E2 Health Psychology

Question 1

Chronic illness like cancer are partially influenced by _______________. This shows how

Answer 1

Lifestyle behaviors
Psych play into physical health

Question 2

Can chronic illness cause psychologic issues ?

Answer 2

YES

Question 3

Sympathetic activation in flight or fight releases what hormone? What does this do?

Answer 3

Epinephrine
Increase HR, Increase BP, muscle tension

Question 4

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) is the release of what hormone?

Answer 4

Cortisol

Question 5

Cortisol release can (prevent/enhance) critical functions. Is this long or short?

Answer 5

Prevent
Long

Question 6

Consistent cortisol release can (increase/Decrease) inflammation. What is this a risk factor for?

Answer 6

Increase; Chronic illness

Question 7

Those with a higher stressor are more or less likely to develop a cold?

Answer 7

2x More likely

Question 8

What is the narrowing of arteries caused by hardening cholesterol?

Answer 8

Atherosclerosis

Question 9

A personality with time urgency, competitiveness, hostile is type A or B

Answer 9

A

Question 10

A personality that is relaxed, easy going is type A or B

Answer 10

B

Question 11

Are type A or B personalities more likely to develop a heart condition?

Answer 11

A

Question 12

People with negative affect have unhealthy lifestyle behaviors

Answer 12

Health Behavior model

Question 13

What is the Psychopathology Reactivity Model?

Answer 13

Exaggerated and persistent stress response

Question 14

What is pain for less than a month (average) that follows an injury and disappears once injury heals

Answer 14

Acute Pain

Question 15

What is pain for 3-6 months (average) that is associated with psych elements?

Answer 15

Chronic/ persistent pain

Question 16

Is acute or chronic pain useful?

Answer 16

Acute (allows for healing)

Question 17

Is pain a subjective thing?

Answer 17

Yes (usually dimensionally diagnosed)

Question 18

Adrenaline rush helps to

Answer 18

Mask pain

Question 19

Athletes injuring themselves and not knowing it is an example of

Answer 19

Attention and distraction masking pain

Question 20

What states that Neural structures like the brain and the spinal cord function like a door (more open the door, more pain sensation)

Answer 20

Gate control theory

Question 21

To close the pain gate of one area we must

Answer 21

injure somewhere else (open other pain gate)

Question 22

The psychological model of pain is heavily related to operant conditioning, WHY?

Answer 22

Pain behaviors lead to pain coping behaviors like popping pills (which will increase pain behaviors)

Question 23

Interdisciplinary approach applying behavioral science to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems

Answer 23

Behavioral Medicine

Question 24

Subfield of behavioral medicine that studies psychological factors important in health promotion and maintenance.

Answer 24

Health Psychology

Question 25

What did Saplosky's findings of Baboons cement with stress ?

Answer 25

Baboons at the bottom of the social-hierachy are more likely to be stressed than higher baboons

Question 26

Why were baboons at the bottom of social-hierachy more stressed?

Answer 26

They had less control over their life; CONTROL DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO STRESS

Question 27

Improving mental health is shown to (increase/decrease) physical health throughout life

Answer 27

Increase

Question 28

What did Cohen and Colleagues find?

Answer 28

The more stressed a person is, the more likely they are to develop a cold

Question 29

High stress conditions directly attack the ______________ ________, which makes us more susceptible to illness

Answer 29

Immune system

Question 30

True or False: Coronary Heart disease is seen to be caused (at least a little) by psychological aspects

Answer 30

True

Question 31

True or False: Type B patients are more at risk for CHD

Answer 31

False, Type A are

Question 32

True or False: Social Support can help patients to not display pain behaviors

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Use of physiological monitoring equipment to make individuals aware of their own bodily functions, such as blood pressure or brain waves, that they cannot normally access, with the purpose of controlling these functions.

Answer 33

Biofeedback

Question 34

True or False: Biofeedback is inefficient and does not work as well as muscle relaxation

Answer 34

False, Biofeedback is efficient in certain people

Question 35

repetitive thoughts of a sound to reduce distracting thoughts and closing the mind to other intruding thoughts, that decrease the flow of stress hormones and neurotransmitters and cause a feeling of calm.

Answer 35

Relaxation response