Health Psych Quiz 1

​During the first few years of the 21st century, deaths from some chronic diseases in the United States

​How do the numbers of Americans dying each year from chronic diseases compare to the numbers of Americans living with chronic diseases each year?

​Presently, physicians and health psychologists are most likely to agree that psychosomatic illnesses are

​In the United States, people living below the poverty level generally

What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

​The discipline that seeks to improve health and the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illness through integrating psychology's behavioral knowledge with medicine's biological knowledge is called

​The biomedical model of disease

In which ethnic group(s) is septicemia among the 10 foremost causes of death?

​Hypothetically, if you considered yourself plus your five nearest neighbors, all adults, how many of you would be likely to have one or more chronic diseases in a given year, based on current/recent statistics?

​Stefan is highly wealthy and attributes his good health largely to his positive living habits of adhering to a nutritious diet and regular exercise, avoiding harmful substances, and minimizing and managing stress. Stefan is most likely to

​_________ diseases are a class of diseases that include heart disease, cancer, and stroke.

​In contrast to the biopsychosocial model, the biomedical model views health as

​Behavioral medicine assumes

​Sheldon Cohen's research on the common cold showcases that the ________ approach to understanding sickness and infection is inadequate.

​What do current death rate statistics resulting from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases reflect most about health and health care trends in the United States?

Pneumonia and influenza (together) account for one of the 10 leading causes of death in which ethnic group(s)?

​The field of health psychology developed

What is most accurate about recent statistics on death rates relative to education?

​Health psychologist Angela Bryan has begun to investigate genetic influences on

Currently, the leading cause of death in the United States is cancer.​

​Health psychology is

​Carla is a teenager living in poverty who is pregnant. What is true about associated health risks to her and her baby?

​Compared to historically, Americans today have

​​In Table 1.1 of your textbook, why are some causes of death not listed for each ethnic group?

During the past 30 years, death rate from heart disease in the United States has declined. At the same time,

​One hundred years ago, the majority of American deaths were due to

​What is true about the time frames of diseases 100 years ago in the United States?

​The single most important contributor to an increase in life expectancy is

​Which of these most accurately describes how medical costs interact with life expectancy in the United States today?

​Behavioral medicine assumes

​Many medical advances during the 19th century were prompted by the biomedical model that

​When comparing how two American ethnic groups rank in life expectancy with each other and with other world nations, which of these is true?

In a 2013 interview, award-winning popular singer Linda Ronstadt told Dan Rather she could no longer sing, as she had lost that kind of control over her voice due to Parkinson's disease. Deaths caused by this diagnosis have been _______ in recent years.

Health psychologists are most likely to see health​

Most experts in health psychology recommend that​

​All of the following are factors in life expectancy EXCEPT:

​What is most accurate about recent statistics on death rates relative to education?

​Janelle, a health psychologist, could do any of the following tasks EXCEPT

Individuals who have gone to college have lower death rates from ______ than those who have not.

​Diseases that killed most people a century ago were more often from

​How much has health care in America gone up in cost per person, per year, between 1970 and 2013?

​Chronic illnesses in the U.S. are responsible for the majority of health care spending. In which category do they account for the largest proportion of money spent?

​According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2016), the main causes of death for people aged 1-44 years are ranked in which order, from high to low?

​What best reflects an advantage of the biopsychosocial model of health?

​Based on research by Sheldon Cohen and colleagues, which of these people is more likely to catch a cold if they are all exposed to someone who has it?

African Americans have a higher death rate than European Americans.

Stress is the leading cause of death in the United States.​

Death rates in the United States from both heart disease and cancer are declining.​

​The increase in life expectancy since 1900 is due mostly to

Among historical and cultural perspectives about health, which one of the following is most different from the others?​

​During the last quarter of the 20th century, psychology became involved in the field of health primarily by

​Chronic diseases

​Cardiovascular disease and cancer account for _____ of all deaths in the US.

​People who graduate from college show the following positive outcomes EXCEPT

​Which of the following is most correct about health care in the United States today?

In 1900, most deaths in the United States were caused by ____, whereas today most are due to ____.

African Americans are more likely to die from _______ than European, Hispanic, or Asian Americans.

​Rhona is a 32-year-old African American college professor. Gena is a 32-year-old Hispanic American engineer. Leah is a 32-year-old European American who has been unemployed for most of the past 10 years and living below the poverty level. Helen is a 32

​Health psychology is best defined as the scientific study of those behaviors related to

Which statement is most accurate about education and health?

Health psychologists are MOST likely to​

​Better-educated individuals report experiencing less stress than those with less education. How does this relate to their health status?

​Which of the following has been less influential than the others in raising our life expectancy?

​Which of these is correct about relationships between statistics for mortality rates and life expectancy?

​Which of these most correctly describes changes in U.S. health and health care over the past century or so?

The training of health psychologists includes earning doctoral degrees.​

​The work of health psychologists is similar to that of other psychologists because it includes

​Researchers have found that having more education provides benefits