Deck 1: Health, an Introduction

Question 1

Which of the following has been shown to be related to noise exposure?

A) Addison's disease
B) Alopecia areata
C) Dysgeusia
D) Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Health is the balance between the individual and his or her environment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Children of teen mothers are at higher risk of dropping out of high school.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The quality of the school we attend and our social and economic opportunities don't affect our health.

Question 5

Someone who was born in the United States but whose parents were born and raised in Africa would correctly be called African American, even if that person is White.

Question 6

_______ and _______ are the two leading causes of death for adults in the United States.

Question 7

Is race a sociocultural concept or a biological one?

Question 8

Does offering health insurance to all members of a society guarantee equalities in health?

Question 9

Do your genes play a role in making you happy?

Question 10

Match the theory of health to the appropriate description.
-Social-ecological model

A) Focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotion interventions.
B) Psychologists from the U.S. Public Health Services developed this model to understand the failure of a tuberculosis screening program.
C) Assumes that individuals will usually act upon their intentions.
D) Model of behavior from the work of Albert Bandura that has been used for organizational behavior, athletics, and mental and physical health.

Question 11

Match the theory of health to the appropriate description.
-Health Belief Model

A) Focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotion interventions.
B) Psychologists from the U.S. Public Health Services developed this model to understand the failure of a tuberculosis screening program.
C) Assumes that individuals will usually act upon their intentions.
D) Model of behavior from the work of Albert Bandura that has been used for organizational behavior, athletics, and mental and physical health.

Question 12

Match the theory of health to the appropriate description.
-Theory of Reasoned Action

A) Focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotion interventions.
B) Psychologists from the U.S. Public Health Services developed this model to understand the failure of a tuberculosis screening program.
C) Assumes that individuals will usually act upon their intentions.
D) Model of behavior from the work of Albert Bandura that has been used for organizational behavior, athletics, and mental and physical health.

Question 13

Match the theory of health to the appropriate description.
-Social cognitive theory

A) Focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotion interventions.
B) Psychologists from the U.S. Public Health Services developed this model to understand the failure of a tuberculosis screening program.
C) Assumes that individuals will usually act upon their intentions.
D) Model of behavior from the work of Albert Bandura that has been used for organizational behavior, athletics, and mental and physical health.