Health Psychology Exam 1

our health habits usually become solidified around what age?

11 or 12

Today, which poses a more significant threat to the cardiovascular systems of America?

Damage to the system that happens over the lifetime, such as from smoking and stress

who would be the most effective model for someone who wishes to quit after smoking for 20 years?

a former smoker who has quit after 25 years of smoking

Research shows that health behaviors that we develop as teens or college students may have __________ to do with determining what (if any) diseases we get when we get older.

a lot

A person's path through the transtheoretical model of behavior change is best visualized as:

an upward spiral of alternating periods of improvement and backfiring

if i have a strong belief that I will be able to stick to my new exercise regimen, that means I have:

high self efficacy

what is the most common cause of death for preschool aged kids

home accidents

telling myself that i will drive to the gym when i leave work is an example of

implementation intentions

If a patient is about to go through an unpleasant medical procedure, telling her about the procedure and the sensations she should expect to experience would most likely:

improve her reaction to the procedure

What is the deadliest form of skin cancer?

malignant melanoma

The total number of people with diabetes is its ___________, while the number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed this year is its ___________.

prevalence; incidence

The burning sensation that I get when I put my hand on a hot burner travels to my brain via a(n) ____________ nerve impulse. My brain's command to yank my hand off of the burner travels to the hand via a(n) ________ nerve impulse.

sensory; motor

encouraging less sugar consumption in kids by removing the sugary chocolate and strawberry milk options from school cafeterias would be an example of:

social engineering

If I am being threatened by a barking, vicious dog, my _______ nervous system will be activated.

sympathetic

in an effort to get in better shape, Jamal has begun jogging. if he is able to keep up the daily jogging for a minimum of about __________, he will probably stick with it for the long haul.

three to six months

Researchers have developed a test that will tell whether or not a person is a carrier of the gene for Huntington's disease and (if so) at about what age the person will develop the disease.

true

Ulcers were once thought to be caused by stress, but this is no longer believed to be the case.

true

over the past few decades, the amount that Americans exercise has

gone up substantially

the venue for health-habit modification that currently affects the health behaviors of the largest number of Americans is:

The self help group

which type of intervention is most commonly used for effecting changes in diet

cognitive-behavioral interventions

if i am trying to cut down on junk food, having a bag of Cheetos on the counter might be a _________ that I would want to eliminate

discriminative stimulus

If I am studying how smoking affects a person's risk for developing emphysema, I'm concerned with the __________ of emphysema.

etiology

If you want to prove that regular exercise CAUSES improved heart health, you would want to conduct an:

experimental research study

Prior to the 1900's, the greatest cause of death and illness in the US was chronic disorders. Today, the major cause of death and illness is the US is acute disorders.

false

aerobic exercise is the only kind of exercise the produces health benefits

false

for a health behavior change to occur in response to a persuasive message, conscious processing of the message must occur

false