Question 1

Research investigating the relationship between psychosocial factors and cancer has found

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A)   a positive association between cancer and emotional repression.
B)   a positive association between cancer and depression.
C)   lack of social support sometimes is associated with cancer.
D)   All of these.

Question 2

_________ is the leading cancer killer for women according to the American Cancer Society (2009) .

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A)   Lung.
B)   Colon.
C)   Ovary.
D)   Breast.

Question 3

HIV affects primarily

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A)   helper T cells and macrophages.
B)   leukocytes.
C)   natural killer cells.
D)   B cells.

Question 4

Past sexual practice is an important predictor of AIDS-related risk behaviors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The most promising development in the treatment of AIDS is

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A)   an HIV vaccine.
B)   AZT.
C)   HAART.
D)   DDI.

Question 6

_______________ may mute the adverse effects of stress on the immune system.

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A)   Relaxation training
B)   Social contact
C)   Repressing one's thoughts about the stressful event
D)   Stress management skills

Question 7

The tendency to seek social support and the perception that one had good emotional support were associated with _______________ suggesting buffering of stress responses.

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A)   low NK cell activity
B)   high NK cell activity
C)   increases in lymphocyte responses
D)   All of these.

Question 8

A review of 27 published studies that provided HIV counseling and testing information found this type of education was an effective means of

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A)   primary prevention for HIV+ individuals.
B)   reduced behaviors that might infect others.
C)   primary prevention for uninfected participants.
D)   All of these.

Question 9

Rheumatoid arthritis

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A)   is the least crippling form of arthritis.
B)   strikes primarily middle-aged and elderly adults.
C)   has been associated with a perfectionist and depressed personality type.
D)   is relatively unaffected by stress and psychological variables.

Question 10

Studies have found impaired immune functioning among bereaved individuals,even if these individuals do not show evidence of depression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Susan is a middle-class white woman with advanced breast cancer.Her family and friends provide her with emotional and instrumental social support.Sarah,an Hispanic woman from a working-class family,also has advanced breast caner.Her parents are deceased,her siblings do not contact her,and her husband and children are too frightened to be of much support,either emotional or instrumental.From the material in the text,whom do you expect to survive the longest time?

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A)   Susan.
B)   Sarah.
C)   There is no way to predict mortality in these cases.

Question 12

According to the research cited in your text,which of the following patients would be expected to be better adjusted and most successful in coping with AIDS?

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A)   Paul, who is confident that the medical personnel who staff his experimental treatment program are outstanding in the field and his best chance for survival
B)   Mary, who contracted AIDS through a transfusion and feels that she has no personal control over the disease
C)   Tom, who has turned to alternatives to traditional medicine and feels that his holistic practitioner can best arrest the progression of the disorder
D)   John, who feels that he can control the disease and its symptoms and has taken personal responsibility for its treatment

Question 13

review of the literature found support for the notion that immune functioning is impaired by

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A)   hardiness.
B)   anxiety.
C)   depression.
D)   hostility.

Question 14

Evidence suggests that some of the adverse effects of depression on immunity may be mediated by

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A)   hostility.
B)   disturbed hypothalamic functioning.
C)   poor maturation of the immune system.
D)   sleep disturbances.

Question 15

Impaired immune functioning has been found in samples of adults who have experienced short-term marital conflict,marital separation,and divorce.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Sarah has rheumatoid arthritis.This is a(n)

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A)   disease of lifestyle.
B)   disease that typically attacks men.
C)   disorder that can be cured by diet.
D)   autoimmune disorder.

Question 17

T lymphocytes

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A)   play an important role in humoral immunity.
B)   confer immunity by the production and secretion of antibodies.
C)   secrete toxic substances that kill infected cells.
D)   release antibodies into the blood.

Question 18

Compare Type I diabetes with what you already learned about Type II diabetes in the previous chapter.How are they similar and how are they different?

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Question 19

Who is most likely to disclose HIV status?

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A)   Someone with high self-efficacy.
B)   People with a strong support network.
C)   Those more likely to wear a condom during intercourse.
D)   All of these.

Question 20

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,the numbers of AIDS cases are growing fastest among

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A)   ethnic minorities.
B)   gay men.
C)   minority women.
D)   IV drug users.

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