PSY 379 Quiz 1-3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The plague that killed thousands of people during the Middle Ages was an example of a(n)
a. punishment for evildoing
b. trephination
c. excess of yellow bile
d. bacterial disease - CORRECT ANSWER -d. bacterial disease
Today, the largest group of health psychologists works in
a. colleges and universities
b. hospitals
c. business or government
d. independent practice - CORRECT ANSWER -d. independent practice
The biomedical model embraces reductionism, which is the view that
a. psychological, social, and behavioral variables play little role in illness
b. complex phenomena (such as health) derive from a single primary factor
c. mind and body are separate autonomous entities
d. health is nothing more than the absence of disease - CORRECT ANSWER -b. complex
phenomena (such as health) derive from a single primary factor
When psychologists use the term culture, they are referring to
a. the enduring behaviors, values, and customs that a group of people have developed over the years and
transmitted from one generation to the next
b. large groups of people who tend to have similar experiences
c. large groups of people who tend to have similar values
, d. a group of people born within a few years of one another who experience similar historical and social
conditions - CORRECT ANSWER -a. the enduring behaviors, values, and customs that a group of
people have developed over the years and transmitted from one generation to the next
Dr. Santiello is a licensed practitioner who focuses on health-promoting interventions with his clientele.
Dr. Santiello is most likely a _________ psychologist
a. positive health
b. clinical health
c. biopsychosocial
d. health - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Clinical Health
Which of these in NOT one of the aims of Healthy People 2020
a. to improve health and decrease disparities exclusively among the wealthiest populations exclusively in
the United States
b. to create social and physical environments that promote good health for all in the United States
c. to promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all live stages
d. to attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death -
CORRECT ANSWER -a. to improve health and decrease disparities exclusively among the
wealthiest populations exclusively in the United States
A pathogen is
a. the pattern of illness in a population
b. any agent, such as a bacterium or a virus that can cause a disease
c. a healing force
d. a disease - CORRECT ANSWER -b. any agent, such as a bacterium or a virus that can cause a
disease
Genomics is the study of
a. evolutionary history of a species' health
b. effects that environmental forces have on how genes are expressed
c. role of psychological factors in vulnerability to disease
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The plague that killed thousands of people during the Middle Ages was an example of a(n)
a. punishment for evildoing
b. trephination
c. excess of yellow bile
d. bacterial disease - CORRECT ANSWER -d. bacterial disease
Today, the largest group of health psychologists works in
a. colleges and universities
b. hospitals
c. business or government
d. independent practice - CORRECT ANSWER -d. independent practice
The biomedical model embraces reductionism, which is the view that
a. psychological, social, and behavioral variables play little role in illness
b. complex phenomena (such as health) derive from a single primary factor
c. mind and body are separate autonomous entities
d. health is nothing more than the absence of disease - CORRECT ANSWER -b. complex
phenomena (such as health) derive from a single primary factor
When psychologists use the term culture, they are referring to
a. the enduring behaviors, values, and customs that a group of people have developed over the years and
transmitted from one generation to the next
b. large groups of people who tend to have similar experiences
c. large groups of people who tend to have similar values
, d. a group of people born within a few years of one another who experience similar historical and social
conditions - CORRECT ANSWER -a. the enduring behaviors, values, and customs that a group of
people have developed over the years and transmitted from one generation to the next
Dr. Santiello is a licensed practitioner who focuses on health-promoting interventions with his clientele.
Dr. Santiello is most likely a _________ psychologist
a. positive health
b. clinical health
c. biopsychosocial
d. health - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Clinical Health
Which of these in NOT one of the aims of Healthy People 2020
a. to improve health and decrease disparities exclusively among the wealthiest populations exclusively in
the United States
b. to create social and physical environments that promote good health for all in the United States
c. to promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all live stages
d. to attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death -
CORRECT ANSWER -a. to improve health and decrease disparities exclusively among the
wealthiest populations exclusively in the United States
A pathogen is
a. the pattern of illness in a population
b. any agent, such as a bacterium or a virus that can cause a disease
c. a healing force
d. a disease - CORRECT ANSWER -b. any agent, such as a bacterium or a virus that can cause a
disease
Genomics is the study of
a. evolutionary history of a species' health
b. effects that environmental forces have on how genes are expressed
c. role of psychological factors in vulnerability to disease
