Exam 12: Health Psychology

For centuries, the model that dominated Western thinking and viewed health as the absence of illness and your body as a complex biological machine that can break down and become ill was the __________ model.

A program in which people's responses are reinforced in such a way that they begin to feel that they have control of their environment is called __________ training.

The beneficial effects of biofeedback in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders may be the result of

Persons who are made to feel helpless in one situation are more likely to act helpless in other situations if they

In one study, college students who learned stress inoculation exhibited all of the following EXCEPT

Sarah is a freshman in college and found that she started gaining weight after spending a lot of her time with her roommate Gayle, who is overweight. Sarah's weight gain is best explained by

Your friend tells you that psychosomatic disorders are just imaginary and the person should see a psychologist. Explain why your friend is mistaken regarding the seriousness of psychosomatic disorders, how seeing a psychologist who uses biofeedback may be a good idea, and how this technique has been able to alleviate certain types of psychosomatic disorders.

Mark repeatedly failed at school and was retained twice. He has begun to believe that there is nothing he can do to improve his grades, so he gives up and eventually drops out of school in the tenth grade. Mark's school experience illustrates the concept of __________.

As a coping mechanism, humor has been shown to

Biofeedback has been used with some success to control epileptic seizures and hyperactivity in children.

You must study for two tests within the next eight hours. Both tests should require six hours of study time, which is four hours more than you have. You need to make a good grade on both tests. So, you being studying for one test and then start thinking about the need to study for the other, so you switch to the other subject. You are experiencing vacillation due to __________ conflicts.

Illnesses in which psychological factors contribute to bodily damage or to damaging changes in bodily functioning are called __________ disorders.

Before her big job interview, Tanya tells herself , "If I get nervous, I'll just pause a moment" and "I've managed other interviews before." These are examples of

Sharing negative events with others tends to amplify these emotions and decrease social support.

As a consequence of his horrendous nightmares, Steve channeled these diabolical images and thoughts into becoming a mystery writer. Which of the following defense mechanisms is he using?

In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome are the external symptoms of the body's adjustment to stress the LEAST visible?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main patterns of adaptation to a new culture?

Which defense mechanism involves taking on some of the characteristics of an admired person or persons, usually as a way of compensating for perceived personal weaknesses or faults?

An ability to laugh at life's ups and downs is associated with better immunity to disease.

Symptoms such as shortness of breath, headache, sore muscles, upset stomach, and a lack of energy are characteristic of which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?