Question 1

Which of the following is an interdisciplinary field that integrates and applies behavioural and medical knowledge about health and disease?

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A)   health psychology
B)   behavioural medicine
C)   applied psychology
D)   clinical psychologyE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Explanatory style refers to

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A)   the complexity of one's persuasive arguments.
B)   one's habitual way of explaining life events.
C)   the pitch and speed with which one communicates.
D)   whether one relies primarily on reason or emotion in debating an issue.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following statements is false?

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A)   People more often seek treatment if they believe their symptoms have a physical rather than a psychological cause.
B)   Women are more often sick.
C)   Women are more likely than men to visit a physician.
D)   Men use fewer prescription and non-prescription drugs.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

According to the text, professional clinical judgment is vulnerable to

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A)   illusory correlations.
B)   overconfidence bred by hindsight.
C)   self-confirming diagnosis.
D)   all of the choices are correct.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

In comparison to those in Western cultures, depressed people in Japan are more likely to report feeling

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A)   guilt and self-blame over personal failure.
B)   shame over letting down their family or co-workers.
C)   sad about social problems such as poverty and discrimination.
D)   all of the choices are correct.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Most of us are not good at judging our own heart rate, blood pressure, or blood sugar level.
B)   One's actual blood pressure is closely related to how one feels, making judgments of blood pressure easy and fairly accurate.
C)   Most of us are quite good at judging our own heart rate, blood pressure, and blood-sugar level.
D)   Early signs of illnesses such as cancer and heart disease are easily recognized.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Alcohol may reduce social anxiety at a party because it

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A)   makes people happy.
B)   leads to serious health consequences.
C)   restricts people's ability to think about their internal states.
D)   distracts people's attention away from concerns such as school assignments.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Happiness is most influenced not only just by being married, but also _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   how long partners have been married.
B)   the quality of the marriage.
C)   the age difference between partners.
D)   if either of the partners were previously divorced.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

A negative explanatory style can lead to a depressing sense of hopelessness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person's explanatory style?

Accepted Answer

A)   "It's my fault."
B)   "It's going to last forever."
C)   "The whole world is against me."
D)   "It's going to affect everything I do."E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Explain how emotions influence susceptibility to illness, including how optimism, stress, and explanatory style relate to illness.

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Question 12

Mildly depressed people are more vulnerable to ________________, even after controlling for differences in smoking and other disease-related factors.

Accepted Answer

A)   cancer
B)   heart disease
C)   chronic pain
D)   pneumoniaE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

When Snyder and Swann gave interviewers some hypotheses to test concerning individuals' traits, they found that people often test for a trait by

Accepted Answer

A)   asking those being tested for a general self-evaluation.
B)   looking for information that will contradict it.
C)   looking for information that will confirm it.
D)   all of the choices are correct.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

A)   negative explanatory style
B)   external attribution
C)   global attribution
D)   stable attributionE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

The study, assessment, and treatment of people with psychological difficulties is known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   health psychology
B)   clinical psychology
C)   behavioural medicine
D)   none of the choices are correctE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Research indicates that people who agree with statements like ___________________ are less often bothered by various illnesses.

Accepted Answer

A)   "my fate is out of my hands"
B)   "human life is fragile"
C)   "I usually expect the best out of life"
D)   "I rarely count on good things happening to me"E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

In non-Western cultures, major depression is ____________ common and ____________ tied to guilt and self-blame over perceived failure.

Accepted Answer

A)   less; less
B)   less; more
C)   more; less
D)   more; moreE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following questions do social and clinical psychology seeks answers to?

Accepted Answer

A)   How can the ways in which we think about self and others feed such problems as depression, loneliness, anxiety, and ill health?
B)   How do environmental issues affect the self?
C)   How does our genetic composition affect our social structures?
D)   How can we change our genetic orientations?E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Patients are more willing to follow treatment instructions in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   their friends recommend alternate treatment routes.
B)   they have a warm relationship with their doctor.
C)   they help plan their treatment.
D)   options are framed attractively.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

How are anxiety, shyness, and depression related?

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