Health Psychology 4th Edition Gurung Test Bank
Test Bank for Health Psychology 4th Edition by Regan A. R. Gurung, ISBN: 9781506392363
Table of Contents
PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 1. What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Chapter 2. Doing Health Psychology: Research Methods
Chapter 3. Cultural Approaches to Health
Chapter 4. Essential Physiology
PART II. STRESS AND COPING
Chapter 5. Diverse Understandings of Stress
Chapter 6. Coping and Social Support
PART III. HEALTH BEHAVIORS
Chapter 7. Why Don’t We Do What We Need To? Models of Behavior Change
Chapter 8. Health Behaviors: Eating, Being Active, Smoking, and Drinking
Chapter 9. Illness Cognitions, Adherence, and Patient–Practitioner Interactions
Chapter 10. Diverse Approaches to Pain
Chapter 11. Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death
Chapter 12. Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV
Chapter 13. Cancer: Fundamentals and Cultural Variations
Chapter 14. Cardiovascular Disease: Fundamentals and Cultural Variations
Chapter 15. Controversies and the Future of Health Psychology
Chapter 1: What Is Health? Cultural and Historical Roots
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The World Health Organization defines health as ______.
a. the absence of disease
b. mental, physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being
c. spiritual balance
d. a pulse rate of 120/50 and a heart rate of 55 beats per minute
Ans: B
Learning Objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Health?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Every day, each of our behaviors can influence our health. Given the many components of being healthy, health is best conceptualized as ______.
a. one-dimensional
b. a continuum
c. absolute
d. unstable
Ans: B
Learning Objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is Health?
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. One aspect of health that the WHO definition of health does NOT include is ______.
a. physical health
b. spiritual health
c. social well-being
d. mental well-being
Ans: B
Learning Objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Health?
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Which of the following individuals would be LEAST LIKELY to balance hot and cold in what they eat and drink as well as the way they live their lives?
a. James, a Chinese male living in China
b. Jordan, a European American male living in the U.S.
c. Vijay, an Indian male living in India
d. Alejandro, a Mexican male living in Mexico
Ans: B
Learning Objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Cross-Cultural Definitions of Health
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Culture is best defined as ______.
a. a set of beliefs shared by a group and transmitted across generation
b. religion and family values
c. race and ethnicity
d. the values of our parents and extended family members
Ans: A
Learning Objective: N/A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Culture
Difficulty Level: Medium
