week 18

Question 1

Marcus has suffered from Crohn’s disease since he was only ten years old. Given that this affliction has persisted through his adulthood, this illness would be considered a(n) ______disease.

Answer 1

chronic

Question 2

Health psychologists generally define health according to the ______model, an integrative orientation that views one’s overall health as a very complex recipe with many different ingredients.

Answer 2

biopsychosocial

Question 3

Evelyn wants to study how academic stress compromises the body’s ability to fight viruses in students. To which field is Evelyn’s research contributing?

Answer 3

psychoneuroimmunology

Question 4

This morning, Victor noted that his favorite work shirt had a stain on it. Then he burned his toast. On the way to work, he got stuck in bad traffic. All of these daily ______can cause low levels of stress.

Answer 4

hassels

Question 5

Although Maria received a failing grade on her first exam she decided to see her professor for study advice and ask her friends to form a study group. Her ability to bounce back from a challenge is called ______.

Answer 5

resilience

Question 6

Corine’s team is at risk of missing the deadline on a major advertising account, so she sends them all an email asking them to come to work on Saturday. All but one person is able to come in and they finish the job. This is an example of ______coping.

Answer 6

problem-focused

Question 7

What is one way that you can enhance the quality of life of older adults who reside in an assisted living facility?

Answer 7

Give them control over as many decisions that impact them as possible.

Question 8

Mahesh is a supervisor, father, husband, brother, best friend, and president of his local community watch group. He would be rated as rather high in ______.

Answer 8

social integration

Question 9

Why is it inadvisable to search for medical advice and recommendations in unmoderated internet forums?

Answer 9

Anyone can post an opinion, even those with no expertise or medical training.

Question 10

In health, it is the ability of a patient to maintain a health behavior prescribed by a physician. This might include taking medication as prescribed, exercising more, or eating less high-fat food.

Answer 10

Adherence

Question 11

A field similar to health psychology that integrates psychological factors (e.g., emotion, behavior, cognition, and social factors) in the treatment of disease.

Answer 11

Behavioral medicine

Question 12

The process by which physiological signals, not normally available to human perception, are transformed into easy-to-understand graphs or numbers. Individuals can then use this information to try to change bodily functioning (e.g., lower blood pressure, reduce muscle tension).

Answer 12

Biofeedback

Question 13

A reductionist model that posits that ill health is a result of a deviation from normal function, which is explained by the presence of pathogens, injury, or genetic abnormality.

Answer 13

Biomedical Model of Health

Question 14

An approach to studying health and human function that posits the importance of biological, psychological, and social (or environmental) processes.

Answer 14

Biopsychosocial Model of Health

Question 15

Characterized by impatience, competitiveness, neuroticism, hostility, and anger.

Answer 15

Type A

Question 16

Reflects the absence of Type A characteristics and is represented by less competitive, aggressive, and hostile behavior patterns.

Answer 16

Type B

Question 17

Why do psychologists sometimes avoid using the term “happiness”?

Answer 17

Because it refers to different things to different people.

Question 18

Which of the BIG 5 personality dimensions is most associated with being a cause of positive feelings?

Answer 18

a high level of extraversion

Question 19

“Happy individuals tend to bounce back more quickly after losses and negative events.” This is a description of:

Answer 19

resilience

Question 20

When Carl’s father died, friends, colleagues, and other family helped maintain his sense of subjective well-being during a difficult time. This is an example of ______, a bottom-up influence.

Answer 20

having sufficient social resources

Question 21

Sufficient material and social resources, as well as living in a desirable society, are three external (or ______) influences of subjective well-being.

Answer 21

bottom-up

Question 22

Which is the most accurate statement regarding the relationship between having money and experiencing happiness?

Answer 22

Money is an important determinant of happiness, but the more you have, the less difference it makes.

Question 23

Situational factors outside the person that influence his or her subjective well-being, such as good and bad events and circumstances such as health and wealth.

Answer 23

“Bottom-up” or external causes of happiness