Week 1_ Health Psych_Introduction

The biopsychosocial model emphasizes the importance of an effective patient-practitioner relationship.

• true

• false

Guided interviews and narratives can provide insights into health processes that summary statistics may not provide.

• true

• false

Morbidity may be expressed in two ways: as the number of new cases or as the total number of existing cases of an illness.

• true

• false

The biomedical model emphasizes health over illness.

• true

• false

The view that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state of health or illness is called the common sense model of illness.

• true

• false

Epidemiologists not only study who has what kind of cancer but also address questions such as why certain cancers are more prevalent than others in particular geographic areas.

• true

• false

Health psychologists who study the psychological aspects of prevention and treatment of illness may work with individuals who are already ill to

• develop new recommendations for insurance providers.

• help them in following their treatment regimen.

• develop lifestyle interventions that target health behaviors.

• advise them about career paths in the health services field.

According to the humoral theory of illness, disease occurs when

• God punishes one for wrongdoing.

• evil spirits enter a body.

• bodily fluids are imbalanced.

• there is a cellular disorder.

The ________ model assumes a mind-body dualism to understanding illness.

• common sense

• health belief

• biopsychosocial

• biomedical

Most of the research in health psychology is guided by

• practical problems.

• proven theory.

• government agencies.

• clinical trials.