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Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
David F. Marks, Michael Murray, Emee Vida Estacio, Rachel A. Annunziato, Abigail Locke, Gareth J. Treharne
7th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Health Psychology-An Introduction 1
Chapter 02 The Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems, and the Principle of Homeostasis 7
Chapter 03 Genetics, Epigenetics and Early Life Development 13
Chapter 04 Macrosocial Influences 20
Chapter 05 Social Justice and Health 25
Chapter 06 Culture and Health 29
Chapter 07 Theories, Models and Interventions for Health Behaviour Change 33
Chapter 08 Sexual Health 40
Chapter 09 Food, Eating and Obesity 44
Chapter 10 Alcohol and Drinking 48
Chapter 11 Tobacco and Smoking 52
Chapter 12 Physical Activity and Exercise 57
Chapter 13 Information, Communication and Health Literacy 61
Chapter 14 Screening and Immunization 65
Chapter 15 Health Promotion 69
Chapter 16 Stress and Disease Prevention 73
Chapter 17 Preventing the Spread of Disease-The COVID-19 Pandemic 77
Chapter 18 Pregnancy, Parenting and Health 80
Chapter 19 Gender Affirmative Healthcare 84
Chapter 20 Pain and Pain Control 88
Chapter 21 Cancer 94
Chapter 22 Coronary Heart Disease 98
Chapter 23 HIV Infection and Aids-Tackling Stigma and Victim Blaming 102
Chapter 24 Long-Term Conditions-The Examples of Diabetes and MECFS 106
Chapter 25 End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death 110
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
Multiple choice questions
Chapter 1: Health psychology: An introduction
1. In the definition given in this book, health psychology is defined as an ______ field.
a. international
b. interdisciplinary
c. interactive
d. interesting
Ans: B
2. The leading risk factor for global disease burden in 2002 was:
a. alcohol
b. childhood and maternal underweight
c. tobacco
d. high blood pressure
Ans: B
3. According to the textbook, a psychological approach in the absence of environmental
change is like:
a. whistling in the wind
b. an excellent idea
c. revolutionary and ingenious
d. a breath of fresh air
Ans: A
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
4. According to S.S. Stevens, measurement is the assignment of numbers to attributes
according to:
a. formulae
b. size
c. rules
d. quality
Ans: C
5. According to Michell, before quantification can happen, it is first necessary to obtain
evidence that the relevant attribute is quantitative in ______
a. structure
b. stature
c. status
d. studies
Ans: A
6. When findings are difficult to generalize to the world outside of the laboratory, we say the
research is lacking in ______ validity
a. ecological
b. economical
c. empirical
d. experimental
Ans: A
7. The ‘Health Onion’ is an example of a:
a. paradigm
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Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
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b. model
c. theory
d. framework
Ans: D
8. In this chapter, evidence-based practice (EBP) is likened to:
a. slicing an onion
b. filtering coffee
c. making wine
d. baking bread
Ans: B
9. More research is necessary to confirm the assumption that ______ cause positive changes
to quality of life.
a. lifestyle changes
b. research findings
c. survey data
d. questionnaire responses
Ans: A
10. ______ have some of the characteristics of paradigms (Kuhn, 1970) as they refer to a
complete system of thinking about a field of inquiry.
a. pathways
b. theories
c. frameworks
d. models
Ans: C
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
11. Fill in the missing word: Health is a state of well-being, wants and needs based on the
satisfaction of biological, psychosocial, cultural, ______, political, social justice and
spiritual wants and needs, not simply the absence of illness.
a. economic
b. educational
c. environmental
d. experiential
Ans: A
12. The hierarchy of needs was proposed by:
a. Murray
b. MacDonald
c. Marks
d. Maslow
Ans: D
13. In the hierarchy of needs, the most basic level is defined as:
a. safety
b. belonging
c. esteem
d. physiological
Ans: D
14. In the hierarchy of needs, the highest level was defined as:
a. safety
b. belonging
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Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
c. esteem
d. self-actualisation
Ans: D
15. Who defined happiness as: ‘the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end
of human existence’? Was it:
a. Aristotle
b. Diener
c. Doyal
d. Maslow
Ans: A
16. According to ______ subjective well-being is ‘An umbrella term for different valuations
that people make regarding their lives, the events happening to them, their bodies and
minds, and the circumstances in which they live’.
a. Aristotle
b. Diener
c. Doyal
d. Maslow
Ans: B
17. QoL is an acronym for the phrase:
a. quality of living
b. quality of learning
c. quality of life
d. quality of liking
Ans: C
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
18. According to Diener and Chan (2011), having high subjective well-being, adds ______
years to one’s life.
a. 1–2
b. 2–4
c. 4–5
d. 4–10
Ans: D
19. A popular term for a person who smokes, eats fatty foods, drinks alcohol and watches TV
many hours every day is:
a. lucky devil
b. lazy lump
c. couch cowboy
d. couch potato
Ans: D
20. A term used for an environment that is conducive to eating too much and taking too little
exercise is:
a. obesogenic
b. oboozogenic
c. obeasogenic
d. obusogenic
Ans: A
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
Multiple choice questions
Chapter 2: The nervous, endocrine and immune systems,
and the principle of homeostasis
1. It has been estimated that the human body consists of how many cells?
a. 15 trillion
b. 500 million
c. 37.2 trillion
d. 27 billion
Ans: C
2. Microglia cells, a type of glial cell account for what percentage of cells in the brain?
a. 0–4%
b. 5–10%
b. 10–15%
c. 25–30%
Ans: B
3. ______ maintains homeostasis in the internal environment by regulating vital organs such
as digestion, respiration, blood circulation, excretion and the secretion of hormones.
a. autonomic nervous system
b. feedback looping
c. somatic nervous system
d. none of these
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Test Bank - Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7th Edition (Marks, 2024)
Lecturer Resources
Marks et al., Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2024
Ans: A
4. Hormones have an influence on:
a. capacity for new learning
b. vividness of imagery
c. growth
d. all of these
Ans: D
5. Organisms within the gut play a role in early programming and later responsivity of the
stress system. The gut is inhabited ______ times the number of cells in the human body
(Dinan and Cryan, 2012).
a. 5
b.10
c.15
d.20
Ans: B
6. Our ______ is made up of barriers and cells that keep harmful germs from entering the
body.
a. innate immune system
b. endocrine system
c. adaptive immune system
d. nervous system
Ans: A
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