TEST BANK for Health Psychology 10th
Edition by Shelley Taylor [Questions with
answers provided]
HEALTH - correct answers-The combination of
physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being
WELLNESS - correct answers-optimum state of
health
ETIOLOGY - correct answers-cause of disease
BIOMEDICAL MODEL - correct answers-The
viewpoint that illness can be explained on the basis
of aberrant somatic processes and that
psychological and social processes are largely
independent of the disease process; the dominant
model in medical practice until recently.
CONVERSION HYSTERIA - correct answers-The
viewpoint, originally advanced by Freud, that
specific unconscious conflicts can produce physical
disturbances symbolic of the repressed conflict; no
longer a dominant viewpoint in health psychology.
, PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE - correct answers-a
field of study that emphasizes the role of
psychological factors in disease caused by
emotional conflicts.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL - correct answers-a
model of health that integrates the effects of
biological, behavioral/psychological, and social
factors on health and illness
MACROLEVEL PROCESSES of biopsychosocial
model - correct answers-social support and
depression
MICROLEVEL PROCESSES of biopsychosocial model
- correct answers-cellular disorders or chemical
imbalances
ACUTE DISORDERS - correct answers-short-term
illnesses, often the result of a viral or bacterial
invader and usually amenable to cure
CHRONIC ILLNESSES - correct answers-illnesses
that are long lasting and usually irreversible,
cancer, heart disease, and respiratory
Edition by Shelley Taylor [Questions with
answers provided]
HEALTH - correct answers-The combination of
physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being
WELLNESS - correct answers-optimum state of
health
ETIOLOGY - correct answers-cause of disease
BIOMEDICAL MODEL - correct answers-The
viewpoint that illness can be explained on the basis
of aberrant somatic processes and that
psychological and social processes are largely
independent of the disease process; the dominant
model in medical practice until recently.
CONVERSION HYSTERIA - correct answers-The
viewpoint, originally advanced by Freud, that
specific unconscious conflicts can produce physical
disturbances symbolic of the repressed conflict; no
longer a dominant viewpoint in health psychology.
, PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE - correct answers-a
field of study that emphasizes the role of
psychological factors in disease caused by
emotional conflicts.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL - correct answers-a
model of health that integrates the effects of
biological, behavioral/psychological, and social
factors on health and illness
MACROLEVEL PROCESSES of biopsychosocial
model - correct answers-social support and
depression
MICROLEVEL PROCESSES of biopsychosocial model
- correct answers-cellular disorders or chemical
imbalances
ACUTE DISORDERS - correct answers-short-term
illnesses, often the result of a viral or bacterial
invader and usually amenable to cure
CHRONIC ILLNESSES - correct answers-illnesses
that are long lasting and usually irreversible,
cancer, heart disease, and respiratory
