Chapter 11: Health, Stress, and Coping
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.During the final weeks of the college semester, Mee Jung has barely managed to survive the rush of make-or-break term papers, projects, and classroom presentations and then endured a week and a half of stress, pressure, and frustration during final exams. She is now off for the summer and should expect
a. a period of no stress but excessive boredom to occur.
b. periods of intense stress to be frequently followed by illness.
c. more periods of intense stress during the summer because of her Type A personality.
d. none of the these occurrences, since periods of stress and of illness are unpredictable.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Mee Jung’s Amazing Race
OBJ:11.1.1KEY:ApplicationMSC:* (New Question)
2.Periods of stress are frequently followed by
a. periods of no stress.
b. periods of more intense stress.
c. illness.
d. good health.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Mee Jung’s Amazing Race
OBJ: 11.1.1 KEY: Concept
3.Which perspective has dominated Western thinking and views health as the absence of illness with damage to the body being inflicted by poor lifestyle choices, such as smoking or overeating, or by external causes, such as viruses?
a. the psychosomatic perspective
b. the mind-body perspective
c. the medical model
d. the biopsychosocial model
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Fact
4.Any impact of the mind on health was dismissed as a mere placebo effect by the
a. psychosomatic perspective.
b. medical model.
c. mind-body perspective.
d. biopsychosocial model.
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Concept
5.When you are sick, the problem is physical and requires a physical treatment, such as taking medicine, according to the
a. psychosomatic perspective.
b. mind-body perspective.
c. medical model.
d. biopsychosocial model.
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Concept
6.Which perspective views diseases as being caused by a combination of several different factors and involves the person who is sick playing a role in fostering his or her own health rather than passively getting treatments from a doctor?
a. psychosomatic perspective
b. mind-body perspective
c. medical model
d. biopsychosocial model
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Concept
7.Which perspective defines health as a state of well-being that we can actively attain and maintain?
a. the psychosomatic perspective
b. the mind-body perspective
c. the medical model
d. the biopsychosocial model
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Fact
8.Gordon has been feeling fatigued at work and has been experiencing more backaches and neckaches. He goes to his doctor, hoping she can diagnose his condition and prescribe some medicine that will alleviate his problems. Gordon’s view of health fits the
a. hypochondriac perspective.
b. mind-body perspective.
c. medical model.
d. biopsychosocial model.
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Application
9.Garrett has been feeling fatigued at work and has been experiencing more backaches and neckaches. Garrett believes that he must actively change aspects of his environment that contribute to his stress, such as utilizing stress-management techniques, getting more sleep, exercising more, and improving his diet. Garrett’s view of health fits the
a. hypochondriac perspective.
b. mind-body perspective.
c. medical model.
d. biopsychosocial model.
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Application
10.You have gone to your medical doctor because of a terrible backache, and he prescribes medicine but informs you of stretching exercises to perform and ways that you can relieve stress on your job. Your doctor believes that the medicine will work best and healing will be faster if he can help you make sense of your medical condition. Thus, your doctor follows the
a. hypochondriac perspective.
b. mind-body perspective.
c. medical model.
d. biopsychosocial model.
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Moderate
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY:ApplicationMSC:* (New Question)
11.The branch of psychology that studies how cognitive and behavioral principles can be used to prevent illness and promote health is known as __________ psychology.
a. developmental
b. health
c. behavioral
d. stress
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Easy
REF: Health Psychology-Here’s to Your Good Health OBJ: 11.1.1
KEY: Fact
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