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c) behavioral
d) psychoanalytic
Answer: b
Section Reference: Behaviourism’s Legacy: Progress in Health Psychology’s Goals
56. A biopsychosocial approach to dealing with an adolescent girl's weight
problem would be likely to consider
a) her family history.
b) how her weight problem affects her friendships.
c) how she feels emotionally about her weight problem.
d) all of these
Answer: d
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective
57. Which of the following is true regarding the role of emotions in health and
illness?
a) People with positive emotions take better care of their health.
b) Fear prevents some people from obtaining medical care.
c) Recovery from illness can be affected by emotions.
d) all of the above
Answer: d
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective
58. Which of the following is NOT true of the systems concept in health psychology?
a) It takes into account an unchanging, interrelated group of parts.
b) By definition, a person qualifies as a system.
c) It is consistent with the biopsychosocial model.
d) Events in one system affect events in other systems.
Answer: a
Section Reference: The Biopsychosocial Perspective
59. Cultural differences in illness patterns have been reflected by
a) lower prevalence of cardiovascular disease among Chinese individuals compared with European and South Asian Canadians.
b) lower prevalence of cardiovascular disease among First Nations people compared to other Canadians.
c) lower incidence of tuberculosis among African and Southeast Asian regions compared to the Americas and European regions.
d) the universality of illnesses.
Answer: a
Section Reference: Sociocultural Factors, Gender, and Status
60. According to the textbook author, culture influences
a) beliefs regarding the causes of health and illness.
b) accepted practices for curing illness.
c) norms or expectations on what to do when one is ill.
d) all of the above.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Sociocultural Factors, Gender, and Status
61. Health disparities refer to
a) inequalities in attitudes and beliefs about health.
b) inequalities in health or health care between groups.
c) only inequalities in health outcomes between groups.
d) only inequalities in health care between groups.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Sociocultural Factors, Gender, and Status
62. Compared with older individuals, children
a) experience the same number of chronic diseases as adults.
b) suffer from relatively few chronic diseases.
c) are more responsible for their own health.
d) have cognitive skills similar to those of adolescents and adults.
Answer: b
Section Reference: Lifespan Perspectives
63. The lifespan perspective in health psychology reveals that adolescents
a) will be healthier than children because they are exposed to fewer infectious diseases.
b) typically follow the example of their parents more than their friends.
c) are powerfully influenced by peer pressure, often leading to poorer health practices.
d) respond to illnesses much like the elderly do.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Lifespan Perspectives
64. Greg is a 15-year-old who was diagnosed as a diabetic at age 4. For the first time, he now is not following his health regimen. The most probable explanation is
a) he doesn't understand what he should do.
b) he secretly doesn't want to be healthy.
c) social pressures to avoid being "different" prevent him from taking proper care of himself.
d) he may be forgetting what to do and should have a neuropsychological examination.
Answer: c
Section Reference: Lifespan Perspectives
65. When reporting the decrease in deaths from HIV/AIDS, an epidemiologist is
discussing the ________ of HIV/AIDS.
a) morbidity
b) mortality
c) incidence
d) prevalence
Answer: b
Section Reference: Related Fields
66. An epidemiologist writes a report discussing the total number of previously
reported and new cases of AIDS for the past 5 years. He is reporting on the disease's