HLWB105 Exam Prep ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Biomedical model - CORRECT ANSWER assumes that the body is separate from
psychological and social processes of the mind
WHO 1984 definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER a complete state of physical, mental
and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Marks et al 2018 definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER health is a state of well being with
satisfaction of physical, cultural, psychological, economic and spiritual needs, not simply the absence
of illness
5 levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWER self-actualization, esteem,
love/belonging, safety, physiological
What does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs miss - CORRECT ANSWER agency
Autonomy
Spirituality
Biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER health and illness arise from the interplay of
biological, psychological and social factors.
Issue with health psychology - CORRECT ANSWER the dominant ideology that makes
individual's responsible for their own health
What does cross cultural psychology emphasize? - CORRECT ANSWER cultural diversity
What is cultural psychology skeptical about? - CORRECT ANSWER the ethnocentrism of
contemporary psychology
There is a strong gradient in measures of inequality to conclude that the poorer you are the..... -
CORRECT ANSWER the lower your education
, More deprived your neighborhood is
More likely you'll die young
What is the inverse care law - CORRECT ANSWER The availability of medical care tends to
vary inversely with the need for it in the population
Systemic Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER patterns of behavior, policies or practices that
are part of the structures of an organization, create or perpetuate disadvantage for racialized persons
Health selection hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER the poor get sick, not the sick get poor
Are risk factors shaped by the social environment? - CORRECT ANSWER yes
Materialist or political economy hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER lack of material access
causes sickness
How many people approx in poverty are killed by diseases per year? - CORRECT ANSWER 14
million
What are the three primary diseases of poverty? - CORRECT ANSWER HIV/AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis
How many deaths in 2005 were tobacco related diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER 5.4 million
The psychosocial hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER stress of social hierarchy causes ill health
What is the best practice in psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER rcts
Whanaungatanga - CORRECT ANSWER refers to relationships, kingship, sense of family
connections
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Biomedical model - CORRECT ANSWER assumes that the body is separate from
psychological and social processes of the mind
WHO 1984 definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER a complete state of physical, mental
and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Marks et al 2018 definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER health is a state of well being with
satisfaction of physical, cultural, psychological, economic and spiritual needs, not simply the absence
of illness
5 levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWER self-actualization, esteem,
love/belonging, safety, physiological
What does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs miss - CORRECT ANSWER agency
Autonomy
Spirituality
Biopsychosocial model - CORRECT ANSWER health and illness arise from the interplay of
biological, psychological and social factors.
Issue with health psychology - CORRECT ANSWER the dominant ideology that makes
individual's responsible for their own health
What does cross cultural psychology emphasize? - CORRECT ANSWER cultural diversity
What is cultural psychology skeptical about? - CORRECT ANSWER the ethnocentrism of
contemporary psychology
There is a strong gradient in measures of inequality to conclude that the poorer you are the..... -
CORRECT ANSWER the lower your education
, More deprived your neighborhood is
More likely you'll die young
What is the inverse care law - CORRECT ANSWER The availability of medical care tends to
vary inversely with the need for it in the population
Systemic Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER patterns of behavior, policies or practices that
are part of the structures of an organization, create or perpetuate disadvantage for racialized persons
Health selection hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER the poor get sick, not the sick get poor
Are risk factors shaped by the social environment? - CORRECT ANSWER yes
Materialist or political economy hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER lack of material access
causes sickness
How many people approx in poverty are killed by diseases per year? - CORRECT ANSWER 14
million
What are the three primary diseases of poverty? - CORRECT ANSWER HIV/AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis
How many deaths in 2005 were tobacco related diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER 5.4 million
The psychosocial hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER stress of social hierarchy causes ill health
What is the best practice in psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER rcts
Whanaungatanga - CORRECT ANSWER refers to relationships, kingship, sense of family
connections
