Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice Fourth Edition Test Bank

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Chapter 1
1. Fill in the missing word: Health is a state of well-being with satisfaction of physical, cultural,
psychosocial, _________and spiritual needs, not simply the absence of illness.
*a. economic
b. educational
c. environmental
d. experiential
2. The hierarchy of needs was proposed by:
a. Murray
b. MacDonald
c. Marks
*d. Maslow
3. In the hierarchy of needs, the most basic level is defined as:
a. safety
b. belonging
c. esteem
*d. physiological
4. In the hierarchy of needs, the highest level is defined as:
a. safety
b. belonging
c. esteem
*d. self-actualization

5. Who defined happiness as: ‘the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human
existence’? Was it:
*a. Aristotle
b. Diener
c. Doyal
d. Maslow
6. According to _________ subjective well-being is: ‘An umbrella term for different valuations that
people make regarding their lives, the events happening to them, their bodies and minds, and the
circumstances in which they live’.
a. Aristotle
*b. Diener
c. Doyal
d. Maslow
7. QoL is an acronym for the phrase:
a. quality of living
b. quality of learning
*c. quality of life
d. quality of liking
8. According to Diener and Chan (2011), having high subjective well-being, adds ___ years to one’s
life:
a. 1–2
b. 2–4
c. 4–5
*d. 4–10

Chapter 2
1. A baby in Sierra Leone has a __% chance of making it to age 5:
*a. 72
b. 82
c. 92
d. 62
2. ___ million people die each year from a water related disease (2014 figures):
a. 1.4
b. 2.4
*c. 3.4
d. 4.4
3. ___ million people lacking access to clean drinking water (2014 figures):
a. 480
b. 580
c. 680
*d. 780
4. ___ billion people have no access to a toilet (2014 figures):
a. 0.5
b. 1.5
c. 2.5
*d. 3.5
5. Which of the following does not fall within the ideology of individualism?

a. ‘each man for himself’
b. ‘you made your bed, now lie in it’
c. ‘do or die’
*d. ‘one for all, all for one’
6.. ___________ billion people live on less than 1.25 dollars per day – i.e. more than one person in
every five (2014 figures):
a. 0.5
b. 1
*c. 1.5
d. 2
7. In the Whitehall Study, which of the following was not found to buffer the effect of work stress on
mental and physical health?
a. social support
b. effort-reward balance
c. job security
*d. organizational instability
8. In a study of health gradients in African countries, high _______ among mothers, and access to
_____ supplies and ______ are highly associated with low infant mortality. Fill in the three missing
words:
*a. literacy water toilets
b. illiteracy food wood
c. illiteracy food hospitals
9. ‘Child-bearing is essentially necessary to the physical health and long life, the mental happiness,
the development of the affections and whole character of women. Woman exists for the sake of the
_____’ (Holbrook, 1871). Fill in the missing word:
a. child

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Chapter 3
1. One of the earliest reports on the relationship between health and social conditions was explained
by the work of which of the following physicians:
a. Alfred Adler (1870–1937)
b. Cicely Saunders (1918–2005)
*c. Louis-Rene Villerme (1782–1863)
d. Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939)
2. Which of the following statements is true:
a. stigmatization is a form of social oppression and operates to disqualify and marginalize
stigmatized individuals from full social acceptance and participation
b. stigmatization can be internalized which can lead to feelings of guilt and shame. Healthcare
professionals are as likely to stigmatize as any other group, influencing their behavior and decision-
making in the provision of health care
*c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
3. In May 2013, the Assisted Dying Bill was tabled at the UK House of Lords. This bill was modelled
on a law in which US State:
*a. Oregon
b. New York
c. California
d. Texas
4. Before a life ending drug can be prescribed and dispensed, the Assisted Dying bill requires two
doctors to confirm which of the following:
a. that the person requesting the drug is terminally ill
b. that the person requesting the drug is capable of making this decision
c. that the person requesting the drug has formed a settled intention to die
*d. all of the above

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5. Which of the following social scientists is best known for her/his work on social capital:
*a. Robert Putnam
b. Leon Festinger
c. Max Weber
d. Simone de Beauvoir
6. Which type of social capital refers to inward looking social ties that bind the community together:
a. bridging social capital
*b. bonding social capital
c. communal social capital
d. none of the above
7. Which of the following is a common criticism of social capital as an explanatory concept:
*a. lack of clarity of exactly what the term implies
b. insufficient research on the link between social capital and health
c. irrelevance to local contexts
d. all of the above
8. Which of the following is important in mobilizing communities to promote health:
a. development of strategic alliances for grassroots organizations
b. transformation of power relationships
c. strengthening supportive environment
*d. all of the above
9. In the case study presented, which term was used to refer to the disadvantaged and marginalized
communities who helped to mobilize action to improve the living and working conditions of popular
classes in Chile:

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Chapter 4
1. According to Ayurvedic traditions, which of the following refers to the female
component that comprises each human being:
*a. Prakrti
b. Purusa
c. Both Prakrti and Purusa
d. Neither Prakrti nor Purusa
2. Which of the following dimension(s) is/are paramount in understanding African
health beliefs:
a. spiritual influences
b. communal orientation
*c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
3. Which of the following form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
involves the use of plants and plant extracts to treat illnesses or to promote
wellbeing:
a. homeopathy
*b. herbal medicine
c. reflexology
d. acupuncture
4. Which of the following form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
involves the use of highly diluted substances to trigger the body’s natural healing
system:
*a. homeopathy
b. herbal medicine
c. reflexology
d. acupuncture
5. Which of the following scholars is best known for her/his development of modern
aromatherapy as therapeutic practice:
a. Robert Boyle
b. Marie Curie
*c. Rene-Maurice Gattefosse
d. Mario Molina

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6. Which of the following refers to a treatment that consists of nothing other than a
simulation of the active treatment, used as a control condition in some studies:
a. simulator
*b. placebo
c. dummy
d. palliative
7. Which of the following is a persistent problem among indigenous communities:
a. shortened life expectancy
b. maternal ill-health and high mortality
c. inadequate systematic data to allow surveillance and improvement of Indigenous
healthcare
*d. all of the above
8. Which of the following statements is correct:
a. experiences of discrimination are related to stress that could potentially lead to
chronic illnesses
b. there are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental
health problems among adults
c. there are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental
health problems among children and young people
*d. all of the above
9. Culturally competent health care involves developing which of the following:
a. culturally sensitive staff
b. culturally appropriate materials
c. culturally sensitive systems
*d.all of the above
10. Which of the following statements is correct:
a. cultural competence only involves front line health care staff
*b. interventions that aim to improve cultural competence among health care
professionals can help to increase knowledge of cultural issues in health care
c. there is no significant relationship between cultural competence and clinical health
outcomes
d. all of the above

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Chapter 5
1. ______________methods seek to build a systematic understanding of a culture from the
viewpoint of the insider:
*a. ethnographic
b. qualitative
c. interview
d. questionnaire
2. The role of the researcher in the __________ is to act as the moderator:
a. experiment
b. interview
*c. focus group
d. questionnaire
3. ‘Through a process of abduction the researcher begins to develop certain theoretical hypotheses.
These hypotheses are then integrated into a tentative theoretical model that is tested as more data
is collected.’ This refers to:
a. historical analysis
*b. grounded theory analysis
c. interpretative phenomenological analysis
d. meta-analysis
4. These designs involve measuring responses of a single sample on more than one occasion:
a. cross-sectional
b. experimentation
*c. longitudinal
d. cross-over
5. The ability of a study to find a statistically significant effect when a genuine effect exists is called:

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*a. power
b. prediction
c. probability
d. performance
6. Lack of ___________ has been a bone of contention in many areas of psychology, including health
psychology:
a. hypotheses
b. predictions
*c. replication
d. models
7. A systematic method for determining how a sample of participants respond to a set of standard
questions attempting to assess their feelings, attitudes, beliefs or knowledge at one or more times is
called a:
a. auestionnaire
b. interview
c. study
*d. survey
8. In a survey the investigator must be cautious that the procedures do not generate any:
*a. self-fulfilling prophecies
b. ruffled feathers
c. unanswered questions
d. questions
9. A way of integrating research that aims to limit bias is called a:
a. narrative review
*b. systematic review

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Chapter 6
1. The last stage of change in the TTM is:
*a. maintenance
b. contemplation
c. preparation
d. action
2. Lack of ecological validity in tests of theories refers to:
a. non-sustainability
b. non-significance
c. unreliability
*d. non-generalizability
3. A tautology is a statement that is necessarily:
*a. true
b. invalid
c. false
d. meaningless
4. The following issues can impede progress in research:
a. lack of replication
b. selective publication of positive findings
c. fraud
*d. all of the above
5. SCMs do not address __________ issues about risky behaviours:
*a. motivational

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