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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY - (CHAPTERS 1-5) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY - (CHAPTERS 1-5) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Biomedical Model - Answer--Diseases/physical disorders can be explained by
disturbances in physiological processes, which result from injury, biochemical
imbalances, bacterial or viral infection, etc
-An affliction of the body, separate from psychological and social processes
Role of Psychology in Health (Freud; Psychosomatic Medicine) - Answer-Freud:
introduced the idea of CONVERSION HYSTERIA, which was the idea that patients
show symptoms of physical illness without any organic disorder (supposedly due to
emotional conflict)
Psychosomatic Medicine: not imaginary symptoms but the mind and body are both
involved
Behavioral Medicine - Answer--Interdisciplinary (incorporates psychology, sociology,
medicine)
-Based on behaviorism: people's behaviors are based on classical and operant
conditioning
Treatments helped with problematic emotions (fear) and problem behaviors (like
overeating)
Focus of Health Psychologists - Answer-1. Health promotion and maintenance
2. The psychological aspects of the prevention and treatment of illness
3. The etiology and correlates of health, illness, and dysfunction
4. The health care system and the formulation of health policy
What Do Health Psychologists Do? Positive Psychology, Clinical Health Psychologists?
- Answer--Teachers, researchers, clinicians
Positive Psychology: new focus on optimal, healthy human functioning
Clinical Health Psychologists: licensed practitioners who focus on health-promoting
interventions
Theory (advantages?) - Answer--Set of analytic statements that explains a set of
phenomena
, Advantages:
1. Provides guidelines for how to do research and interventions
2. Generate specific predictions that can be tested and modified
3. Helps tie loose ends together
Experiment, randomized clinical trials, evidence-based medicine - Answer-Two or more
different conditions are created to which people are assigned randomly and their
reactions are measured
-Randomized Clinical Trials: conducted to evaluate treatments or interventions and their
effectiveness over time
-Evidence-Based Medicine: medical interventions go through rigorous testing and
evaluation of their benefits before they become the standard of care
Ethics and Health Research - Answer--IRB's (institutional review board) preside over
research
-Protect vulnerable populations (like prisoners, the elderly, minors)
-Protect institutional reputation
Correlational Research. Advantage and Disadvantage? - Answer-Measures whether a
change in one variable corresponds with changes in another variable
Advantage: more adaptable since you have control
Disadvantage: difficult to determine the direction of causality unambiguously
Prospective Research - Answer-Looks forward in time to see how:
1. How groups of people change
2. How relationships between two variables change over time
-Conducted to understand the risk factors that relate to health conditions
-Longitudinal Research: Same people are observed at multiple points in time
Retrospective Designs - Answer-Looks backwards in time in an attempt to reconstruct
the conditions that led to a current situation
-Were critical in identifying the risk factors that lead to the development of aids
Epidemiology in Health Psychology; Morbidity and Mortality - Answer--Study of the
frequency, distribution, and causes of infectious and non-infectious diseases in a
population
MORBIDITY: # of cases of a disease that exist at some given point in time
MORTALITY: # of deaths due to a particular cause
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