APSY 329 Health Psychology Training Exam Questions And All Correct Answers
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PSYC 329
Institution
PSYC 329
Psychosocial interventions to reduce the risk of developing cancer have - Answer mostly unsuccessful (Answer)
B) extremely unsuccessful
C) mixed, with diet and exercise-related interventions being particularly successful
D) mixed, w/ interventions to decrease smoking being particularly unsu...
APSY 329 Health Psychology Training
Exam Questions And All Correct
Answers.
Psychosocial interventions to reduce the risk of developing cancer have - Answer mostly unsuccessful
(Answer)
B) extremely unsuccessful
C) mixed, with diet and exercise-related interventions being particularly successful
D) mixed, w/ interventions to decrease smoking being particularly unsuccessful
Reasoning- we are bead at motivating people to follow interventions/ health plans for long term
(6months+)(LIFESTYLE CHANGE)
Doctors are good at detecting stress and depression in cancer patients - Answer A) True
B) True for female patients but not for male patients
C) True for adult patients but not for child patients.
D) False (Answer)
Reasoning- Stress in cancer is defined as a "multifactorial unpleasant experience of a psychological (i.e.
cognitive, behavioral, emotional), social, spiritual, and/or physical nature that may interfere with one's
ability to cope effectively w/ cancer, its physical symptoms and treatment)
Psycho oncology= psychology treatment of cancer
Stress affects - Answer The likelihood of getting cancer but not recovering from cancer (Answer) -bcuz
immune system is suppressed and cannot detect the mutated cancer cells)
REASONING- Stress is not directly linked to cancer, the research is still ongoing and the theory cannot be
disproved/ irrefutable because we cannot see the biological change from suppressing the immune
system (which is supposed to detect the mutated cancer cells)
QOL (Quality of Life) is the primary focus in MH of cancer patients
, Some cancer survivors show improved psychological functioning - Answer True for both patients and
their families
Since cancer is so lethal, it makes people take a step back and rethink their life/ higher gratitude for what
they have+ increased ambition and social activity.
IF a person's blood pressure is reported as 154/72, the number 154 represents - Answer Answer: The
systolic blood pressure and it is elevated
Example of Hypertension
Hypertension- blood vessels restrict causing heart rate and blood pressure to go up.
Top (first) number= Systolic blood pressure
- higher systolic blood pressure is more damaging because it acts as a pressure washer (constricting the
blood vessels)
bottom (second)= diastolic blood pressure
- is a measurement of ones resting rate
Hypotension- arteries not pushing enough blood from heart to brain (people become unconscious at
around 70-80mmhg)
A transient Ischemic attack (TIA) is a warning sign for - Answer Answer: Stroke
Reasoning- Transient (short amount of time) ischemic (loss of blood) attack= clogged arteries in small
blood vessels in the brain causing a temporary stroke, due to an advanced atherosclerosis (plaques build
up in the walls of arteries), indicating that a bigger stroke is coming (because the pathways to the heart
are blocked)
Physical signs of stroke - Answer Unconsciousness, fractured voluntary movement, jumbled speech,
partial paralysis (partial body functioning)
_____,______, and______ they are all related diseases/ processes - Answer Coronary artery disease,
stroke and hypertension
Reasoning- same process diff parts of the body and brain.
If a person has______ they are at increased risk for developing atherosclerosis - Answer Rheumatoid
arthritis
Reasoning- caused by chronic inflammation and is related to heart disease
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