Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The 1948 World Health Organization's definition of health is analogous to a state of wellness.
True False
2. Early cultures took a dualistic approach to the mind and the body.
True False
3. The ancient Greeks believed in a humoral theory of illness
True False
4. In conversion hysteria, the patient converts psychological conflict into a symptom which then relieves the
patient of anxiety.
True False
5. The biomedical model emphasizes both health and illness.
True False
6. The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the importance of an effective patient-practitioner
relationship.
True False
7. The most important factor giving rise to health psychology has been the expansion of health care
services.
True False
8. Morbidity may be expressed in two ways: as the number of new cases or as the total number of existing
cases of an illness.
True False
9. Although health psychologists have been employed in health settings for many years, they have difficulty
establishing their credibility with physicians and other health care professionals.
True False
10. Public health researchers inform policymakers about changes that would benefit communities.
True False
11. The field within psychology devoted to understanding all psychological influences on health and illness
across the life span is called
A. psychosomatic medicine.
B. health psychology.
C. medical psychology.
D. epidemiology.
E. immunology
12. A health psychologist who designs a media campaign to get people to improve their diets focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the philosophy of the mind-body relationship
,13. A health psychologist who works with people who are already ill focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the philosophy of the mind-body relationship
14. Etiology refers to
A. causes of illness.
B. a special kind of disease state.
C. healthy behaviour.
D. stress effects.
E. the prevalence of disease in a population
15. A health psychologist who is interested in the behavioural and social factors that contribute to disease
focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the biopsychosocial model.
16. A health psychologist who studies the impact of hospitals and physicians on people's behaviour focuses
on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. social psychology.
17. Ancient cultures viewed the mind and the body as
A. ultimately unknowable.
B. somewhat interdependent.
C. separate and autonomous systems.
D. part of the same system.
E. not much differently than we do today.
18. According to the humoral theory of Hippocrates and Galen, disease is the result of
A. trephination.
B. evil spirits.
C. an imbalance of bodily fluids.
D. cellular disorders.
E. God's punishment.
19. The idea that one's biochemistry may be associated with certain personality characteristics can be traced
to the
A. Stone Age.
B. ancient Greeks.
C. Middle Ages.
D. Renaissance.
E. ancient Romans.
20. In ____________________ the Church was the guardian of medical knowledge
A. ancient Greece
B. the Middle Ages
C. the Renaissance
D. Freud's era
E. the Stone Age
,21. Conversion hysteria
A. is now even more frequent than in Freud's time.
B. occurs when unconscious conflict is manifested in a symbolic physical symptom.
C. occurs when an individual develops several minor symptoms to avoid interpersonal conflict.
D. is strongly associated with hypochondria.
E. occurs more often in men than in woman.
22. The field of behavioural medicine
A. focuses on objective and clinically relevant interventions.
B. relies on subjective, verbal interventions.
C. does not recognize biofeedback as a treatment intervention.
D. focuses mainly on behavior modification interventions.
E. was the basis for the field of psychosomatic medicine.
23. _______________ linked specific personality patterns to specific illnesses.
A. Dunbar and Alexander
B. Galen
C. Hippocrates
D. Freud
E. Cattell
24. Which of the following statements best reflects a current perspective of the mind-body relationship?
A. Repressed psychological conflicts can manifest as physical symptoms and illness.
B.Health and healing involves the interrelation of all of the body's systems, and illness arises as a
disharmony between these systems.
C. Illness is largely a product of one's temperament.
D. Healing relies most heavily on the patient's belief in the physician.
E. Illness results from a breakdown of organic and cellular changes within the body.
25. According to your text, all conditions of health and illness are influenced by
A. one's personality type.
B. psychodynamics.
C. lifestyle factors.
D. psychological and social factors.
E. All of these answers are correct.
26. The fundamental assumption of the _______________ model is that health and illness are consequences
of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
A. biomedical
B. psychoemotional
C. psychoneuroimmunology
D. psychosocial
E. biopsychosocial
27. The _______________ model maintains that all illness can be explained on the basis of aberrant somatic
processes.
A. biomedical
B. psychoemotional
C. biopsychosocial
D. psychosocial
E. psychosomatic
, 28. Josh is feeling achy, has a stuffed up nose and a cough, and is feeling very tired. On the basis of these
symptoms Josh's doctor tells him he has been infected with a cold virus. This diagnosis is an example
of
A. dualism.
B. systems theory.
C. homeostasis.
D. reductionism.
E. mechanism.
29. The notion that cancer can be cured simply by excising a tumor most closely resembles the
A. biomedical model.
B. biopsychosocial model.
C. psychosomatic model.
D. pathological model.
E. mind-body model.
30. A single-factor model of illness assumes that
A. there is one ultimate cause of all illnesses.
B. health should be emphasized over illness.
C. illness can be explained in terms of biological disorder.
D. that only one factor of an illness can be dealt with at one time.
E. All of these answers are correct.
31. The idea that health is the absence of disease most closely resembles the
A. biomedical model.
B. biopsychosocial model.
C. psychosomatic model.
D. pathological model.
E. holistic model.
32. The biomedical model of health
A. emphasizes the social and psychological factors in health.
B. views the body as a system of organs that work holistically together.
C. proposes that complex phenomenon can be reduced down to their simpler components.
D. considers both macro and micro level factors.
E. proposes body-mind unity.
33. According to the biopsychosocial model, health and illness are determined by
A. microlevel processes.
B. macrolevel processes.
C. an interaction of microlevel and macrolevel processes.
D. environment.
E. microlevel processes and the environment.
34. The _______________ maintains that health and illness are caused by multiple factors and produce
multiple effects.
A. biopsychosocial model
B. psychosomatic model
C. reductionistic model
D. biomedical model
E. dualistic approach
35. Systems theory assumes a principle of hierarchical organization. This implies that
A. changes in any one level will affect all other levels of the system.
B. only changes in the highest level will affect all levels of the system.
C. changes in one level will affect only lower levels of the system.
D. changes in intermediate levels have the most profound impacts.
E. All of these answers are correct.
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The 1948 World Health Organization's definition of health is analogous to a state of wellness.
True False
2. Early cultures took a dualistic approach to the mind and the body.
True False
3. The ancient Greeks believed in a humoral theory of illness
True False
4. In conversion hysteria, the patient converts psychological conflict into a symptom which then relieves the
patient of anxiety.
True False
5. The biomedical model emphasizes both health and illness.
True False
6. The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the importance of an effective patient-practitioner
relationship.
True False
7. The most important factor giving rise to health psychology has been the expansion of health care
services.
True False
8. Morbidity may be expressed in two ways: as the number of new cases or as the total number of existing
cases of an illness.
True False
9. Although health psychologists have been employed in health settings for many years, they have difficulty
establishing their credibility with physicians and other health care professionals.
True False
10. Public health researchers inform policymakers about changes that would benefit communities.
True False
11. The field within psychology devoted to understanding all psychological influences on health and illness
across the life span is called
A. psychosomatic medicine.
B. health psychology.
C. medical psychology.
D. epidemiology.
E. immunology
12. A health psychologist who designs a media campaign to get people to improve their diets focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the philosophy of the mind-body relationship
,13. A health psychologist who works with people who are already ill focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the philosophy of the mind-body relationship
14. Etiology refers to
A. causes of illness.
B. a special kind of disease state.
C. healthy behaviour.
D. stress effects.
E. the prevalence of disease in a population
15. A health psychologist who is interested in the behavioural and social factors that contribute to disease
focuses on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. the biopsychosocial model.
16. A health psychologist who studies the impact of hospitals and physicians on people's behaviour focuses
on
A. health promotion and maintenance.
B. prevention and treatment of illness.
C. etiology and correlations of health, illness, and dysfunction.
D. the health care system and the formulation of health policy.
E. social psychology.
17. Ancient cultures viewed the mind and the body as
A. ultimately unknowable.
B. somewhat interdependent.
C. separate and autonomous systems.
D. part of the same system.
E. not much differently than we do today.
18. According to the humoral theory of Hippocrates and Galen, disease is the result of
A. trephination.
B. evil spirits.
C. an imbalance of bodily fluids.
D. cellular disorders.
E. God's punishment.
19. The idea that one's biochemistry may be associated with certain personality characteristics can be traced
to the
A. Stone Age.
B. ancient Greeks.
C. Middle Ages.
D. Renaissance.
E. ancient Romans.
20. In ____________________ the Church was the guardian of medical knowledge
A. ancient Greece
B. the Middle Ages
C. the Renaissance
D. Freud's era
E. the Stone Age
,21. Conversion hysteria
A. is now even more frequent than in Freud's time.
B. occurs when unconscious conflict is manifested in a symbolic physical symptom.
C. occurs when an individual develops several minor symptoms to avoid interpersonal conflict.
D. is strongly associated with hypochondria.
E. occurs more often in men than in woman.
22. The field of behavioural medicine
A. focuses on objective and clinically relevant interventions.
B. relies on subjective, verbal interventions.
C. does not recognize biofeedback as a treatment intervention.
D. focuses mainly on behavior modification interventions.
E. was the basis for the field of psychosomatic medicine.
23. _______________ linked specific personality patterns to specific illnesses.
A. Dunbar and Alexander
B. Galen
C. Hippocrates
D. Freud
E. Cattell
24. Which of the following statements best reflects a current perspective of the mind-body relationship?
A. Repressed psychological conflicts can manifest as physical symptoms and illness.
B.Health and healing involves the interrelation of all of the body's systems, and illness arises as a
disharmony between these systems.
C. Illness is largely a product of one's temperament.
D. Healing relies most heavily on the patient's belief in the physician.
E. Illness results from a breakdown of organic and cellular changes within the body.
25. According to your text, all conditions of health and illness are influenced by
A. one's personality type.
B. psychodynamics.
C. lifestyle factors.
D. psychological and social factors.
E. All of these answers are correct.
26. The fundamental assumption of the _______________ model is that health and illness are consequences
of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
A. biomedical
B. psychoemotional
C. psychoneuroimmunology
D. psychosocial
E. biopsychosocial
27. The _______________ model maintains that all illness can be explained on the basis of aberrant somatic
processes.
A. biomedical
B. psychoemotional
C. biopsychosocial
D. psychosocial
E. psychosomatic
, 28. Josh is feeling achy, has a stuffed up nose and a cough, and is feeling very tired. On the basis of these
symptoms Josh's doctor tells him he has been infected with a cold virus. This diagnosis is an example
of
A. dualism.
B. systems theory.
C. homeostasis.
D. reductionism.
E. mechanism.
29. The notion that cancer can be cured simply by excising a tumor most closely resembles the
A. biomedical model.
B. biopsychosocial model.
C. psychosomatic model.
D. pathological model.
E. mind-body model.
30. A single-factor model of illness assumes that
A. there is one ultimate cause of all illnesses.
B. health should be emphasized over illness.
C. illness can be explained in terms of biological disorder.
D. that only one factor of an illness can be dealt with at one time.
E. All of these answers are correct.
31. The idea that health is the absence of disease most closely resembles the
A. biomedical model.
B. biopsychosocial model.
C. psychosomatic model.
D. pathological model.
E. holistic model.
32. The biomedical model of health
A. emphasizes the social and psychological factors in health.
B. views the body as a system of organs that work holistically together.
C. proposes that complex phenomenon can be reduced down to their simpler components.
D. considers both macro and micro level factors.
E. proposes body-mind unity.
33. According to the biopsychosocial model, health and illness are determined by
A. microlevel processes.
B. macrolevel processes.
C. an interaction of microlevel and macrolevel processes.
D. environment.
E. microlevel processes and the environment.
34. The _______________ maintains that health and illness are caused by multiple factors and produce
multiple effects.
A. biopsychosocial model
B. psychosomatic model
C. reductionistic model
D. biomedical model
E. dualistic approach
35. Systems theory assumes a principle of hierarchical organization. This implies that
A. changes in any one level will affect all other levels of the system.
B. only changes in the highest level will affect all levels of the system.
C. changes in one level will affect only lower levels of the system.
D. changes in intermediate levels have the most profound impacts.
E. All of these answers are correct.
