HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (MIDTERM 1) CHAPTERS 1, 6, 7, & LECTURE NOTES UCSB SPRING
2026 DAVID SHERMAN | QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
health psychology - (answer)study of understanding psychological influences on how people stay
healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill
health - (answer)"a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity"
wellness - (answer)the balance among physical, mental, and social well-being
etiology - (answer)origins or causes of illness
mind-body relationship - (answer)philosophical position regarding whether the mind and body operate
indistinguishably as a single system or whether they act as two separate systems; the view guiding
health psychology is that the mind and body are indistinguishable
coversion hysteria - (answer)Frued's theory that specific unconscious conflicts can produce particular
physical disturbances that symbolize repressed psychological conflicts; no longer a dominant view in
health psychology
psychosomatic medicine - (answer)a field within psychiatry, related to health psychology, that
developed in the early 1900s to study and treat particular diseases believed to be caused by emotional
conflicts, such as ulcers, hypertension, and asthma. the term is now used more broadly to mean an
approach to health-related problems and diseases that examines psychological as well as somatic origins
acute disorders - (answer)illness or other medical problems that occur over a short time, that are usually
the result of an infectious process, that are reversible
biomedical model - (answer)viewpoint that illness can be explained on the basis aberrant somatic
processes and that psychological and social processes are largely independent of the disease process;
the dominant model in medical practice until recently
chronic illness - (answer)illnesses that are long lasting and usually irreversible
, HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (MIDTERM 1) CHAPTERS 1, 6, 7, & LECTURE NOTES UCSB SPRING
2026 DAVID SHERMAN | QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
correlational research - (answer)measuring two variables and determining whether they are associated
with each other. studies related to smoking to lung cancer are correlational, for example
epidemiology - (answer)the study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of infectious and
noninfectious disease in a population, based on an investigation of the physical and social environment.
thus, for example, epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address
questions such as why certain cancers are more prevalent in particular geographic ares than other
cancers are
longitudinal research - (answer)the repeated observation and measurement of the same individuals
over a period of time
morbidity - (answer)the number of cases of a disease that exist at a given point in time; it may be
expressed as the number of new cases (incidence) or as the total number of existing cases (prevalence).
mortality - (answer)the number of death due to particular causes
prospective research - (answer)a research strategy in which people are followed forward in time to
examine the relationship between one set of variables and later occurences. for example, prospective
research can enable researchers to identify risk factors for disease that develop at a later time
randomized clinical trials - (answer)an experimental study of the effects of a variable (such as a drug or
treatment) administered to human subjects who are randomly selected from a broad population and
assigned on a random basis to either an experimental or control group. the goal is to determine the
clinical efficacy and pharmacologic effects of the drug or procedure
retrospective research - (answer)a research strategy whereby people are studied for the relationship of
past variables or conditions to current ones. interviewing people with a particular disease and asking
them about their childhood health behaviors or exposure to risks can identify conditions leading to an
adult disease, for example
systems theory - (answer)the view that all levels of an organization n any entity are linked to each other
heirarchically and that change in any level will bring about change in other levels
2026 DAVID SHERMAN | QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
health psychology - (answer)study of understanding psychological influences on how people stay
healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do get ill
health - (answer)"a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity"
wellness - (answer)the balance among physical, mental, and social well-being
etiology - (answer)origins or causes of illness
mind-body relationship - (answer)philosophical position regarding whether the mind and body operate
indistinguishably as a single system or whether they act as two separate systems; the view guiding
health psychology is that the mind and body are indistinguishable
coversion hysteria - (answer)Frued's theory that specific unconscious conflicts can produce particular
physical disturbances that symbolize repressed psychological conflicts; no longer a dominant view in
health psychology
psychosomatic medicine - (answer)a field within psychiatry, related to health psychology, that
developed in the early 1900s to study and treat particular diseases believed to be caused by emotional
conflicts, such as ulcers, hypertension, and asthma. the term is now used more broadly to mean an
approach to health-related problems and diseases that examines psychological as well as somatic origins
acute disorders - (answer)illness or other medical problems that occur over a short time, that are usually
the result of an infectious process, that are reversible
biomedical model - (answer)viewpoint that illness can be explained on the basis aberrant somatic
processes and that psychological and social processes are largely independent of the disease process;
the dominant model in medical practice until recently
chronic illness - (answer)illnesses that are long lasting and usually irreversible
, HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (MIDTERM 1) CHAPTERS 1, 6, 7, & LECTURE NOTES UCSB SPRING
2026 DAVID SHERMAN | QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
correlational research - (answer)measuring two variables and determining whether they are associated
with each other. studies related to smoking to lung cancer are correlational, for example
epidemiology - (answer)the study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of infectious and
noninfectious disease in a population, based on an investigation of the physical and social environment.
thus, for example, epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address
questions such as why certain cancers are more prevalent in particular geographic ares than other
cancers are
longitudinal research - (answer)the repeated observation and measurement of the same individuals
over a period of time
morbidity - (answer)the number of cases of a disease that exist at a given point in time; it may be
expressed as the number of new cases (incidence) or as the total number of existing cases (prevalence).
mortality - (answer)the number of death due to particular causes
prospective research - (answer)a research strategy in which people are followed forward in time to
examine the relationship between one set of variables and later occurences. for example, prospective
research can enable researchers to identify risk factors for disease that develop at a later time
randomized clinical trials - (answer)an experimental study of the effects of a variable (such as a drug or
treatment) administered to human subjects who are randomly selected from a broad population and
assigned on a random basis to either an experimental or control group. the goal is to determine the
clinical efficacy and pharmacologic effects of the drug or procedure
retrospective research - (answer)a research strategy whereby people are studied for the relationship of
past variables or conditions to current ones. interviewing people with a particular disease and asking
them about their childhood health behaviors or exposure to risks can identify conditions leading to an
adult disease, for example
systems theory - (answer)the view that all levels of an organization n any entity are linked to each other
heirarchically and that change in any level will bring about change in other levels
