Introduction to Health Psychology Quiz

Bellah grew up in a family that taught her that life can be hard, but a positive attitude about stress is always a better choice. As Bellah was moving away from home and starting college, she experienced some difficulties with adjusting to her new environment and schedule. Which of the following best describes why Bellah would describe her difficulties as eustress instead of distress?

• Bellah’s genetic heritage would make her more predisposed to interpreting stress as eustress instead of distressed.

• Bellah’s family taught her norms about stress that lead to her have positive expectations about stress as a young adult.

• Bellah’s in a developmental stage that causes her to view stress with a positive attitude.

• Bellah is experiencing delusional thinking about stress.

The raw scores presented are the results of a fitness test for first year college students:

20, 42, 37, 46, 24, 42, 34, 26, 42, 27

What is the mean of the distribution of the raw scores presented?

• 35.5

• 34

• 26

• 42

Which of the following concepts is depicted in the figure?

• The general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

• The diathesis-stress model

• Bipolar disorder

• The tend-and-befriend model

The graph shown depicts research results that show the relationship between eating behaviors and emotions. Which of the following perspectives would be most interested in this relationship?

• Industrial/organizational psychology

• Evolutionary psychology

• Biological psychology

• Health Psychology

Dr. Taneesha is interested in water intake as an indication of healthy behaviors. She randomly selected ten individuals at a mall and asked, “On average, how many glasses of water do you drink each day?” The data set her interviews produced are as follows: 6, 5, 2, 0, 0, 3, 0, 8, 4, 1

What is the mode of the data set?

• 0

• 2.9

• 3.5

• 8

Kendall learned in AP Psychology class about the tend-and-befriend theory, in which some people react to stress by tending to their own needs and/or the needs of others and seeking connection with others. Upon hearing that this theory seems mostly to describe the behavior of women instead of men, Kendall remarked to the class that he knew that would be the case all along.

Which of the following cognitive biases is Kendall demonstrating?

• Confirmation bias

• Hindsight bias

• Sunk-cost fallacy

• Overconfidence