PSY 3460 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is health psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study of psychological and behavioral processes in
health, illness, and healthcare
What do health psychologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Study positive and negative health habits,
the relationship between stress and health, and how to treat medical illnesses by psychological methods
biomedical model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅illness solely in terms of biological factors.
biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abnormal behavior is seen as the result of biological,
psychological, social, and cultural influences
What are the important assumptions of the biopsychosocial model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wellbeing
of the organism
What are the important assumptions of the Biomedical model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all illness has a
single underlying cause
How your behavior influences health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behaviors that you engage in may have
implications for your health.
What are the patterns of illness in the last century? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First, the body has
important limitations.
Second, shift has taken place in the patterns of illness.
Finally, economics has played an important role due to the rising cost.
Interacting with the health care system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅setting and manner in which health
care is delivered can also influence our health.
, Different types of research design/ methods? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hypotheses, Theory,
Experiments, Nonexperimental techniques, & Epidemiological Techniques.
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An educated guess
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Controlled observations that test the hypothesis
Nonexperimental - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅observational study
Epidemiological - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of epidemic diseases
Epidemiological terms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Incidence, Prevalence, Morbidity,
& Mortality
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅# new cases a year
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅# of cases of an illness overall
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅degree of illness
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅degree of death
what factors are important in health behaviors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eating healthy, sleeping 7 - 8
hours a night, eating breakfast, and exercise.
health behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅practices that have an impact on physical well-being
What is health psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study of psychological and behavioral processes in
health, illness, and healthcare
What do health psychologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Study positive and negative health habits,
the relationship between stress and health, and how to treat medical illnesses by psychological methods
biomedical model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅illness solely in terms of biological factors.
biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅abnormal behavior is seen as the result of biological,
psychological, social, and cultural influences
What are the important assumptions of the biopsychosocial model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wellbeing
of the organism
What are the important assumptions of the Biomedical model? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all illness has a
single underlying cause
How your behavior influences health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behaviors that you engage in may have
implications for your health.
What are the patterns of illness in the last century? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First, the body has
important limitations.
Second, shift has taken place in the patterns of illness.
Finally, economics has played an important role due to the rising cost.
Interacting with the health care system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅setting and manner in which health
care is delivered can also influence our health.
, Different types of research design/ methods? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hypotheses, Theory,
Experiments, Nonexperimental techniques, & Epidemiological Techniques.
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An educated guess
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Controlled observations that test the hypothesis
Nonexperimental - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅observational study
Epidemiological - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of epidemic diseases
Epidemiological terms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Incidence, Prevalence, Morbidity,
& Mortality
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅# new cases a year
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅# of cases of an illness overall
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅degree of illness
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅degree of death
what factors are important in health behaviors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eating healthy, sleeping 7 - 8
hours a night, eating breakfast, and exercise.
health behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅practices that have an impact on physical well-being
