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Health Psychology - Chapter 1
adoption studies - correct answer-research with subjects adopted at very early ages,
comparing their characteristics with corresponding traits of their adoptive and natural parents
to assess the influence of heredity

behavioral medicine - correct answer-an interdisciplinary field introduced in the early 1970s
to study the relationships between behavior and health

behavioral methods - correct answer-psychological techniques that use mainly operant and
classical conditioning principles to change behavior

biomedical model - correct answer-the view that illness results from physical causes, such
as infection or injury; psychosocial processes are not viewed as causal factors

biopsychosocial model - correct answer-the view that health and illness involve the interplay
of biological, psychological, and social factors in people's lives

chronic diseases - correct answer-illnesses that persist and generally get worse over a long
period of time

cognitive methods - correct answer-psychological techniques that focus on changing
people's feelings and thought processes

correlation coefficient - correct answer-a statistic that reflects the degree and direction of
relationship between two variables; it can range from +1.00, through .00, to -1.00

correlational studies - correct answer-nonexperimental research conducted to determine the
degree and direction of relationship between variables

cross-sectional approach - correct answer-method of studying developmental trends by
observing different groups of subjects of different ages within a relatively short period of time

double blind - correct answer-an experimental procedure whereby neither the subject nor the
researcher knows which research treatment the subject is receiving

epidemic - correct answer-the situation in which the occurrence of a health problem has
increased rapidly

epigenetics - correct answer-the process in which chemicals at DNA affect gene action

experiment - correct answer-a controlled study in which variables are manipulated and
observed to assess cause-effect relationships

health - correct answer-a positive state of physical, mental, and social well-being that
changes in degree over time

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