1. From his work, which included dissection, this second century
(6) physician felt that pathologies could be localized in parts of the body.

d 2. An Italian philosopher, he saw the mind and body as an interrelated unit.
(6)

b 3. He was among the Greek philosophers to propose that the mind and body
(5) are separate entities.

a 4. Called "the father of medicine," his humoral theory for the origin of
(5) disease was influential for centuries.

e 5. He described in mechanical terms the functioning of the body's actions
(6) and sensations such as pain.

Match the following with descriptions given in questions 6 through 10
a. epidemiology
b. public health
c. medical sociology
d. medical anthropology
e. health psychology

e 6. Provides direct service to patients in the management of their illnesses
(12) or engages in research and teaching.

a 7. Concerned with the incidence and prevalence of illnesses.
(17)

b 8. Organizes health education or provides community health services.
(18)

c 9. May conduct studies of health care services and how they are organized.
(18)

d 10. May conduct studies on the medical practices in different cultures.
(18)




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, Multiple Choice
c 1. Claudia goes to the university health center complaining of a sore throat and
(2) headache. A blood test reveals that her white blood cell count is high, and a
throat culture reveals a streptococcus infection. Which of the following is true?
a. Claudia’s high white blood cell count is a symptom of illness.
b. Her sore throat is a sign of illness.
c. The results of the blood test and throat culture are signs of illness.
d. Her headache and high white blood count are symptoms of illness.

d 2. Common definitions of health include
(2) a. optimal weight and endurance.
b. absence of signs of malfunctioning.
c. absence of subjective symptoms of disease.
d. both b and c.

c 3. In his continuum of illness and health, Aaron Antonovsky suggested that
(2) a. wellness and illness are independent concepts.
b. medical treatment affects only the wellness side of the continuum.
c. his model represents differing health statuses.
d. lifestyle has little impact on health or illness.

b 4. In discussing the illness and health continuum, Antonovsky emphasizes
(2) a. illness more than health.
b. a revised focus toward what helps people stay healthy.
c. the psychosocial factors that contribute to illness.
d. the role of poverty in health care.

a 5. The term "health", as used by the author of the textbook, is best described as
(2) a. a positive state of mental, social, and physical well-being.
b. the absence of illness.
c. the absence of disease risks.
d. lack of a terminal condition.

d 6. Infectious diseases were:
(3-4) a. more frequently fatal in the past than they are now.
b. brought over to North America by European settlers.
c. the greatest threat to American health in the 19th century.
d. all of the above

d 7. The decline in the death rate from infectious diseases by the end of the 19 th
(4) century was largely the result of
a. the development of antibiotics.
b. advances in medical treatment.
c. changing definitions of disease states in the medical community.
d. preventive measures.


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