Question 1

Before 1950,psychologists were involved with physical health primarily in the area of

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A)   changing lifestyles.
B)   changing attitudes.
C)   pain management.
D)   teaching in medical schools.

Question 2

Janelle,a health psychologist,could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

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A)   offer alternatives to pharmacological treatments.
B)   provide behavioral interventions to treat physical disorders.
C)   design effective health communication to promote positive physical health.
D)   design drug trials to enable doctors to find a drug to treat breast cancer.

Question 3

The increase in life expectancy since 1900 is due mostly to

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A)   the decrease in cancer deaths.
B)   the conquest of influenza.
C)   major changes in lifestyle.
D)   none of these.

Question 4

College graduates generally have a higher death rate than high school dropouts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Psychosomatic medicine sees physical illnesses as

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A)   having emotional and psychological components.
B)   having biological causes.
C)   causing stress and subsequent organic illnesses.
D)   all of these.

Question 7

Cade attributes catching a "cold" to not getting enough sleep and feelings of distress.Thus,Cade has an implicit acceptance of the ____ model of health.

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A)   biochemical
B)   biomedical
C)   Cartesian
D)   biopsychosocial

Question 8

The discipline that emphasizes the prevention of illness and the enhancement of health in currently healthy people is called

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A)   behavioral health.
B)   health psychology.
C)   behavioral medicine.
D)   medical psychology.

Question 9

In the United States,young people ages 15 to 24 are most likely to die from _______ and _______.

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A)   cancer. . . . heart disease
B)   unintentional injuries . . . . homicide
C)   homicide . . . . cancer
D)   suicide . . . . HIV infection

Question 10

During the last quarter of the 20th century,psychology became involved in the changing field of health primarily by

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A)   treating physical diseases.
B)   treating mental diseases.
C)   studying behaviors that enhance health and prevent disease.
D)   practicing psychosomatic medicine.

Question 11

Despite national media coverage to the contrary,poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

People's beliefs about health and illness may be incorrect.Which of these common beliefs is true?

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A)   The United States ranks in the top five nations in the world in terms of life expectancy.
B)   The 30-year increase in life expectancy that occurred in the United States during the 20th century was due mostly to improved medical care.
C)   Good health is the absence of disease.
D)   None of these is true.

Question 13

Trace the development of behavioral medicine and health psychology.

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A.Behavioral medicine
1.Can be traced to...

Question 14

Trace the changes in patterns of disease during the 20th century.Are there signs that those trends are changing? If so,how?

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A.Chronic diseases became more prevalent...

Question 15

In the United States during the early years of the 21st century,

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A)   deaths from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases increased.
B)   deaths from accidents increased significantly.
C)   deaths from heart disease increased significantly.
D)   deaths only moderately related to lifestyle decreased significantly.

Question 16

Health psychologists are most likely to see health

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A)   from a biomedical viewpoint.
B)   from a biopsychosocial viewpoint.
C)   as the absence of illness.
D)   as a single dimensional condition.

Question 17

Many medical advances during the 19th century were prompted by the biomedical model that

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A)   emphasized emotional rather than physical factors in diseases.
B)   replaced the Cartesian model.
C)   led to a search for microscopic organisms that cause disease.
D)   took a holistic view of health and disease.

Question 18

Health psychology is

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A)   a branch of medicine related to psychological health.
B)   a discipline within psychology related to psychological health.
C)   a new name for psychosomatic medicine.
D)   a discipline within psychology related to health.

Question 19

The biomedical model of disease

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A)   was common during the 1800s but was replaced by the biopsychosocial model during the early 1900s.
B)   views pathogens as the causes of disease.
C)   is more common among the public than among health care professionals.
D)   cannot explain infectious illness or the prevalence of viral illness.

Question 20

An inverse relationship exists between educational level and death rates,which means that

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A)   people who graduate from high school have higher death rates than those who do not.
B)   people who attend college have higher death rates than those who drop out of high school.
C)   people who attend college live longer than those who have never attended college.
D)   both a and b

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An inverse relationship exists between educational level and death rates,which means that

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Before 1950,psychologists were involved with physical health primarily in the area of

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Despite national media coverage to the contrary,poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States.

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College graduates generally have a higher death rate than high school dropouts.

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Health psychology is

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In the United States during the early years of the 21st century,

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In the United States,young people ages 15 to 24 are most likely to die from _______ and _______.

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People's beliefs about health and illness may be incorrect.Which of these common beliefs is true?

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The biomedical model of disease

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Trace the changes in patterns of disease during the 20th century.Are there signs that those trends are changing? If so,how?

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Many medical advances during the 19th century were prompted by the biomedical model that

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Health psychologists are most likely to see health

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Cade attributes catching a "cold" to not getting enough sleep and feelings of distress.Thus,Cade has an implicit acceptance of the ____ model of health.

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Trace the development of behavioral medicine and health psychology.

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Janelle,a health psychologist,could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

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Psychosomatic medicine sees physical illnesses as

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During the last quarter of the 20th century,psychology became involved in the changing field of health primarily by

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The discipline that emphasizes the prevention of illness and the enhancement of health in currently healthy people is called

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