PSY 352: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE: QUIZ 1
PLEASE NOTE:
This study guide DOES NOT replace your responsibility to study for the quiz in question.
It is not a comprehensive “instruction manual” but a guide to support and assist you to be
successful in attaining your goal of the maximum points possible on the quiz.
Quiz and Study guide covers: Chapters 1, 6 and 9:
CHAPTER 1:
1. Review common definitions of health. Such include the “absence” of…
Health is the absence of illness, injury, and disease
2. During the 18th and 19th Century, the common belief was that the mind and body are
separate, and therefore is NOT an advance in science, right?
Correct
3. Review and understand the basic logic behind the Biomedical model. Remember
that the focus is on diseases occurring within the physiological component of the
person.
The logic behind the biomedical model is that disease occurs within physiological components of
a person.
4. If we have “risk factors” such as smoking, alcohol, no-safe sex habits, this can, and
does lead to diseases! Example, lung cancer, addictions, HIV/AIDS etc.
Bad habits can lead to disease. Lung cancer is commonly found in those who smoke
5. Personality influences the correlation with a higher potential for disease. Such
attributes as anger and hostility [possibly A type personality], Depression, Anxiety
are all factors to consider.
Depression and anxiety can often lead to disease if not treated
6. If we often engage in personality habits such as anger and hostility, per #5 we run a
higher risk of disease [heart disease being one] than working long hours, feeling
1
.
, homesick [for example] or feeling anxious right before engaging in a sport
competition.
Anger and hostility can lead to heart disease, amongst other diseases.
7. During our adolescent years, we tend to be influenced by our peers more than when
we mature. So, if your friend Joe/Joan is smoking, are you more likely to also
smoke?
You bet, and this leads to poorer health practices!
We try to fit in with our friends, which makes us more vulnerable to picking up bad habits
8. Review the section in Chapter 1 on research methods. Recall that experimental and
non-experimental methods can be utilized together in one study.
Experimental and non-experimental methods can be used together.
PSY 352: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE: QUIZ 1
CHAPTER 6:
1. Obviously, at least to me, if one adopts a lifestyle that promotes wellness, then the
rate of illness and early death would be reduced? Right? Kind of makes sense.
Healthy habits can lead to a decrease in illness and can help prevent early death
2. Most people tend to eat breakfast each day? Right? Eating a good breakfast tends to
reduce cravings, increases productivity, and overall greater reduction in unhealthy
behavior during the day.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it can help lead to a very productive day
3. According to the textbook, health habits do not necessarily link one to the other.
Health habits can be random acts of health, and unrelated to other health habits
2
.
STUDY GUIDE: QUIZ 1
PLEASE NOTE:
This study guide DOES NOT replace your responsibility to study for the quiz in question.
It is not a comprehensive “instruction manual” but a guide to support and assist you to be
successful in attaining your goal of the maximum points possible on the quiz.
Quiz and Study guide covers: Chapters 1, 6 and 9:
CHAPTER 1:
1. Review common definitions of health. Such include the “absence” of…
Health is the absence of illness, injury, and disease
2. During the 18th and 19th Century, the common belief was that the mind and body are
separate, and therefore is NOT an advance in science, right?
Correct
3. Review and understand the basic logic behind the Biomedical model. Remember
that the focus is on diseases occurring within the physiological component of the
person.
The logic behind the biomedical model is that disease occurs within physiological components of
a person.
4. If we have “risk factors” such as smoking, alcohol, no-safe sex habits, this can, and
does lead to diseases! Example, lung cancer, addictions, HIV/AIDS etc.
Bad habits can lead to disease. Lung cancer is commonly found in those who smoke
5. Personality influences the correlation with a higher potential for disease. Such
attributes as anger and hostility [possibly A type personality], Depression, Anxiety
are all factors to consider.
Depression and anxiety can often lead to disease if not treated
6. If we often engage in personality habits such as anger and hostility, per #5 we run a
higher risk of disease [heart disease being one] than working long hours, feeling
1
.
, homesick [for example] or feeling anxious right before engaging in a sport
competition.
Anger and hostility can lead to heart disease, amongst other diseases.
7. During our adolescent years, we tend to be influenced by our peers more than when
we mature. So, if your friend Joe/Joan is smoking, are you more likely to also
smoke?
You bet, and this leads to poorer health practices!
We try to fit in with our friends, which makes us more vulnerable to picking up bad habits
8. Review the section in Chapter 1 on research methods. Recall that experimental and
non-experimental methods can be utilized together in one study.
Experimental and non-experimental methods can be used together.
PSY 352: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE: QUIZ 1
CHAPTER 6:
1. Obviously, at least to me, if one adopts a lifestyle that promotes wellness, then the
rate of illness and early death would be reduced? Right? Kind of makes sense.
Healthy habits can lead to a decrease in illness and can help prevent early death
2. Most people tend to eat breakfast each day? Right? Eating a good breakfast tends to
reduce cravings, increases productivity, and overall greater reduction in unhealthy
behavior during the day.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it can help lead to a very productive day
3. According to the textbook, health habits do not necessarily link one to the other.
Health habits can be random acts of health, and unrelated to other health habits
2
.
