Deck 13: A: The Role of Health Psychology in Seeking and Obtaining Health Care

Question 1

According to Safer and colleagues' (1979)stages of delay model,avoiding medical care because professional help is deemed unnecessary is an example of a(n)________ delay.

A) appraisal
B) illness
C) treatment
D) behavioral

Answer 1

behavioral

Question 2

__________ is a crucial factor in how effective and satisfying health care is.

A) Who provides nursing services
B) Who provides physician services
C) The patient-provider relationship
D) How care is paid for

Answer 2

The patient-provider relationship

Question 3

Studies show that patients are likely to be more satisfied with physicians who:

A) spend more time just talking with them.
B) charge them less.
C) prescribe more medications.
D) explain the medical procedures in greater detail.

Answer 3

spend more time just talking with them.

Question 4

Who is MOST likely to have contact with physicians?

A) the very young
B) adolescents
C) middle-aged adults
D) the very young and the very old

Question 5

Research indicates that people in good moods have higher _____________ and consider themselves less vulnerable to future illness than people in bad moods.

A) optimism
B) pessimism
C) self-reported health
D) emotional intelligence

Question 6

Someone who falsely believes that he or she is ill may be diagnosed with:

A) illness anxiety disorder.
B) malingering.
C) conversion disorder.
D) somatoform disorder.

Question 7

Research studies have reported that patients with high health literacy are more likely to:

A) adhere to treatment instructions.
B) report the lowest levels of confidence in their doctors.
C) take a passive,deferential role in their treatment.
D) have less accurate perceptions of the risk and benefits of health screening.

Question 8

A study of children by Peterson and colleagues (1999)found that children were more likely to suggest ________ coping strategies for themselves and ________ strategies for their friends.

A) proactive;reactive
B) response neutral;proactive
C) reactive;proactive
D) proactive;response neutral

Question 9

Historically,the primary goal of modern healthcare has been:

A) the physical well-being of all patients.
B) to cure people who are seriously ill.
C) the physical and psychological well-being of all patients.
D) to cure people who are seriously ill and maximize efficiency in doing so.

Question 10

People who are _________ tend to exaggerate the seriousness of minor complaints that others are more likely to ignore.

A) depressed
B) psychotic
C) neurotic
D) anxious

Question 11

Physicians tend to spend less time with patients who present:

A) HIV symptoms.
B) cancer symptoms.
C) psychological disorders.
D) flu-like symptoms.

Question 12

Repressors are people who cope with health problems by:

A) immediately seeking treatment.
B) overreacting.
C) ignoring them.
D) Repressors do all of these things.

Question 13

A study by Egbert and colleagues (1964)demonstrated that __________ and __________ could help reduce patients' postsurgical pain.

A) morphine;relaxation exercises
B) morphine;breathing exercises
C) meditation;guided imagery
D) relaxation instructions;breathing exercises

Question 14

The highest morbidity and mortality rates are found among people with the:

A) highest socioeconomic status.
B) lowest socioeconomic status.
C) highest healthcare utilization rates.
D) lowest healthcare utilization rates.

Question 15

Sanders and colleagues (1992)found that __________ back pain sufferers reported the least overall suffering and disruption of daily activities.

A) American
B) Mexican
C) Japanese
D) New Zealand