Health Psychology. Review. Exam 2

Front 1

What type of social support do people find most helpful with chronic illness?

Back 1

Support groups (p. 300)
Physiological interventions (notes)

Front 2

What would be the most helpful reaction when finding out one had breast cancer?

Back 2

Fighting Spirit

Front 3

When a HIV positive woman gives birth to a child, what is used so the child can’t get HIV?

Back 3

Antiretroviral therapy

Front 4

Injection drug use is responsible

Back 4

For the second most frequent source of HIV infection

Front 5

What is likely to result in HIV infection

Back 5

AIDS – result of exposure to HIV infection

Front 6

What ethnic group is the lowest risk for Type 2 diabetes?

Back 6

European Americans

Front 7

Insulin is a

Back 7

Hormone that enhances glucose intake to the cells.

Front 8

Alzheimer’s disease cannot be?

Back 8

Cured but the physical symptoms and other accompanying diseases can be treated

Front 9

Cervical cancer is related to….

Back 9

A) sexual behavior of women.
B) reproductive history of women.
C) sexual behavior of woman's sex partners.
D) All of the above

Front 10

Skin cancer is more common among?

Back 10

North Americans who lived in sunny climates.

Light-skinned, fair haired, blue-eyed individuals

Front 11

If you have a family history of breast cancer, how can you reduce your chances for breast cancer?

Back 11

Start early detection by getting mammograms.

Modifying their behavior, such as changing diet and quitting smoking

Front 12

What is the current research on a diet that protects you from cancer?

Back 12

Vitamin A, vitamin C, selenium, beta-carotene, and food high in anti-oxidants called flavonols may help prevent cancer, but research has not yet produced clear evidence for their effectiveness. Also, vitamin supplements have not been proven to reduce cancer risks for people who are currently eating a balanced diet.

Front 13

What is the most likely ingredient in pizza that protects you from cancer?

Back 13

Tomato sauce that contain a specific nutrient- lycopene

Front 14

The introduction of refrigeration and food additives has been linked strongly to?

Back 14

Sharp decline in stomach cancer

Front 15

With regard to radiation and cancer, evidence suggest that…

Back 15

longtime cumulative exposure to high levels of radiation increases the risk of death from several cancers

Front 16

With regard to asbestos and cancer prolong

Back 16

Longtime exposure can produce risk for lung cancer depending on the type ofabestos and frequency and duration of exposure

Front 17

What is the strongest inherent risk factor for cancer?

Back 17

Inherent risks for cancer include family history, ethnic background, and advancing age

Front 18

18) Women whose mothers developed breast cancer before age 40, compared with those whose mothers did not have cancer are…

Back 18

more than twice as likely to have breast cancer

Front 19

The toxic component of hostility seems to be?

Back 19

Anger

Front 20

Smoking is the leading behavior risk factor for cardiovascular death in the US but …

Back 20

cardiovascular deaths due to smoking have begun to decline

Front 21

Compared with European Americans, African Americans (Hypertension, Cardiovascular mortality)

Back 21

have more than 30% greater risk for cardiovascular deaths and have higher levels of risk factors for heart disease as European Americans

Front 22

What strategies would ordinarily be recommended to heart patients?

Back 22

Lifestyle changes. Quit smoking, monitor diet, exercise

Front 23

Type A individuals are competitive, angry, and constantly in a hurry, what is their greatest risk for heart disease

Back 23

Anger may produce cardivascular reactivity which is an increase in blood pressure and heart rate due to frustration or harassment

Front 24

Explain why low levels of education have a high rate of death from cardiovascular disease?

Back 24

They are more likely to be overweight, have higher blood pressure, and have less access to the health care system

Front 25

If you have a total cholesterol of 200 but a HDL of 60 is your cholesterol good?

Back 25

HDL is in the desirable range > 60

Front 26

26) A disorder characterized by a restriction of oxygen to the heart, a sensation of crushing pain, and a difficulty in breathing but no unconsciousness or damage to myocardium is

Back 26

Angina pectoris

Front 27

The decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease during the last four decades of the 20th century

Back 27

Has been due to two factors: better medical care and healthier lifestlyes

Front 28

The pattern of death rates from cardiovascular disease in the US since 1920 most nearly resembles

Back 28

Bell-shaped curve

Front 29

What are the effective ways of treating high blood pressure?

Back 29

Drugs, changes in lifestyle and behavior-controlling weight, maintaining a regular exercise program, and restricting sodium intake

Front 30

Which of the following medical procedures would be regarded as invasive?

Back 30

Angiography

Front 31

When exercising, what is the most common procedure to measure electrical activity?

Back 31

Stress test (ECG)

Front 32

If a blood pressure is 149/95, what does that mean?

Back 32

Stage 1 Hypertension

Front 33

Which cancer has the highest incidence (but not the highest death rate)for women in the US?

Back 33

Breast cancer has the highest incidence (but not death rate) of any cancer in the United States.