Test Bank for The Psychology of Health and Health Care: A Canadian Perspective, 6th edition 6ce by Deborah Hunt Matheson, David N. Cox, Gary Poole. Full Chapters test bank are included. Chapter 1 to 12
Welcome to Health Psychology
Stress and Coping
Psychoneuroimmunology
Health Communication
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The Psychology of Health and Health Care, 6e
Chapter 1: Welcome to Health Psychology
CHAPTER 1
Welcome to Health Psychology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The term behavioural medicine emerged because of the
a. link between behaviour and germ theory
b. activity of micro-organisms as a cause of illness
c. link between behaviour and health
d. identification of illnesses which could not be treated with medicines
e. strong influence of psychosomatic medicine
Answer: c Difficulty: easy Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Define
health psychology. Skill: recall
2. A health psychologist can help cardiac patients restore their quality of life by
a. addressing fears of having another heart attack
b. setting up a post surgical exercise program
c. developing the conviction that change is inevitable
d. teaching appropriate dietary skills
e. referring the patient to a cardiologist
Answer: e Difficulty: easy Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Define
health psychology. Skill: recall
3. The term Health Psychology replaced Behavioural Medicine as the preferred name
for a new discipline linking psychology and health. The reason for this eventual name
change was
a. The term Health Psychology includes the treatment of illness
b. Health Psychology also includes health maintenance
c. Health Psychology includes behavioural, cognitive, and social
perspectives
d. Behavioural medicine was too closely linked to animal studies
e. Psychosomatic medicine was too closely linked to psychoanalysis
Answer: c Difficulty: moderate Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Outline
how the field grew in terms of the range of important topics addressed and the
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, The Psychology of Health and Health Care, 6e
Chapter 1: Welcome to Health Psychology
move to augment behavioural perspectives with those taken from cognitive
psychology. Skill: recall
4. The discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of microorganisms, such
as bacteria is known as
a. psychosomatic medicine
b. germ theory
c. behavioural medicine
d. psychoneuroimmunology
e. biopsychosocial approach
Answer: b Difficulty: easy Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Outline
how the field grew in terms of the range of important topics addressed and the
move to augment behavioural perspectives with those taken from cognitive
psychology. Skill: recall
5. In 1983 Neal Miller, a behaviourist, identified non-compliance with medical regimens
as an important problem that can be explained in terms of what he called a gradient of
reinforcement. By this he meant that the ____________ the lag time between
behaviour and the reinforcer, the ____________ the behaviour would be.
a. greater, weaker
b. greater, stronger
c. shorter, weaker
d. shorter, stronger
e. longer, stronger
Answer: a Difficulty: moderate Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Outline
how the field grew in terms of the range of important topics addressed and the
move to augment behavioural perspectives with those taken from cognitive
psychology. Skill: recall
6. Larry went to the physician for an annual physical exam not prompted by any
complaint. He was told that his blood pressure was high and that he needed to start an
exercise program and to stop smoking. Furthermore, his father just had a stroke the
previous week. Which of the following would be the most important reason that Larry
might be compliant with physician’s instructions according to Miller?
a. a change in behaviour will result in delayed gratification
b. his condition was asymptomatic
c. smoking is considered socially undesirable
d. his father just had a stroke the previous week
e. Larry recognizes that he is out of shape
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