PSY 333 Health Psychology Midterm Test Study Guide: Stress, Behavior, and
Health Review
According to the Marks textbook, the WHO's definition of health is idealistic. The definition
overlooks some aspects of health, including ________ - ANS ✔✔economic
According to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, employment is considered to be on the level
of ______________ - ANS ✔✔safety
The evidence linking subjective well-being (SWB) to health and longevity is _______ - ANS
✔✔strong and plentiful
The Quality of Life (QoL) scale QLQ-C30 was tested on samples of ___________________ - ANS
✔✔patients
________________ is a term coined by Russell (2003) to describe a neurophysiological state
experienced as a feeling, a deep form of affect or mood - ANS ✔✔core affect
Which term is NOT listed as a component of the General Theory of Well-Being? - ANS
✔✔culture
The current ideology in health psychology is _____________ - ANS ✔✔individualism
A polemical GP, Michael Fitzpatrick (2001), compares disease with________ - ANS ✔✔sin
According to the Marks textbook, in this modern age of Health Psychology, eating a 'balanced'
and healthy diet is a __________ imperative. - ANS ✔✔moral
, Research methods that can be generalized to the world outside the laboratory are said to have
high ______________ validity - ANS ✔✔ecological
The principle objective of the nervous, endocrine and immune systems is _________. - ANS
✔✔perserving homeostasis
What are the 2 main types of cells in the nervous system? - ANS ✔✔neurons and glial cells
______ is the organism's apparatus for responding to the external environment. It sends
information to the brain from the body's various sensory detectors - ANS ✔✔somatic nervous
system
The pituitary (anterior and posterior lobes), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (cortex and medulla),
pancreas and gonads are examples of ______. - ANS ✔✔endocrine glands
Endocrine glands release hormones as a response to which stimuli? - ANS ✔✔-neuron
stimulation
- hormones released from other endocrine glands
-chemical characteristics of the blood (other than hormones)
Which secosteroid hormone is metabolised in the liver and kidney and normally arises in the
skin from sunlight or comes from food such as oily fish or from supplements? - ANS ✔✔Vitamin
D
Neuromodulation occurs when a __________ uses a chemical to regulate diverse populations of
neurons. - ANS ✔✔neuron
________ are thin structures that arise from the cell body - ANS ✔✔dendrites
Health Review
According to the Marks textbook, the WHO's definition of health is idealistic. The definition
overlooks some aspects of health, including ________ - ANS ✔✔economic
According to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, employment is considered to be on the level
of ______________ - ANS ✔✔safety
The evidence linking subjective well-being (SWB) to health and longevity is _______ - ANS
✔✔strong and plentiful
The Quality of Life (QoL) scale QLQ-C30 was tested on samples of ___________________ - ANS
✔✔patients
________________ is a term coined by Russell (2003) to describe a neurophysiological state
experienced as a feeling, a deep form of affect or mood - ANS ✔✔core affect
Which term is NOT listed as a component of the General Theory of Well-Being? - ANS
✔✔culture
The current ideology in health psychology is _____________ - ANS ✔✔individualism
A polemical GP, Michael Fitzpatrick (2001), compares disease with________ - ANS ✔✔sin
According to the Marks textbook, in this modern age of Health Psychology, eating a 'balanced'
and healthy diet is a __________ imperative. - ANS ✔✔moral
, Research methods that can be generalized to the world outside the laboratory are said to have
high ______________ validity - ANS ✔✔ecological
The principle objective of the nervous, endocrine and immune systems is _________. - ANS
✔✔perserving homeostasis
What are the 2 main types of cells in the nervous system? - ANS ✔✔neurons and glial cells
______ is the organism's apparatus for responding to the external environment. It sends
information to the brain from the body's various sensory detectors - ANS ✔✔somatic nervous
system
The pituitary (anterior and posterior lobes), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (cortex and medulla),
pancreas and gonads are examples of ______. - ANS ✔✔endocrine glands
Endocrine glands release hormones as a response to which stimuli? - ANS ✔✔-neuron
stimulation
- hormones released from other endocrine glands
-chemical characteristics of the blood (other than hormones)
Which secosteroid hormone is metabolised in the liver and kidney and normally arises in the
skin from sunlight or comes from food such as oily fish or from supplements? - ANS ✔✔Vitamin
D
Neuromodulation occurs when a __________ uses a chemical to regulate diverse populations of
neurons. - ANS ✔✔neuron
________ are thin structures that arise from the cell body - ANS ✔✔dendrites
