Test Bank for Health Psychology A Cultural Approach 3rd Edition by Gurung

1. Health psychologists are most likely to define health as: a. the absence of disease. b. spiritual balance. c. mental, physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being. d. a pulse rate of 120/50 and a heart rate of 55 beats per minute. ANS: C REF: WHAT IS HEALTH? 2. Every day, each of our behaviors can influence our health. Given the many components of being healthy, health is best conceptualized as: a. one-dimensional c. a continuum b. absolute d. unstable ANS: C REF: WHAT IS HEALTH? 3. The WHO (World Health Organization) defines health as: a. a state of physical and social well-being b. a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being c. eating and sleeping well, and taking time to relax d. a transitional life experience ANS: B REF: WHAT IS HEALTH? 4. Which of the following is FALSE? a. Perceptions of how well-off your family is have been found to influence health. b. SES is related to morbidity, but not to mortality. c. SES is related to a higher occurrence of most chronic and infectious disorders. d. Neighborhood SES has been associated with poorer health practices. ANS: B REF: CONTEXT AND LEVEL OF ANALYSIS 5. Culture is best defined as: a. a set of beliefs shared by a group b. race and ethnicity c. religion, family values, and race d. the values of our parents and family members ANS: A REF: WHY IS CULTURE IMPORTANT? 6. Members of different cultures use different definitions of health, which in turn vary from place to place. This highlights the importance of studying the general concept of: a. religion c. geography b. context d. psychology ANS: B REF: CONTEXT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS 7. Which of these circumstances is related to a higher occurrence of most chronic and infectious disorders? a. sex c. race b. socioeconomic status d. ethnicity ANS: B REF: CONTEXT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS 8. The Greek physician best known for dissections and providing us with anatomy data was: a. Plato c. Hippocrates b. Galen d. Aginostophenes ANS: B REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH 9. Which of the following is the primary focus of health psychology? a. health promotion and maintenance and preventing and treating illness b. understanding the etiology of health and illness c. revising the health care system d. finding the cure for disease like HIV and cancer ANS: A REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH 10. _______ refers to the number of cases of a disease that exist at some given point in time. _____ a. Morbidity c. Epidemiology b. Mortality d. Etiology ANS: A REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH 11. Which of the following is FAlSE?. a. Death rates of African Americans are significantly higher than those of Americans overall. b. American Indians have a suicide rate that is higher than the national average. c. Health care and disease incidence vary significantly across cultural groups. d. Most health disparities are caused by factors related to sex rather than cultural factors. ANS: D REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: SETTING THE STAGE: (INTRO) 12. In studying about cultural differences in health, we should remember that: a. in-group differences and between-group differences both occur. b. in-group differences are unlikely to occur because of shared belief systems.. c. racial differences outweigh all other cultural differences. d. most cultural differences are insignificant from a global level. ANS: A REF: SOME IMPORTANT WARNINGS 13. The major approach used by health psychologists is the: a. biomedical model c. biosocial model b. psychosocial model d. biopsychosocial model ANS: D REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH 14. Based on oral traditions and pictoral evidence from early civilizations,, history suggests that our ancestors considered the mind and body to: a. be one c. be connected b. be separate d. part of the spirit ANS: A REF: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH 15. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has the following understanding of health: a. Eat and drink an equal amounts of hot and cold qualities.