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Question 1:

The term ________ refers to the broader interdisciplinary field of scientific education, investigation, education, and practice that concerns itself with health, illness, and related dysfunction.
a) health psychology
b) behavioural medicine
c) community health psychology
d) psychotherapy

Question 2:

________ is not an applied subspecialty of health psychology.
a) Clinical health psychology
b) Community health psychology
c) Educational health psychology
d) Occupational health psychology

Question 3:

________ is generally considered to be the father of modern medicine.
a) Descartes
b) Galen
c) Hippocrates
d) Rush

Question 4:

________ is generally considered to be the father of modern psychiatry, credited with founding the American Medico-Psychological Association.
a) Helen Flanders Dunbar
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Johann Christian August Heinroth
d) Benjamin Rush

Question 5:

A program leading to a doctoral degree in health psychology typically requires ________ years of graduate study.
a) 2–3
b) 3–5
c) 5–7
d) 8–10

Question 6:

Common careers for health psychologists include those in ________.
a) research
b) education
c) treatment
d) all of the above

Question 7:

Health psychology operates within the ________ model of health that considers the interplay and integration of biological, psychological, and social factors on health.
a) biopsychosocial
b) psychoanalytical
c) sociobiological
d) transtheoretical

Question 8:

________ is not a component of the health belief model.
a) Perceived severity of one’s health condition
b) Perceived support from others for taking action
c) Perceived risk of getting the condition
d) Perceived benefits of taking action to prevent health problems

Question 9:

________ is based on the work of Albert Bandura and considers human behaviour as being reflected in a three-way model in which personal factors, environmental influences, and behaviour commonly interact.
a) The health belief model
b) Social cognitive theory
c) The theory of planned behaviour
d) The biopsychosocial model

Question 10:

According to the theory of planned behaviour, ________ are not the types of beliefs that determine our behaviour.
a) self-efficacy beliefs
b) normative beliefs
c) control beliefs
d) behavioural beliefs

Higher Education

Fundamentals of Health Psychology: Chapter 1