Question 1

Are there any differences in health between people who have solid social support and people who do not?

Accepted Answer

A)  No-psychologists suspect that there are differences, but research has not consistently found any evidence that social support makes a real difference.
B)  Yes-although social support does not appear to improve people's physical health, it does improve their mood and general psychological well-being.
C)  Yes-social support appears to improve physical and psychological well-being though it does not improve objective measures of health (e.g., recovery time from illness) .
D)  Yes-social support has been tied to better health, more rapid recovery from illness, and a lower risk for mortality.

Question 2

According to Lazarus, during ____ appraisal, we ascertain whether an event is positive, negative, or neutral, and if negative, whether it is harmful, threatening, or challenging.

Accepted Answer

A)  fundamental
B)  primary ​
C)  identification
D)  secondary

Question 3

Which of the following is most directly concerned with the stages that people go through-and the themes present at each stage-when they are trying to change a specific behavior? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  The theory of planned behavior
B)  The general adaptation syndrome ​
C)  The cognitive appraisal model ​
D)  The transtheoretical model ​

Question 4

Which of the following statements best summarizes the cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Our experience of stress depends on past learning.
B)  Our experience of stress depends on how we interpret events.
C)  Our experience of stress depends on cultural norms.
D)  Our experience of stress depends on individual personality variables.

Question 5

The tend-and-befriend response is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a pattern of responding to general stress used by females
B)  a style of responding to aggressive threats that is often taught in anger-management therapies
C)  a style of responding to aggressive threats that is characteristic of some (non-human) animals when confronted by dominant opponents
D)  a general orientation toward others that many people take on when encountering new, ambiguous situations

Question 6

How does stress relate to homeostasis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stress is the upsetting of homeostasis.
B)  Stress is another name for homeostasis.
C)  Stress leads to homeostasis.
D)  Stress is caused by homeostasis.

Question 7

Edward has a difficult coworker who is constantly in conflict with him over how to use the limited resources in office. Edward offers to take the coworker out to lunch, and over lunch, they discuss how they can manage their respective needs for the office resources with less conflict. In this scenario, Edward has used ____ coping.

Accepted Answer

A)  avoidant
B)  emotion-focused
C)  problem-focused
D)  precontemplative

Question 8

The cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus suggests that when people encounter potentially stressful events, they make both primary appraisals and secondary appraisals. Primary appraisals concern ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  whether an event is positive or negative
B)  whether an event is relevant to oneself
C)  whether one has the resources to effectively cope with an event
D)  whether an event is temporary or long-term

Question 9

Health is most accurately viewed as a(n) _____. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  dichotomy
B)  binary state ​
C)  continuum ​
D)  trait ​

Question 10

In the transtheoretical model, the stage in which people are ready to take action to change their behavior is termed ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  precontemplation
B)  contemplation
C)  maintenance
D)  preparation

Question 11

The Student Stress Scale assesses a person's stress level by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  gauging basic lifestyle habits (e.g., hours of sleep received per night) 
B)  taking a reading of various physical phenomena that are known to be stress-related (e.g., headaches, teeth grinding) 
C)  asking questions about a person's mood and emotions
D)  taking an inventory of recent life changes a person has experienced

Question 12

The three broad natural segments of health psychology are _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  physical, psychological, and social health
B)  stress and coping, health behaviors, and issues in health care
C)  innate traits, current state, and modifiable behavior
D)  infectious disease, chronic disease, and psychological disease

Question 13

The theory of planned behavior assumes that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  people decide to behave a certain way on the basis of intentions that depend on their attitude toward the behavior and their perceptions of the social norms regarding the behavior
B)  we progress through different stages as we think about, attempt to, and finally change any specific behavior
C)  our beliefs about the effectiveness, ease, and consequences of doing (or not doing) a certain behavior determine whether we do (or do not do) that behavior
D)  we behave in ways that best reflect our past circumstances

Question 14

Research on the effects of movie watching on teen smoking behavior (i.e., watching popular movies containing instances of smoking) found that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  there were only very weak effects
B)  there were moderately strong effects-but these effects disappeared when one accounted for individual differences on personality variables
C)  there were moderately strong effects-but these effects disappeared when one accounted for parental smoking and peer group smoking
D)  there were progressively stronger effects as the exposure to instances of smoking in movies increased

Question 15

According to general adaptation syndrome, long-term stressors ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  can cause physiological (but not psychological) damage
B)  can cause psychological (but not physiological) damage
C)  can cause both physiological and psychological damage
D)  have temporary negative effects but cannot cause either physiological damage or psychological damage

Question 16

People not only find confirmation for what they expect to see but also tend to overestimate how often they are right. This is referred to as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  intervention
B)  the illusory correlation
C)  the self-fulfilling prophecy
D)  misattribution

Question 17

Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology best described as dedicated to ____. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  promoting health
B)  promoting and maintaining health ​
C)  preventing illness ​
D)  promoting and maintaining health, and preventing and treating illness ​

Exam 16: Application Module B: Applying Social Psychology to Health

According to general adaptation syndrome, long-term stressors ____.

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According to Lazarus, during ____ appraisal, we ascertain whether an event is positive, negative, or neutral, and if negative, whether it is harmful, threatening, or challenging.

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Which of the following is most directly concerned with the stages that people go through-and the themes present at each stage-when they are trying to change a specific behavior?

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The tend-and-befriend response is ____.

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The cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus suggests that when people encounter potentially stressful events, they make both primary appraisals and secondary appraisals. Primary appraisals concern ____.

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In the transtheoretical model, the stage in which people are ready to take action to change their behavior is termed ____.

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Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology best described as dedicated to ____.

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How does stress relate to homeostasis?

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Health is most accurately viewed as a(n) _____.

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Are there any differences in health between people who have solid social support and people who do not?

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus?

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Research on the effects of movie watching on teen smoking behavior (i.e., watching popular movies containing instances of smoking) found that ____.

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The theory of planned behavior assumes that ____.

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The three broad natural segments of health psychology are _____.

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The Student Stress Scale assesses a person's stress level by ____.

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People not only find confirmation for what they expect to see but also tend to overestimate how often they are right. This is referred to as ____.

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Exam 16: Application Module B: Applying Social Psychology to Health

According to general adaptation syndrome, long-term stressors ____.

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According to Lazarus, during ____ appraisal, we ascertain whether an event is positive, negative, or neutral, and if negative, whether it is harmful, threatening, or challenging.

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Which of the following is most directly concerned with the stages that people go through-and the themes present at each stage-when they are trying to change a specific behavior? ​

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The tend-and-befriend response is ____.

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The cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus suggests that when people encounter potentially stressful events, they make both primary appraisals and secondary appraisals. Primary appraisals concern ____.

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In the transtheoretical model, the stage in which people are ready to take action to change their behavior is termed ____.

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Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology best described as dedicated to ____. ​

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How does stress relate to homeostasis?

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Health is most accurately viewed as a(n) _____. ​

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Are there any differences in health between people who have solid social support and people who do not?

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the cognitive appraisal model of stress developed by Lazarus?

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