Psychology 10: Introduction to Psychology

Quiz for October 31, 2006 – Health Psychology

1. Health Psychologists:

a. Explore how illness and death are related to behavioral factors

b. Explore how illness and death are related to psychological factors

c. Explore how illness and death are related to social factors

d. Apply research to preventing illness and promoting health

e. All of the above

2. Health psychology is a field within psychology devoted to understanding psychological influence on how people….

a. Stay healthy

b. Become ill

c. Respond to illness

d. All of the above

3. An acute illness might include

a. Influenza (flu)

b. Tuberculosis

c. Pneumonia

d. All of the above

4. A chronic illness might include

a. Coronary heart disease

b. Cancer

c. Diabetes

d. All of the above

5. Factors that may mediate how people react to stress include

a. The ability to predict the stressor(s)

b. The ability to control the stressor(s)

c. How people interpret the stressor(s)

d. Social support

e. Stress-coping skills

f. All of the above

6. Catastrophic events include which (if any or all) of the following?

a. Sexual assault

b. Military combat

c. Natural disasters

d. Terrorist attacks

e. All of the above

7. Chronic stressors include which (if any or all) of the following?

a. Living near a noisy airport

b. Having a serious illness

c. Living in a high-crime neighborhood

d. Ethnic, racial or gender discrimination

e. All of the above

8. The person(s) who developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, or SRRS, was

a. Halford Fairchild

b. Sarason, Johnson & Siegel

c. McQuaid and colleagues

d. Abraham Maslow

e. Holmes and Rahe

9. The General Adaptation Syndrome developed by Hans Selye has which of the following stages?

a. Alarm

b. Resistance

c. Exhaustion

d. All of the above

10. Psychological responses to stress may include

a. Emotional changes

b. Cognitive changes

c. Behavioral responses

d. All of the above

11. Cognitive changes to stress may include

a. Ruminative thinking

b. Catastrophizing

c. Narrowed attention

d. Problem-solving errors

e. Impaired decision making

f. All of the above

12. Individuals suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may experience:

a. Anxiety

b. Irritability

c. Jumpiness

d. Inability to concentrate

e. Sexual dysfunction

f. Sleep disturbances

g. All of the above

13. Men : Women :: ____ : _____

a. Young : Old

b. Old : Young

c. Optimist : Pessimist

d. Disease-prone : Disease-resistant

e. “fight-or-flight” : “tend and befriend”

14. According to the text, hostility is a risk factor for

a. Coronary heart disease and heart attack

b. Suspiciousness

c. Resentment

d. Frequent anger

e. Antagonism

f. Distrust of others

For the following items, answer true or false:

15. T F Smoking is the most significant preventable risk factor for fatal illness in the U.S.

16. T F Smoking accounts for 430,000 deaths each year in the U.S.

17. T F Alcohol abuse is associated with heart disease, stroke, cancer and liver disease

18. T F Cognitive coping strategies affect how people interpret stressful situations

19. T F Emotional coping strategies often involve social supports

20. T F The most common form of physical coping is drug use