PSY333: Health Psychology

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PSY333 Health Psychology

• Term Test 2 - Preparation

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Term Test 2 - Overview

• Part 1
• Multiple Choice (25 questions)
• Short Answer (4 questions)
• Part 2
• Essay Question (1 question)

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Part 1 - Format

• Monday April 4
• Start 910am
• Finish 1100am
• Lectures / Readings since reading week
• 50 of test grade

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Part 1 - Content

• Receiving Health Care
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Living with Chronic Illness (AIDS)
• Future Directions (Age, SES, ethnicity, sex)
• Body Image
• Goal-setting and False Hope

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Part 1 - Revision

• Greater emphasis on readings

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Part 1 - M/C Questions

• Receiving Health Care
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Living with Chronic Illness (AIDS)
• Future Directions (Age, SES, ethnicity, sex)
• Body Image

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M/C Practice Questions

• Which of the following procedure is not a way to
  reduce preoperative anxiety in hospitalized
  children?
• Showing film of same age peers going through the
  procedure
• Doctor explaining the procedure in detail and
  depth
• Having a peer sharing the room who had already
  gone through the procedure
• Social support of family members before the
  procedure

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M/C Practice Questions

• The goal of dealing with chronic illness is
• To cure the condition
• To increase the quality of life and reach a sense
  of normality
• Decrease all physical pain
• Non of the above

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M/C Practice Questions

• Which type of cancer is most common?
• lymphomas
• carcinomas
• Sarcomas
• None of the above

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M/C Practice Questions

• What is the most common death site for women?
• breast
• lung
• cervical
• colon

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M/C Practice Questions

• Mary has been recently diagnosed with cancer. Her
  family is very worried that she will not get the
  treatment she needs b/c she does not want to go
  to the doctor. Mary is using which one of the
  following coping processes?
• Denial
• Information seeking
• Goal setting
• Recruiting support

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M/C Practice Questions

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M/C Practice Questions

• Which one of the following statements regarding
  hospitalization is irrelevant to psychology?
• Delivery of intervention
• Determination of ineffective interventions
• Determination of psychological effects
• Dissemination of information relevant to care
  providers

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M/C Practice Questions

• In Charles et als study on satisfaction with
  hospital care, what was reported to be the
  biggest complaint regarding pain?
• Was not told about how much pain to expect
• Had pain that could have been eliminated
• Overprescription of pain medications
• Two of the above

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M/C Practice Questions

• Nonadherence to treatment can be divided into 2
  categories medication and lifestyle. What
  percentage of medication and lifestyle can be
  attributed to nonadherence?
• Med 10 Lifestyle 90
• Med 25 Lifestyle 75
• Med 50 Lifestyle 50
• Med 75 Lifestyle 25
• Med 90 Lifestyle 10

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M/C Practice Questions

• Which one of the following is not an
  emotion-focused coping skill
• Cognitive restructuring
• Information seeking
• Wish-fulfilling fantasy
• Threat minimization

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M/C Practice Questions

• An illness which as a graduated onset, no cure,
  an uncertain diagnosis?
• infection
• chronic
• flu
• acute

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M/C Practice Questions

• Needle sharing in relation to AIDS
• Primary prevention
• Secondary prevention
• Testing
• None of the above

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M/C Practice Questions

• Who is most likely to develop CVD?
• Bob, 34, smoker, married
• Valerie, 25, college students, solitary life
  style
• Jim, active, outgoing, sometimes aggressive,
  enjoys big Mac on occasions
• Monica, 65, African American, with high blood
  cholesterol, long family history of CVD, poor
  socioeconomic status

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M/C Practice Questions

• Leading cause of death in Western countries is
• AIDS
• Cancer
• CVD
• Accidents

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M/C Practice Questions

• Why is the longevity of the younger generation of
  Okinawa declining?
• Poorer diet
• Lack of exercise
• None of the above
• A and B only

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M/C Practice Questions

• Which of the following is not a symptom of BDD?
• Skin picking
• Excessive mirror checking
• Excessive eating
• Camouflaging
• All
• none

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M/C Practice Questions

• What is not a trait that makes men biologically
  disadvantaged across the lifespan?
• Hormones
• Genetic weaknesses
• Direct and indirect behavioral factors
• More acute illnesses

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S/A Practice Question

• Question (8 marks)
• Define non-adherence (2)
• Non-adherence rates vary depending on the nature
  of the treatment regime and its consequences.
  Elaborate (6)

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S/A Practice Question

• Define non-adherence (2)
• Non-adherence occurs when people do not adopt the
  behavior or treatments prescribed by their
  medicos (doctors)
• Non-adherence rates vary depending on the nature
  of the treatment regime and its consequences.
  Elaborate (6)
• duration longer treatment poorer adherence
• frequency more often lower adherence
• complexity more complex less likely to adhere
• inconvenience more intrusive less likely to
  adhere
• medical vs nonmedical (tablets, dressings vs.
  lifestyle changes) better adherence if medical.
• contingencies - more likely to adhere if
  adherence is immediately reinforced or if
  non-adherence is immediately punished. Less
  likely to adhere is adherence is immediately
  punished or if non-adherence is immediately
  rewarded

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S/A Practice Question

• Question (6 marks)
• Describe the relationship between SES and health
  (2)
• List the possible reasons for the relationship
  between SES and health outcomes (4).

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S/A Practice Question

• Describe the relationship between SES and health
  (2)
• Health correlates with socioeconomic status.
• Lower SES at greater risk on most measures of
  health (e.g., Be born with low birth weight, die
  in infancy/childhood, get diseases and die in
  adulthood before age 65, experience days of
  restricted activity because of illness, become
  addicted to drugs, die in an accident or be
  murdered)
• List the possible reasons for the relationship
  between SES and health outcomes (4)
• Low SES - Poorer health behaviors (knowledge,
  education)
• Low SES - Less access to medical services
  (quality, cost)
• Environments in which low SES people live
• Physical environment
• Higher level of social stressors
• Higher health risks in low-status occupations

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Part 2 - Format

• Wednesday April 6
• Start 1010am
• Finish 1100am
• 50 of test grade

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Part 2 - Content

• Apply your knowledge of health psychology to a
  public health issue
• Anything you have learned in this course
• What is health psychology? (Lecture 1)
• Theory and research, stress, pain, health
  behaviors, hospitalization, chronic illnesses,
  biopsychosocial perspective, prevention/treatment/
  advocacy

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Part 2 - A good answer

• Clear
• Relevant
• Accurate
• Comprehensive
• Logical Structure
• Evidence-based
• Addresses and answers the question
• Sophisticated

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Part 2 - Tips

• Plan your answer before you start writing
• Read the question carefully
• Answer the question