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Health Psychology Final
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/13/2009

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In research designed to test the hypothesis that newborns delivered by a midwife will experience more complication than newborns delieved by a physician, a researcher allowed parents to decide for themselves wether to use a midwife or physician for their delivery, thinking it would be unethical to make this decision for his participants. The researche then compared rates of complications among the two groups. Which research method best describes this strategy?
Definition
quasi-experimental
Term
Jacob visits a physician b/c he's having respiratory difficulties. Specifically, he's experiencing shortness of breath and difficulty exhaling naturally and effortlessly. His physician identifies his problem as resulting from the destruction of alveoli in jacob's lungs. Given this, the most appropriate diagnosis for his condition is
Definition
emphysema
Term
Dr. Gowen hypothesiezes that the more physical exercise people engage in, the fewer cases of cold and flu they will get. Over the course of several months, he has his participants report the number of days they engage in physical activity for at least 30 minutes and how many days they have cold or flu symptoms. If Dr. Gowen's hypothesis is correc, which of the following correlation coefficients would describe the relationship between the number of days of physical activity and hte numbers of days of illness?
Definition
-0.6
Term
Dr. Gowen hypothesiezes that the more physical exercise people engage in, the fewer cases of cold and flu they will get. Over the course of several months, he has his participants report the number of days they engage in physical activity for at least 30 minutes and how many days they have cold or flu symptoms. If Dr. Gowen's hypothesis is correc, which of the following correlation coefficients would describe the relationship between the number of days of physical activity and hte numbers of days of illness?
Definition
-0.6
Term
Professor Jones is interested in testing the hypothesis that individuals who received greater doses of pain medication in the hospital exhibit more difficulty with their recovery. In order to do so, he uses data from the medical charts of patients who have undergone various types of surgery. Which term best describes the type of research method that Dr. Jones is using?
Definition
archival study
Term
Claudia goes to the university health center complaining of a sore throat and headache. A blood test reveals that her white blood cell count is high, and a throat culture revelas a streptococcus infection. Which of hte following is true?
Definition
the results of the blood test and throat culture are signs of illness.
Term
All of the following are concerts a researd needs to consider when using survey methods.
Definition
-self-reports may be biased due to social desirability concerns
-peple may be unable to accurately answer the survey questions
-questions need to avoid making assumptions or leading participants' answers.

(NOT: surveys tend to be more expensive than other research methods)
Term
A person living in the US today.......
Definition
Is more likely to die of a chronice disease than any other cause of mortality.
Term
True statments on the biopsychosocial model of health and illness
Definition
-it takes behavioral factors into account
-it assumes tha illness must be considered in the context of a person's lifestyle
-it suggests more targets for interventions to reduce illness and disease than the tradiitonal biomedical model
Term
A physician notes that her patient's arteries have plaques of cholesterol building up on the vessel walls. This is decreasing hte amount of blood being received by the patients body tissues. Her patient has....
Definition
atherosclerosis
Term
Josh is a participant in a study that is looking at genetic precursors of heart disease. when he entered the study, he had a cheek swab done to id his genotype (i.e., his genetic profile). Since then, he has been asked to return a survey about his exercise behavior, diet, and health every five years, and to come in every ten years for a complete physical exam. This study is designed to fllow Josh and the other participants for 30 years total. What best describes this study?
Definition
longitudinal
Term
Marty's neurologist suspects his obesity might be due to damage in his brain. Which structure does he suspect is damaged?
Definition
hypothalamus
Term
Following a sharp blow to the back of her head, shelley developed partial blindness. Which part of her brain was injured?
Definition
occipital lobe
Term
Which of hte following appraoches would a specialist in behavior medicine most liekely to use in treating a chronic headache?
Definition
biofeedback
Term
in the small intestine, what occurs?
Definition
-food mixture becomes alkaline
-enzymes are received from the pancreas
-most ingested materials the body uses are absorbed into the bloodstream

(NOT: storage of feces)
Term
In discussing the illness and health continuum, Antonovsky emphasizes
Definition
a revised focus toward what helps peple stay healthy
Term
The proposition that all disease can be explained by disturbances in physiological processes ......
Definition
is the basis of the biomedical model
Term
An epidemiologist writes a report discussing the total number of previously reported and new cases of AIDS for hte past 5 years. He is reporting on the disease's.......
Definition
prevalence
Term
Compared with older individuals, children.....
Definition
suffer from releatively few chronic diseases.
Term
Antibody-mediated immunity differs from cell-mediated immunity because.....
Definition
antibody -mediated immunity attacks antigens in bodily fluids rather than infected body cells
Term
Which of hte following conclusions is most appropriate given evidence that television and obesity are positively correlated?
Definition
people who watch a lot of television are also more likely to be obese
Term
When reporting the decrease in deaths from lung cancer, an epidemiologist is discussing lung cancer's .....
Definition
mortality
Term
Lower basal metabolic rates are associated with.....
Definition
increasing age
Term
The decline in the death rate from infectious diseases by the end of hte 19th century was largely the result of ......
Definition
preventive measures
Term
A researcher conducts a study of the effects of taking a stimulant drug on later aggressive behavior. She doesn't tell participants ahead of time that there are risks associeated with the drug. What is the ethical problem with this study?
Definition
The participants could not give informed consent.
Term
Jill is a metal artist. She spends many hours each day grinding metals in order to make her sculptures. Unfortunately, she has not take the necessary precautions to protect herself from the negative consequences of continually breathing in fine metal dust and shavings. As a result, she has developed a respiratory condition. she experiences breathlessness, chest pain, and coughing b/c of her condition. It is most likely that jill is suffering from
Definition
pneumoconiosis
Term
You are a health psychologist who is testing the effectiveness of hypnosis for treating severe chronic pain. Of the following options, which provides the most ethical and internally valid method for testing your treatment?
Definition
provide hypnosis trainint to half of your participants and provide traditional pain medication to your control gorup. Use a random method to determine who will receive each treatment.
Term
Which of hte follwing diseases of the liver are transmitted by sex?
Definition
hepitatis b and c

(NOT: hepatitis A)
Term
smoking has been identified as a risk factor in each of hte folliwng health problems except :
Definition
obesity
Term
Which of the follwing individiuals is most likely to develop coronary heart disease, given current rates of the disease?
Definition
joe, black
Term
The key distinction b/t phagocytes and lymphocytes is....
Definition
phagocytes are involved in nonspecific immunity and lymphocytes in specific immunity.
Term
What are components of a useful theory?
Definition
-relates previously seemingly unrelated info
-enables us to make predicitons
-organizes known facts

(NOT: has been proven correct"
Term
The "t" in T cells refers to their site of maturation, the
Definition
thymus
Term
Suppose that a recent study found an increase in heart and lung disease among people aged 50-60. Further stduy reveleased that, compared to people 20 years younger, these individuals teneded to smoke more during thier young adulthood, b/c they were not aware of the health effects. Thsi differenece b/t individuals raised at diff times is an example of.......
Definition
a cohort effect
Term
The purpose of relaxation traning is to teach clients to activate the _____________ branch of their ANS and to deactivate the _______________ branch of their autonomic nervous system.
Definition
-parasympathetic
-sympathetic
Term
Dr. Yi is collecting date on the # of new caes of choleara in Beijing during the summer of 97. Dr. Yi is studying hte _______ of cholera
Definition
incidence
Term
Which approach to measuring social support is most associeated w/ positive physical and psychological health outcomes?
Definition
measuring the person's perception of how much support he or she could get from various people
Term
The decline researches have found in Type A behaviors in old age is most likely due ot
Definition
the earlier ages of death for type A individuals
Term
All of the following are denger differences that have been shown to exist in the relationship b/t social support and health
Definition
-women tend to have more extensive support systems than men
-women tend to enjoy more health benefits from social support than men
-women are often expected to provide more social support than men
Term
The fact that those individuals who have the highest levels of stress are the people who exhibit the greatest benefits of soical support in terms of their health best supports which mechanism/theory of the relationship b/t social support and health
Definition
-buffering hypothesis
Term
Gordon has been having alot of arguments w/ his father lately. to cope w/ this situation, gordon tries not to think about how bad things are b/t them. This is an example of ....
Definition
emotion-focused coping
Term
You find yourself in a stressful enironment. All of hte follwing conditions should help you cope with the stress
Definition
-being able to predict when a stressful stimulus will occur
-believing you have some control over the stressor
-having a good social network or social support system
Term
After working a stressful job for years, Kyle has developd high blood pressure and an ulcer. at what stage in the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) would it be most appropriate to place Kyle?
Definition
Exhaustion
Term
Type A personality is characterized by 3 major components....
Definition
Time urgency
-hostility
-competitiveness
Term
Lil likes to set her own pace at her job and feels like her success at work depends on the effort that she puts into it. If lily took Rotter's locus of control test she would probably be scored as an....
Definition
internal
Term
Marianne is preparing to give an oral report for her psychology class. Her stomach is tight and she perspires when she thiks about giving the reprot. She describes these feeligns as stress. This description focuses on stress as
Definition
response
Term
The continuous interactions and adjustments b/t a person and the environment are called ...
Definition
transactions
Term
Research on the relationship of hassles and uplifts to health has shown....
Definition
some relationship of hassles to health
Term
Teresa, who has breast cancer, has read several books on treatment for breast cancer and has watched a video on mastectomy surgery. Se is exercising....
Definition
informational control
Term
Both Royce and Harlan have strong biological predispositions for coronary heart disease (CHD). Royce has a supportive network of friends and family, a successful career, and is financially well-off. Harlan has very few close friends, has been unable to hold a steady job, and is a financial wreck. Royce has no symptomes of CHD, but Harlan does. Which perspective best explains why Harlan, but not Royce, exhibits the symptoms?
Definition
the Diathesis-stress model
Term
Which combination of attribution types is most likely to result in an individual becomign depressed, feeling helpless, and losing self-esteem?
Definition
internal, stable, global
Term
Which of the following statements about the general adaptation syndrom is correct?
Definition
it assumes that all stressors produce the same physiological reactions.
Term
What is one effect of epinepherine and norepinephrine on memory?
Definition
The enhance memories of stressors?
Term
A medieval knight met a dragon while he was crossing a bridge over a huge chasm. He perceived that his only options were to charge into battle with the deadly beast or leap from the bridge. He was experiencing a(n)
Definition
avoidance-avoidance conflict.
Term
Which of the following is NOT an emotion-focused coping approach?
Definition
trying to find out more about the stressful situation
Term
You are a researcher and need to include a physiological measure of stress in your next experiment. Which of the following could you use?
Definition
polygraph
Term
Richard Lazarus' cognitive appraisal model of stress is important b/c of its emphasis on
Definition
the role of perception in stress
Term
Which of the following has ben describe as the "deadly emotion" for Type A people?
Definition
hostility
Term
Janet was recently diagnosed as having leukemia. Research indicates that she might be in particular need of
Definition
emotional and esteem support
Term
Cynthia believes that, while having a good social support network helps her a great deal in times of stress, it really doesn't affect her well-being during other less stressful times of her life. She seems to be endorsing the __________ hypothesis regarding social support and health.
Definition
buffering
Term
Manuel has been accepted to medical school, which he sees as a real opportunity to use his knowledge in biology and his skills with peple. This situation represents the concept of ________ in the cognitive appraisal process.
Definition
challenge
Term
Al-omari deals with the stress of his daily painful skin medical treatments, by imagining himsself walking across campus again with his friends, laughing and joking with them. Al omari is using which type of conrol?
Definition
cognitive
Term
As you drive to school, the radio informs you that there is a traffic accident on an expresway near you. You determine that you will not be affected since you will exit well before any traffic gam will occur. the thought process in which you are engaging is called
Definition
primary appraisal
Term
A trained interviewr who intentionally annoys and interrupts her clients is probably looking for signs of
Definition
type a behavior
Term
the physiological portion of the rsponse to stress is called
Definition
reactivity
Term
The physiological portion of the response to stress is called
Definition
reactivity
Term
Studies on the effectiveness of biofeedback indicate that
Definition
children are better biofeedback subjects than adults
Term
When Joe's teacher unexpectedly required him to take on an extra project for a cleass tha trequires him to do additional work in the library at nights, his family agreed to provide child care for his 6-year old. In doing so, they were offering
Definition
instrumental support
Term
Rodney is extremely afriad of snakes. to deal w/ this problem, he is first shown a picture of snakes and told to releax while loking at it. He is likely receiving the treatment known as
Definition
systemic desensitization
Term
Problem-focused coping is least likely to be used under which of hte following situations?
Definition
death in the family
Term
on going assesment of available coping resources is called
Definition
secondary appraisal
Term
throughout her pregnancy, karla has taken natural childbirth classes where she ahs learned breathing techniques to use during labor. She has engaged in _________ control.
Definition
Behavioral
Term
Cheranita is experiencing the first stage of hte general adaptation syndrom. an environmental stresor has triggered a process in her brian in which the __________ activates the ___________ nervous system, which stimulates the adrenal gland, which secretes epinephrine.
Definition
hypothalamus; autonomic
Term
The term for beneficial, good, or functional, stress is
Definition
eustress
Term
Health conditions, such as stomach ulcers, migraine headaches, and hypertension, that are caused or exacerbated by stress are known as "diseases of ________"
Definition
adaptation
Term
Three-year-old suzie's parents are trying to prevent her from becomign overweight as an adult according to restraint theory, which of the following strategies are least likely to be successful?
Definition
if suzie's parents teach her which foods are "good" and which ones are "bad"
Term
Svetlana is aware of the recommendation to wear sunscreen when she is outdoors. She recognizes that she is at risk and should change her behavior to start wearing sunscreen on a regular basis. However, she has not actually begun changing her behavior, doesn't have a clear plan for doing so, and isn't very confident that she'll be able to change this behavior. With what stage of change is Svetlana's behavior/ set of cognitions most consisten?
Definition
contemplation
Term
Dr. Magoo is doing intervention research designed to decrease eating disorders among male high shcool wrestlers. He went to a local high school and conducted focus group interviews with members of the wrestling team to id some of the risk factors that lead to disordered eating in thsi population. Which step of intervention design does this activity best describe ?
Definition
elicitation research
Term
more than ________% of US adults do not get the recommended amount of exercise.
Definition
50%
Term
The leading cause of death during childhood and adolescence is
Definition
accidents
Term
True facts about anorexia nervosa.
Definition
most common in females
-marked by intense fears of becoming fat
-less prevalent than bulimia nervosa
-characterized by weight at or below 85% of normal
Term
All of hte following are mechanisms through wich heredity affects obesity, except
Definition
geneticts affect people's ability to attend to satiety cues
Term
Frank's favorite cigarettes of the day and the hardest to give up are those he has right after dinner. Frank decides to begin taking a walk after dinner instead of smoking. This is an example of .>>>
Definition
response substitution
Term
changes in american diet since 1980
Definition
-consumption of red meat has decreased
-consumption of fish has increased
-consumption of fruits and vegetables has increased
-consumption of sugars has increased
Term
An intervention designed to increase condom use among sexually active college women includes tasks such as a condom relay, role-playing how they would discuss consom use with their sexual partners, and watching a video in which a college aged woman successfully purchased condoms. These tasks were intended to increase the women's ......
Definition
self-efficacy for condom use
Term
What percentage of adults in the US do not engage in any regular exercise?
Definition
13.5%
Term
perceived behavioral control is most similar in meaning to which of the following terms?
Definition
self-efficacy
Term
A person who has a body mass index of ________________ is considred underweight.
Definition
less than 19 kg/m2
Term
Research in gender and health has shown that women...
Definition
tend to live logner than men
Term
Populations with a high socioeconomic status are _____ likely to have drinking problems as compared to low SES populations
Definition
more (shocking i know)
Term
Given the statistics on smoking, US adults of which ethnicity are at greatest risk for becoming regular smokers?
Definition
native american
Term
nicotine-based models of cigarette smoking
Definition
-focuses on the role of with drawl symptoms in explaining continuation of smoking
Term
Joe is tryign to incorporate more exercise into his life. He has developed a strategy of placing his walking shoes by his front door so that he sees them immediately upon return home from work each day. Joe is using....
Definition
cues to action
Term
What is a accurate description of the relationship b/t exercise and psychological functioning?
Definition
exercise is as effective as psychotherapy for treating mild to moderate depression.
Term
one of the shortcomings of the ehalth belief model is
Definition
that there is no standard way of measuring its component
Term
Todd removes al ashtrays from his car and home to help him to stop smoking. He is using a strategy called:
Definition
stimuls control
Term
On average, about _________ of smokers who try to quit on their own, w/out help of a good interention program are unsuccessful after 6 months....
Definition
97%
Term
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of
Definition
greather than 30
Term
What type of exercise is described as occuring at rating of perceived exertion of 11-14 on the Borg scale, at a level of 3-6 METs and that burns 3.5-7 calories/min?
Definition
moderate-intensity ex
Term
In an effort to improve th ediet and exercise habits of a rural population, two researchers designed an intervention that took place at local churches. The intervention included components such as having potluck dinners in which each of the participants was asked to bring a healthy dish, forming walking groups with other members of hte church, and having the minister incorporate discussions of the congregation's progress in his or her sermon. Which theoretical construct is most consistent with this intervention's heavy focus on getting support from annd workign with important others?
Definition
subjective norms
Term
follwing are demographic variables that predict success in smoking cessatioin programs:
Definition
-smoking less than 1 pack per day
-having little stress
-being of high SES
Term
Which of hte following constructs (i.e. factors) tends not tobe a significant predictor of behavior in empirical research studies, despite the fact that it's a part of one of hte major models of health behavior?
Definition
perceived severity/seriousness
Term
Women usually require fewer drinks to get drunk than men in part b/c.....
Definition
women have a smaller volume of blood than men of equal body weight
Term
alcoholism and problem drinking differe in that
Definition
alcoholics exhibit w/drawal symptoms when not drinking, whereas problem drinkers tend not to be physically addicted to alcohol
Term
Although the percent of people who smoke has decreased over the psat several decades, the tobacco industry is making more money than ever. Why?
Definition
-people who are smoking are more likely to be heavy smokers than in previous decades.
-Because the population has increased, the absolute number of smokers has increased even though the percent has decreased.
-U.S. tobacco compaines have increased exportation to other nations
Term
you call your boss to let her know you won't be in today because you ahve hte flu. You stay home where you take hte appropriate medicines, rest, and drink plenty of fluids. Your behaviors are examples of _____________ behaviors.
Definition
sick-role
Term
The psychological disorder associated w/ the highes rates of mortality is .......
Definition
anorexia nervosa
Term
Even effective interventions to stop problem drikign have about a __________ % drop out rate and a ________ % relapse among those who successfully finish the program
Definition
50, 50
Term
Some recent research suggesting that light to moderate alcohol use may be associeated w/ health benefits have focused on alcohol's ability to ________ LDL and _________ HDL.
Definition
decrease, increase
Term
When engagin in seconary prevention for serious problem drinkign and alcoholism, the first step of an intervention is often......
Definition
going through detoxification with the support of trained medical staff
Term
Reasons why it is difficult to intervien with adolescent populations to keep them from smoking:
Definition
-most adolescents plan to smoke temporarily and to quit before adulthood
-Many adolescents associate positive qualities with the prtotypical smoker
-Adolescents often feel invulnerable to all sorts of negative outcomes

(NOT: half of all adolescents are regular smokers)
Term
About 80% of the world's smokers are found in
Definition
developing countries (80% is a big number dude)
Term
Steve shows a persistent pattern of dirnkign too much and often drives drunk. He meets the criteria for the diagnosis of ....
Definition
substance abuse
Term
Which of hte following is not a factor in people's perceived threat of ilness or injury?
Definition
unrealistic optimism
Term
Binge eatign disorder facts
Definition
-mostcommon clinical eating disorder in the US
-frequent eipisodes of overeating, make person feeal out of control and ashamed.
-chronic dietiers, frequetnly losing weight emporairy and then gainit it back
Term
Biological _____ _______ makes it difficult for people to lose mcuh weight w/out triggering the body's system to guard agains famine
Definition
set point
Term
An unhealthy obsession wiht physical activity characterized by psychological dependenc and negative disruption of one's daily life including a neglect of one's obligations and social relationships, is known as
Definition
exercise addictions
Term
Thelma is upset w/ herself b/c she's just eaten a piece of chocolate cake and thinks she's completely blown her diet plan. She thinks that she shouldn't eat any cake at all while on her diet. She decides that she is just weak and not cut out for dieting, and eats the rest of the cake. This is an example of hte __________ _______ effect.
Definition
abstinence violation
Term
The class of surgical procedures for the treatment of extreme obesity, such as gastic bypass surgery, are known as __________ surgery.
Definition
-bariatric
Term
According to the Thranstheoretical model, what are the five stages of change from earliest to latest in progression toward adoption of a health behavior.
Definition
-precontemplation
-contemplation
-preparation
-action
-maintenance
Term
Type of prevention:Training delivery personal to wear back braces and lift heavy packages w/ their legs rather than using their back muscles in order to prevent development of chronic back pain
Definition
primary
Term
Type of prevention: Getting tested for an STD so that if one is found, it can be treated early, before it has a chance to get worse.
Definition
secondary
Term
Type of prevention: Conducting a testicular self-examination to check for tumors.
Definition
secondary prevention
Term
Type of prevention: A diabetic patient testing the glucose levels in his blood so that he can adapt his eating and insulin injectiosn accordingly
Definition
tertiary
Term
Type of prevention:Doing bypass surgery after someone has a heart attack.
Definition
tertiary
Term
Type of prevention: Having a legal drinking age of 21 to prevent teens form beginning to drink
Definition
primary
Term
Type of prevention: Getting an annual Pap smear to check for possible signs of cervical cancer
Definition
secondary
Term
Type of prevention: getting vaccinated against tetanus
Definition
primary.
Term
Second grader Sam left a tack on his teacher's chair. When Sam's teacher sat on the tack, she felt a sharp pain in a very specific area of her fanny. Based on this, waht type of fiber is most likely to have sent the signal of pain?
Definition
a-delta
Term
Somebody snithced on Sam. When his mom heard about his prank, she gave him a spanking. Now his bottom is sore with a dull aching pain. What type of fiber is most likely to be sending thesignal for sam's pain?
Definition
C-fiber
Term
Name some psychological strategies for coping with mild to moderate pain?
Definition
-reducing negative emotions
-distracting himself from his pain
-doing a relaxation exercise
Term
Sam has decided to eas his pain by chlling his ass on an icepack. The ice reduces his experience of pain both by numbing the area and also by activating nerve fibers that signal non-painful sensation. Based on this, what type of fiber is the pleasant sensation of cold moste likely to be traveling through?
Definition
a-beta
Term
All of hte following are ways in which pain medicatiosn reduce pain, except?
Definition
by increasing the amount of substance P released by the brain.
Term
During painful leg-strengthening exercise following knee surgery, marvin continued to tell himself, "it hurts, but this must be done if i am to walk with out a limp." he was using the cognitive strategy of .........
Definition
redefinition.
Term
Monique has noticed a lump in her armpit. She perceives this lump to definetely be a sign of illness, but doens't know what type of illness. She thinks that it could be breast cancer, but also thinks it could jsut be that her lymph nodes in her armpit are swollen b/c of hte flu. She figures that, if it's the flu, it will go away on its own in a week or so. Accordingly, she decides to wait about a week to see if it resolves itself. Monique's decision to wait and see if it gets better on its own illustrates which of hte following types of delay?
Definition
illness delay
Term
Monique decides to talk to her best friend, jen, to get her opinion about what she should do about her lump. Jen tells her that she ahd a lump like Monique's a couple of years ago and it turned out that it was no big deal. Jen's doctor had tolder her to use a hot compress on the slump and it went away on its own, so Jen suggest that Monique do the same. Monique's seekign Jen's advice is an example of using....
Definition
her lay referral system.
Term
Its been two weeks sinc Monique first noticed the lump. She never developed any other symptoms of hte flu, and the lump hasn't gone away, so now she's pretty wel convinced that she's got breast cancer. The thought of this possiblity is frightening to her. She has decided that she needs to go see a doctor and has alrdady commiteed to herself that she'll call for an appointment soon, but keeps coming up wiht excuses for putting it off. Which type of delay does Monique's unwillingness to make an appointment illustrate?
Definition
utilization delay
Term
The lower frequency of health care usuage by lower SES classes is partly accounted for by
Definition
mistrust of hte health care system
Term
Which individual would be most likely to notice internal sensations such as pain?
Definition
a single person at home reading a boring textbook
Term
Dr. Philips provides her patients with a lot of opportunity to tell her about their illness experience, including their observations about symptomes, what is important to them, their opinions, desires, and goals for treatment, and views her job as making her patients aware of hte opitons that are available for treatment and allowing them to choose their preferred course of action. What type of Patient-practitioner relationship does this represent?
Definition
mutual participation
Term
Which of the following is among the characteristics comon to neuralgia, caualgia, and phantom limb pain?
Definition
the pain they produce is present long after tissue damage has healed.
Term
Giselle suffers from migraine headaches. Like most migraine sufferers, these come and go. She can have several weeks w/out a migraine, but then have one that is so bad it prefents her from going to school or work. Giselle's pain is best characterized as
Definition
chronic=recurrent pain
Term
Tim has a stabbing pain in his back but his physician can not find any injury to his spinal cord or surrounding muscle. This pain is mosl likely classified as
Definition
psychogenic pain
Term
Which of hte following statements about pain is not true?
Definition
pain tend to discourage sufferers from seeking medical care
Term
Which of the following best states the relation ship b/t stress and pain?
Definition
stress may cause pain and pain may cause stress.
Term
Rochelle suffers from phantom limb pain, ever since her leg was amputated following a car accident. She deals with the constant pain by focusing on her personal exercies and rehabilitation program, lifting weights, and swimming several times a day. This is an example of...
Definition
active coping
Term
What is not true about the differences b/t HMOs as compared to PPOs and FFS systems?
Definition
patients w/ HMO plans tend to report less satisfaction w/ the cost of their medical care as compared to PPO or FFS patients
Term
Those exhibiting hypochondriasis are people who tend to....
Definition
associate real but benign bodily sensatiosn w/ illness
Term
What isn't a weakness of US healthcare compared to nationalized ones?
Definition
on average, patients must wait longer ot see healthcare practitioners in the U.S than in nationalized systems.
Term
According to hte video viewed in class on teh treatment of chronic pain, which of the following is not true of hte use of narcotics in treating this kind of pain?
Definition
patients who take narcotics for chronic non-cancer pain are likely to be come addicted to them over time and are at a significate risk of abusing these drugs
Term
A four-year-old burn patient is recovering more slowly than expected. A psychologist observes that medical staff are reinforcing some of the child's behaviors ans allowing her to avoid uncomforable activities. She suggests that medical staff ignore the pain behaviors and reinforce the coping behaviors. The psychologist is advocating principles of .....
Definition
operant conditioning
Term
Forence has rheumatoid arthritis, and experiences a great deal of pain in her hands and finger joints. Unfortunately, her physicians predict that her rheumatoid arthritis will continue to get worste with time, causeing more and more pain as she ages. She takes medication for her condition, but hte pain doesn't really ever go away completely. Florence's arthritis is an example of
Definition
chronic-progressive pain
Term
IN his classic work on the meaning of pain in soldiers and surgical patients, Beecher found which of the following?
Definition
soldiers were far less likely to request medication
Term
According to the gate-control theory of pain, the proposed gating mechanism is found in the
Definition
substantia gelatinosa of hte spinal cord
Term
Which of hte following is true of hte relationship b/t patient-practitioner interactions and patients' health?
Definition
when physicians provide the amount of info patients want, weather a lot or a little, their patients tend to have better health outcome
Term
Which statement best summarizes the impact of hypnosis in pain control?
Definition
regardless of wether a person received hypnosi or relaxation therapy, persons who are high in hypnotic suggestibility benefit the most.
Term
Which of the following patients is most likely ot be undermedicated?
Definition
8 year old jamie
Term
An accurate conclusion regarding the effectiveness of alternative medicines is that
Definition
some methods appear to have medical value.
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examples of rational non adherence
Definition
-lindy, who stops her diet b/c she isn't losing weight
-Mike, who skips chemotherapy b/c it makes him so sick he can't spend quality time with his children
-vanessa, who stops buying her medicine b/c she can't afford it
Term
Type of Pain Condition: chronic paint that, for reasons that aren't understood, gets worse and intensifies as time goes on
Definition
hyperalgia
Term
Type of Pain Condition: Recurrent burning pain that often occurs at hte location of a prior injury (gunshot), but occurs after the area has healed and where there is no evidence of remaining nerve damage
Definition
causalgia
Term
Type of Pain Condition: Pain that orginates in one part of the body (usually an organ), but that subjectively feels as though it is coming from another, usually more external (superficial), part of hte body.
Definition
referred pain
Term
Type of Pain Condition: Recurrent shooting pain that occurs along the path of a nerve, often w/ no obvious physical/organic cause; can be worse in response to light than to painful touch
Definition
neuralgia
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