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Cards In This Set
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Health psychology is the study of:
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psychological influences determining why some people stay healthy and others do not.
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interventions to help people stay healthy or become healthier.
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why some people respond to illness in healthy ways and others, when they become ill, do not.
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All of these. |
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Currently health is defined as
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a balance among physical, mental, and social well-being.
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In the historical development of the mind-body relationship, why did the idea that the mind and body were not interconnected occur during the Renaissance era?
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Physicians would study and treat the body and philosophers and clergy would care for the mind.
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Which one is NOT a criticism of the original psychoanalytic and psychosomatic explanations of disorders and diseases?
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The researchers in these movements were badly mistaken, and all their work is being discredited today.
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Why should you study health psychology?
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It could help you to understand the changes in health patterns in the United States.
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It could help you to understand chronic illnesses in your loved ones.
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It could help you to change your behavior for a healthier and longer life.
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All of these. |
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Health psychology has been instrumental in developing:
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a variety of new techniques for health-promoting behaviors and contributing to overall understanding of health-compromising behaviors.
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The biopsychosocial model of health emphasizes the idea that |
health and illness are influenced by a variety of factors other than those based on reductionistic explanations.
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Health psychologists might want to study ________. |
how one achieves health through attention to biological, psychological, and social needs
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Health psychology is a growing field, with new jobs in ________.
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hospitals
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clinics
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research facilities
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All of these. |
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The biopsychosocial model of health makes the relationship between patient and practitioner:
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most important, with the patient being considered a team member in the decision-making processes. |
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Which of the following do health psychologists generally NOT focus on in their line of work? |
finding the solution to the mind-body problem |
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The idea that health becomes something that one acquires through an interaction of several needs or factors, rather than something which is taken for granted, adheres to ________.
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the biopsychosocial model |
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Freud claimed that in conversion hysteria, the patient converts specific unconscious conflicts into particular physical symptoms via ________.
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the voluntary nervous system
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Why have chronic illnesses helped spawn the field of health psychology?
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because psychological and social factors are implicated as causes for these diseases |
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How has health psychology played an important role in the expansion and improvement of health care services?
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by emphasizing prevention and the modification of risky health behaviors
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by implementing substantial research on what makes people satisfied or dissatisfied with their health care
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by employing millions of individuals in a variety of jobs, thus making an enormous impact on the population
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All of these. |
