BBH 101 Chapter 3 - Seeking and
Receiving Healthcare Questions and
Correct Answers
Sign that may signal disease ✅symptom
Activity undertaken by people who feel sick and wish to discover their state of health
✅illness behavior
Activity undertaken by people who have been diagnosed as ill that are directed at
getting well ✅sick role behavior
Label for a disease or sickness ✅diagnosis
Personality trait marked by a tendency to experience negative emotional states
✅neuroticism
How readily apparent the symptom is to the person and to others ✅visibility of the
symptom
Personal perception of the severity of a symptom ✅perceived severity of the symptom
Component of disease conceptualization where the disease is labeled ✅identity of the
disease
Component of disease conceptualization where the disease's time course is understood
✅timeline
Component of disease conceptualization where the causality of a disease is attributed
✅determination of a cause
People's belief that they can control an illness' course by controlling the treatment or
disease ✅controllability
Collection of family and friends from whom a person may first seek medical information
and advice ✅lay referral network
Inoculation to provide immunity to disease ✅vaccination
Receiving Healthcare Questions and
Correct Answers
Sign that may signal disease ✅symptom
Activity undertaken by people who feel sick and wish to discover their state of health
✅illness behavior
Activity undertaken by people who have been diagnosed as ill that are directed at
getting well ✅sick role behavior
Label for a disease or sickness ✅diagnosis
Personality trait marked by a tendency to experience negative emotional states
✅neuroticism
How readily apparent the symptom is to the person and to others ✅visibility of the
symptom
Personal perception of the severity of a symptom ✅perceived severity of the symptom
Component of disease conceptualization where the disease is labeled ✅identity of the
disease
Component of disease conceptualization where the disease's time course is understood
✅timeline
Component of disease conceptualization where the causality of a disease is attributed
✅determination of a cause
People's belief that they can control an illness' course by controlling the treatment or
disease ✅controllability
Collection of family and friends from whom a person may first seek medical information
and advice ✅lay referral network
Inoculation to provide immunity to disease ✅vaccination
