PSYC 3530 Health Psychology Exam 1
(Chapters 1-5) Questions With Correct
Answers
health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a positive state of physical, mental, and
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social well-being that varies over time along a continuum
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illness/wellness continuum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-model that
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describes health and sickness as overlapping concepts that vary in
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degree (ranging from death to optimal wellness), rather than being
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separate categories |
Antonovsky - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person; illness/wellness
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continuum
acute illnesses (Pneumonia, TB, dietary disease) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-leading causes of death in the 17th-19th centuries
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chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, accidents) (also
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accidents/unintentional injury and flu/pneumonia) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-leading causes of death in the 20th and 21st centuries
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, heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-top
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3 leading causes of death
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trephination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an ancient operation in which a
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stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull to
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let evil spirits escape and treat abnormal behavior
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humoral theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a concept of health proposed
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by Hippocrates that considered wellness a state of perfect equilibrium
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among four basic body fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile);
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Sickness was believed to be the result of disturbances in the balance of
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humors
mind/body problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the issue in psychology
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and philosophy regarding the relationship between processes and
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functions of the mind and those of the body; Plato
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localized illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-concept of health developed
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by Galen that explained pathology in specific parts of the body; different
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|diseases have different effects | | |
dualism (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that mind and
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body are separate but intertwined
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(Chapters 1-5) Questions With Correct
Answers
health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a positive state of physical, mental, and
| | | | | | | | | |
social well-being that varies over time along a continuum
| | | | | | | |
illness/wellness continuum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-model that
| | | | | |
describes health and sickness as overlapping concepts that vary in
| | | | | | | | | |
degree (ranging from death to optimal wellness), rather than being
| | | | | | | | | |
separate categories |
Antonovsky - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person; illness/wellness
| | | | |
continuum
acute illnesses (Pneumonia, TB, dietary disease) - CORRECT
| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-leading causes of death in the 17th-19th centuries
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chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, accidents) (also
| | | | | |
accidents/unintentional injury and flu/pneumonia) - CORRECT
| | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-leading causes of death in the 20th and 21st centuries
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, heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-top
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3 leading causes of death
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trephination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an ancient operation in which a
| | | | | | | | |
stone instrument was used to cut away a circular section of the skull to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
let evil spirits escape and treat abnormal behavior
| | | | | | |
humoral theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a concept of health proposed
| | | | | | | | |
by Hippocrates that considered wellness a state of perfect equilibrium
| | | | | | | | | |
among four basic body fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile);
| | | | | | | | | | |
Sickness was believed to be the result of disturbances in the balance of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
humors
mind/body problem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the issue in psychology
| | | | | | | |
and philosophy regarding the relationship between processes and
| | | | | | | |
functions of the mind and those of the body; Plato
| | | | | | | | |
localized illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-concept of health developed
| | | | | | | |
by Galen that explained pathology in specific parts of the body; different
| | | | | | | | | | |
|diseases have different effects | | |
dualism (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that mind and
| | | | | | | | |
body are separate but intertwined
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