Peshawar College of Physical Education, Peshawar

PSYCH 1111

Graded Quiz Unit 6

1)A doctor has the power to turn a person into a patient simply by legitimizing their symptoms. True or False?

2) According to your readings, illness beliefs about a problem will give the problem meaning and will enable the individual to develop and consider suitable coping strategies. True or False?

3. Stress that is harmful and damaging is called eustress. True or False?

4. According to your readings, the most immediate consequences of being                                                           are

                                     , including                       ,                 ,                    , and a                                          .

1. Obese, psychological, low self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, general lack of confidence Correct
2. Obese, physiological, low self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, general lack of confidence
3. Chronically ill, psychological, low self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, general lack of confidence

4. Chronically ill, physiological, low self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, general lack of confidence

5. At Stage 1 of the Self Regulatory Model of illness behavior (SRM), an individual may be confronted with the problem of a potential illness through two channels:

                                                or                           .

1. symptom perceptions; interpretations
2. social messages; symptom perceptions
3. social messages; interpretations
4. social perceptions; symptom messages

6. Symptoms refer to physician identified conditions such as raised blood pressure. True or False?

7. Research indicates that the behaviors that predict coronary heart disease also predict mortality. True or False?

8. Research has shown that hostility is not only an important risk factor for the development of heart disease but also a trigger for heart attack. True or False?

9. Examples of avoidance coping are taking pills, going to the doctor, etc. True or False?

10. Current models of pain view pain as an automatic response to an external factor. True or False? F

11. According to your readings, which of the of the following is/are key risk factors for coronary heart disease?

1. smoking
2. diet
3. stress
4. high blood pressure
5. all of the above

12. According to Lazarus’ transactional model of stress, primary appraisal involves the appraisal of the outside world and secondary appraisal involves an appraisal of the individual themselves. True or False?

13. Illness beliefs provide patients with a framework or a schema for coping with and understanding their illness and telling patients what to look out for if they are becoming ill. True or False?

14. According to your readings on illness beliefs and mental health, stigma remains a fundamental barrier to effective and efficient community treatment or recovery-oriented policies for mental health. True or False?

15. According to your readings on illness beliefs and mental health, the experience of stigma and dissatisfaction with quality of life among people with mental illness does not shape behavior. Ture or False?

16. According to your readings, an example of an obesogenic environment would be going to the gym. True or False?

17. Symptom perception is influenced by four main sources of information. Those are:

1. mood; bodily data; cognitions; social context
2. bodily data; stress; cognitions; social context
3. cognitions; signs; stress; social context
4. social context; signs; stress; bodily data
5. social context; signs; stress; mood

18. According to your readings, which of the of the following is a key way to treat obesity?

1. behavior modification
2. medication
3. surgery
4. all of the above
5. a & b only

19. According to Lazarus, which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which an event can be appraised during primary appraisal?

1. irrelevant
2. benign and positive
3. stressful
4. harmful and a threat
5. harmful and a challenge

20. Help-seeking behavior is the process of                                                                            for a health related problem. According to the biomedical model, help-seeking refers to two factors:

                          and                                        .

1. health behavior; symptoms; signs
2. deciding to get professional help; symptoms; signs
3. symptoms; signs; deciding to get professional help