Mock exam q's - Week 7

Question 1

Which of the following is not a stressor?
A. Attending a work interview
B. Winning the lottery
C. Watching a movie.
D. Self-talk.

Answer 1

C. Watching a movie.

Question 2

Stress and health can be viewed as:

a. stimulus, response and consequence
b. stimulus and response
c. response, stimulus and process
d. none of the above

Answer 2

c. response, stimulus and process

Question 3

Common physical symptoms of stress are:

a. shaking
b. dry mouth, palpitations and insomnia
c. dry mouth, palpitations, appetite changes and insomnia
d. sweating

Answer 3

c. dry mouth, palpitations, appetite changes and insomnia

Question 4

The activation of the endocrine system upon stress results in:

a. elevated BP, increased HR, and dilated pupils.
b. elevated BP, increased HR, diverted blood supply and dilated pupils
c. the secretion of cortisol
d. the secretion of catecholamines

Answer 4

c. the secretion of cortisol

Question 5

The two Whitehall studies found that:

a. members of parliament in the UK smoked more because of stress.
b. members of parliament in the UK were stressed.
c. low control over work predicted heart disease
d. higher status civil servants had more heart disease.

Answer 5

c. low control over work predicted heart disease

Question 6

What is a phase of the GAS?

a. Resistance
b. Exhaustion
c. alarm reaction
d. all of the above

Answer 6

d. all of the above

Question 7

What is a limitation of Hans Selye’s work on stress?

a. He did not consider burnout.
b. He ignored disease models.
c. He did not include anticipated or imagined threats.
d. He did not come up with an anti-vaccine.

Answer 7

c. He did not include anticipated or imagined threats.

Question 8

What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law?

a. Catecholamines increase upon immediate stress.
b. Cortisol increase upon immediate stress.
c. Arousal and performance relate in a U-curve.
d. Arousal and stress relate in a U-curve.

Answer 8

c. Arousal and performance relate in a U-curve.

Question 9

Which of the following areas can have protective functions?

a. Genetic
b. Political events
c. Community events
d. All of the above.

Answer 9

d. All of the above.

Question 10

In the 1970s health promotion initiatives included:

a. health education and counselling regarding lifestyle changes
b. illness prevention
c. lifestyle education such as stress management
d. all of the above.

Answer 10

d. all of the above.

Question 11

In the 1980s, what became important in health promotion?

a. Changing the society and political environment.
b. Social marketing methods.
c. More intuitive counselling for lifestyle.
d. Personal trainers for lifestyle.

Answer 11

a. Changing the society and political environment.

Question 12

Population interventions are referred to as:

a. upstream
b. midstream
c. downstream
d. none of the above.

Answer 12

a. upstream

Question 13

If we were to ban the growing and sale of tobacco using government policy, this would be referred to as:

a. upstream.
b. midstream
c. downstream
d. none of the above.

Answer 13

a. upstream.

Question 14

Going to your GP when you are sick refers to . . . . . intervention.

a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
d. none of the above.

Answer 14

c. secondary

Question 15

Finding ways to help care for MS sufferers refers to . . . . . intervention.

a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
d. none of the above.

Answer 15

a. tertiary

Question 16

Most but not all tertiary interventions are:

a. upstream
b. midstream.
c. downstream
d. none of the above.

Answer 16

c. downstream

Question 17

Why is behaviour as important as diseases for health professionals?

a. Because behaviours can lead to diseases and also lead to improvements in diseases.
b. Because behaviour causes disease.
c. Because we can change it but we cannot change diseases.
d. Because it provides more employment for health practitioners.

Answer 17

a. Because behaviours can lead to diseases and also lead to improvements in diseases.

Question 18

Which is not one of the main theories of psychology?

a. Pan-theoretic behaviour change.
b. Behavioural and learning theories.
c. Cognitive psychology
d. Health belief model

Answer 18

a. Pan-theoretic behaviour change.

Question 19

The three major learning/conditioning theories in psychology are:

a. classical, operant and consequential
b. classical, baroque and social
c. classical, operant and behavioural.
d. classical, operant and social.

Answer 19

d. classical, operant and social.

Question 20

What are the three components of operant conditioning?

a. Antecedents, behaviours and consequence
b. Antecedents, behaviours and conditioning
c. Antecedents, operants and conditioning
d. Antecedents, operants and classical conditioning

Answer 20

a. Antecedents, behaviours and consequence

Question 21

What are the three components of a behavioural change program?

a. stop, look, listen
b. finding the antecedents, watching the behaviour and noting the consequences
c. noting the antecedents, watching the behaviour and finding the consequences
d. selecting the target behaviour, identifying the current contingencies, and measuring and recording behaviour.

Answer 21

d. selecting the target behaviour, identifying the current contingencies, and measuring and recording behaviour.

Question 22

Cognitive theories propose:

a. other people’s behaviour is guided by what we think of them
b. our behaviour is guided by what people think about us
c. we are not affected by things but by our perceptions of things
d. our cognitive processes affect our thinking.

Answer 22

c. we are not affected by things but by our perceptions of things

Question 23

The health belief model is an example of which psychological theory?

a. Behavioural and learning theories
b. Cognitive psychology
c. Learning theories only
d. Behaviour theories only

Answer 23

b. Cognitive psychology

Question 24

The main addition of the transtheoretical model of behavioural change to other models is:

a. people move forward through stages of change.
b. it includes all the other theories within it
c. that there are stages of change and interventions must be appropriate to the stage
d. all of the above.

Answer 24

c. that there are stages of change and interventions must be appropriate to the stage

Question 25

Briefly stage 4 types of social support that promote recovery.

Answer 25

1. Community 2. Family. 3. Spiritual. 4. Internet

Question 26

Briefly describe an area where health promotion programs have been effective in changing behaviour.

Answer 26

Smoking cessation.

Question 27

Define stress.

Answer 27

The physiological response to an event.

Question 28

Make a list of 6 social determinants of health that impact on people in your city, town or region.

Answer 28

1. Employment 2. Housing. 3. Transport. 4. Education level. 5. Home environment. 6. Food security