Exam 14: Health Psychology

Stress can affect health indirectly by causing people to adopt poor dietary habits.

One of the two major systems that are affected by the stress response is the ____________, which results in secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine.

Your textbook suggests that the percentage of people who smoke in a given area is probably _____ correlated with the percentage of people living in poverty in the area.

____________ proposed associations between certain personality patterns and specific medical illnesses.

In the appraisal process, primary appraisal refers to a person's identification of available coping skills.

Developing a program to prevent underage drinking is an example of primary prevention.

HIV progresses to AIDS at a much faster rate and mortality rates are higher among

Stress can impact an individual's health DIRECTLY by

The sympathetic-adrenomedullary response involves the secretion of:

The interdisciplinary field that studies the relation between behavioral and biomedical science is known as

Personality characteristics such as optimism and pessimism influence the impact of stress by acting as

The experience of pain is always tied directly to the severity of a medical illness.

Describe at least three types of sleep difficulties and explain the possible physical, social, occupational, and mental health consequences.

Clinically, children tend to express symptoms of distress through

Health-promotion programs that are designed for people who have an increased risk for health problems are known as

The three stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome are

Which scale is used to assess day-to-day events that counteract the negative effects of stress?

Alice is six years old and refuses to eat fruits or vegetables. The pediatrician recommended that her parents give her a gold star every time she eats a piece of fruit or a vegetable. At the end of the week, Alice can trade in the stars for special non-food treats (e.g., going to the science center or zoo, or movie rentals). This is an example of

HIV/AIDS is the second leading cause of death in the United States.

Variables that affect how stress is experienced and how it affects health and other aspects of functioning are called stress