Health Psych Chapter 15

_____ is a subfield within psychology that focuses heavily on the biology and neurological aspects of health psychology.

Physiological psychology

Which of the following statements is true of interventions for health-related issues?

Policy interventions are essential to tackle health problems.

Which of the following statements is true of the health care system in the United States?

Health care services are being inappropriately used by consumers.

_____ have an important role to play in addressing thorny issues such as assisted suicide, living will, and the patient's right to die.

Health psychologists

_____ play an important role in creating responsible and informed health care consumers and in the development and design of health services.

Health psychologists

Which of the following statements is true of people who are at risk for particular disorders?

Individuals at risk need to learn how to cope with their risk status.

Which of the following statements is true of health insurance in the United States?

More than 13 percent of the population has no health insurance.

_____ is currently endemic and will shortly supplant smoking as the major avoidable contributor to mortality.

Obesity

Comprehensive intervention models:

are usually geared to specific diseases or disorders.

In general, the health for most Americans have _____ in recent years.

improved

Barbara helps her clients to identify the workplace characteristics tied to stress. She designs interventions to minimize the stressors that affect them. She is a(n) _____ stress researcher.

occupational

Which of the following diseases has little impact on mortality rates but has a major impact on the functioning and well-being of the population, particularly the elderly?

osteoarthritis

A continued collaboration with the medical community and medical treatments by psychologists is vital in a:

patient-centered approach.

The first step in developing cost-effective interventions to improve quality of life is:

to conduct initial assessment during the acute period

Trends within medical care suggest that the problem of patient-provider communication is likely to:

worsen

Women live, on average, _____ years longer than men.

6.5

_____ is a window of vulnerability for most bad health habits.

Adolescence

_____ have poorer health at all ages and higher levels of depression, hostility, anxiety, and other emotional risk factors for chronic disease.

African Americans

Which of the following statements is true of the racial and ethnic differences in health?

African Americans have a higher infant mortality rate than whites.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was initiated by President:

Barack Obama

_____ is a branch of health psychology that primarily focuses on interventions with patients.

Clinical psychology

_____ is a subfield within psychology that gives importance to studies on health of children and the factors affecting it.

Developmental psychology

Which of the following statements is true about the health habits of Americans?

Exercise has increased among Americans.

In the context of health care, which of the following statements is true of the United States?

It spends more on health care than any other country in the world.

Which of the following is a health trend in the United States?

Life expectancy in the United States reached an all-time high of 78.5 years in 2009.

Which of the following statements is true of social support?

Social support is likely to benefit both the provider and the recipient.

_____ has brought insurance coverage to many of the previously uninsured in the United States.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

_____ is the only country where health care for most people is financed by for-profit, minimally regulated, private insurance companies.

The United States

Which of the following statements is true of health psychologists working in academic settings?

They are likely to educate physicians, nurses, and other health care workers.

In the context of health, which of the following statements is true of women?

They are sick more often than men.

In the context of health care, which of the following statements is true of women?

a. Health care for women is better consolidated than for men. c. Smoking is more hazardous for women than for men. d. They are less likely to encounter stressful conditions than men.

Which of the following statements is true of the recent trends in international health?

a. Life expectancy has decreased significantly in developing countries. b. Smoking has increased in developing countries. d. The rate of occurrence of chronic diseases have decreased in most developing countries.

Health care in the United States is:

a. increasingly egalitarian. b. easily accessible and is free of cost. d. currently a two-tiered system.

Early drug prevention programs, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), are examples of _____ programs.

behavioral immunization

Several schools organize programs that expose fifth and sixth graders to antismoking material before they begin the habit of smoking. Such programs are an example of a _____ program.

behavioral immunization

As the elderly population increases, a corresponding increase is expected in the incidence of:

chronic disorders

Pain management programs, hospices, and CHD rehabilitation programs are examples of:

comprehensive intervention models.

Intervention programs for older adults should focus on:

controlling alcohol consumption.

Future programs targeting the management of chronic illness must incorporate:

cost-effective interventions to improve quality of life

The current trend toward cost containment pushes health psychology in the direction of research questions designed to:

develop interventions that are symptom focused.

In the context of health care, technology has:

enabled online visits to substitute for routine office visits to physicians.

Low socioeconomic status is linked to:

low-birth-weight babies.

In the context of promoting resilience, which of the following is a factor that reduces morbidity?

marriage

In the future, health promotion interventions will most likely be designed for:

mass consumption

Refocusing health promotion strategies toward morbidity:

reduces health care costs.

Significant gains in the quality of life would best be achieved by reorienting the focus of health promotion toward:

reducing the period of morbidity

According to the text, over the years, Americans' alcohol consumption has:

remained unchanged.

The use of new technologies in medical care may be intimidating for some people. A health psychologist can assist such patients and their families by:

teaching them control-enhancing techniques to help reduce fear.

Which of the following is an example of vulnerable population?

the elderly

The most significant change in American health care that has implications for health psychology is:

the rapid growth of prepaid, colleague-centered services.