HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
BioMedical Model Ans✓✓✓All illness has a biomedical cause.
Illness is based on an organ not functioning right or
bio-chemicals in the body being out of balance.
All illness can be cured with drugs if we just find the
right drugs.
Why do we need biopsychosocial model Ans✓✓✓Having a biomedical
defect indicates disease potential, not disease existence.
Beliefs about illness matter.
Two people with same biomedical problem may have different disease
outcomes.
Successfully treating the biomedical problem doesn't necessarily make
patient healthy.
Behaviors matter.
What is stress? Ans✓✓✓Stress is a negative emotional experience
accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and
behavioral changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful
event or accommodating to its effects.
6 key moments in stress Ans✓✓✓1. Walter Cannon: Fight or flight
behavior
,2. Hans Selye: General Adaptation Syndrome
3. Holmes and Rahe: Stressful life events.
4. Lazarus: Stress appraisals.
5. Blascovich: Threat v. Challenge
6. Taylor et al: Tend and Befriend
Fight or flight Ans✓✓✓Stress causes physiological changes
Changes help mobilize the body to fight or flee
Useful: Helps you respond quickly
Problem: Disrupts normal functioning
general adaptation syndrome Ans✓✓✓A non-specific response of the
body to any demand
placed upon it
stressful life events Ans✓✓✓Asked 5,000+ patients about stressful
events in their lives
Results: small, but consistent, relationship between # of stressful events
and illnesses
stress appraisals Ans✓✓✓According to Lazarus, what matters is not
what
event occurs, but how we perceive and interpret that
event.
,The process of perceiving and interpreting the event
is called appraisal.
primary appraisal Ans✓✓✓Is the event positive, neutral or negative?
if negative: harmful, threatening, or challenging?
secondary appraisal Ans✓✓✓Are my coping
abilities and resources
sufficient to overcome
the harm, threat, or
challenge posed by
the event?
challenge Ans✓✓✓resources greater than demands
threat Ans✓✓✓demands greater than resources
tend and befriend Ans✓✓✓males: fight or flight
females:tend and befriend
Sympathetic nervous system Ans✓✓✓autonomic
activated
, Fight or flight response activated
Release of catecholamines
ParaSympathetic Ans✓✓✓autonomic
suppressed
calming effect
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenocortical axis Ans✓✓✓General adaptation
syndrome
Release of corticosteroids
Threats lead to... Ans✓✓✓autonomic response
HPA resonse
challenges lead to Ans✓✓✓autonomic response
types of short term stressors that lead to higher corticosteriods
Ans✓✓✓uncontrollable stressors
threats to one's self esteem or social status
what does stress do to your body Ans✓✓✓Mobilizes energy
Raises heart rate/blood pressure
Slows digestion
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
BioMedical Model Ans✓✓✓All illness has a biomedical cause.
Illness is based on an organ not functioning right or
bio-chemicals in the body being out of balance.
All illness can be cured with drugs if we just find the
right drugs.
Why do we need biopsychosocial model Ans✓✓✓Having a biomedical
defect indicates disease potential, not disease existence.
Beliefs about illness matter.
Two people with same biomedical problem may have different disease
outcomes.
Successfully treating the biomedical problem doesn't necessarily make
patient healthy.
Behaviors matter.
What is stress? Ans✓✓✓Stress is a negative emotional experience
accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and
behavioral changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful
event or accommodating to its effects.
6 key moments in stress Ans✓✓✓1. Walter Cannon: Fight or flight
behavior
,2. Hans Selye: General Adaptation Syndrome
3. Holmes and Rahe: Stressful life events.
4. Lazarus: Stress appraisals.
5. Blascovich: Threat v. Challenge
6. Taylor et al: Tend and Befriend
Fight or flight Ans✓✓✓Stress causes physiological changes
Changes help mobilize the body to fight or flee
Useful: Helps you respond quickly
Problem: Disrupts normal functioning
general adaptation syndrome Ans✓✓✓A non-specific response of the
body to any demand
placed upon it
stressful life events Ans✓✓✓Asked 5,000+ patients about stressful
events in their lives
Results: small, but consistent, relationship between # of stressful events
and illnesses
stress appraisals Ans✓✓✓According to Lazarus, what matters is not
what
event occurs, but how we perceive and interpret that
event.
,The process of perceiving and interpreting the event
is called appraisal.
primary appraisal Ans✓✓✓Is the event positive, neutral or negative?
if negative: harmful, threatening, or challenging?
secondary appraisal Ans✓✓✓Are my coping
abilities and resources
sufficient to overcome
the harm, threat, or
challenge posed by
the event?
challenge Ans✓✓✓resources greater than demands
threat Ans✓✓✓demands greater than resources
tend and befriend Ans✓✓✓males: fight or flight
females:tend and befriend
Sympathetic nervous system Ans✓✓✓autonomic
activated
, Fight or flight response activated
Release of catecholamines
ParaSympathetic Ans✓✓✓autonomic
suppressed
calming effect
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenocortical axis Ans✓✓✓General adaptation
syndrome
Release of corticosteroids
Threats lead to... Ans✓✓✓autonomic response
HPA resonse
challenges lead to Ans✓✓✓autonomic response
types of short term stressors that lead to higher corticosteriods
Ans✓✓✓uncontrollable stressors
threats to one's self esteem or social status
what does stress do to your body Ans✓✓✓Mobilizes energy
Raises heart rate/blood pressure
Slows digestion
