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This set of Health Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Health Psychology Set 3

Q1 | -----------is the seat of primary emotions
  • Thalamus
  • Adrenal gland
  • Thyroid gland
  • None of these
Q2 | ------------is a term used synonymously with the term ‘need’
  • Urge
  • Desire
  • Want
  • All
Q3 | ---------------is a basic emotion of man
  • Anger
  • Fear
  • Love
  • All
Q4 | The first one year of life is called ---------------
  • Pre-school age
  • Infancy
  • School ag
Q5 | I.Q is related with ..........
  • Intelligence
  • Emotion
  • Folkways
  • Mathematics
Q6 | Important source of Social support for an individual is from...
  • Family
  • Community
  • School
  • None of these
Q7 | The correct order of Hans Seyle's General Adaptation Syndrome are
  • Alarm, resistance, exhaustion
  • Resistance, alarm, exhaustion
  • Exhaustion, alarm, resistance
  • Alarm, exhaustion, resistance
Q8 | _____ personalities are at a greater risk for coronary heart disease.Discuss
  • Type D
  • Type B
  • Type C
  • Type A
Q9 | Which professionals did Jones et al. (2003) find to have a particularly high prevalence ofstress?
  • Nurses and teachers
  • Nurses and police officers
  • Police officers and teachers
  • Doctors and nurses
Q10 | Stress management training is based on a ______ theory of stress.
  • cognitive
  • behavioural
  • psychodynamic
  • cognitive behavioural
Q11 | The goals of stress management training are to:
  • identify and change cognitive distortions.
  • reduce high levels of muscular tension.
  • identify and reduce triggers using problem-solving strategies.
  • All of the the above
Q12 | Cognitive restructuring involves identifying and challenging the accuracy of stressenduring thoughts. Therapists often use the Socratic Method (Beck, 1976) which is also known as:
  • guided tour.
  • escorted tour.
  • guided discovery.
  • escorted discovery.
Q13 | Meichenbaum (1985) suggested that some cognitive therapy could be combined withbehavioural interventions. What did he call his approach?
  • Stress inoculation therapy
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Stress immunisation therapy
  • None of the above
Q14 | Well's (2000) approach to managing emotional distress is known as the:
  • self-Regulatory Executive Function model.
  • self-regulation model.
  • stress inhibition model.
  • stress-regulation model.
Q15 | What are the goals of meta-cognitive therapy (Wells 2000)?
  • Increasing flexibility in response to stressful situations
  • Encouraging engagement in feared situations
  • Using mindfulness to help cope with difficult thoughts or emotions
  • All of the above
Q16 | Cognitive restructuring involves:
  • identifying self-talk that is contributing to stress, and challenging it.
  • preparing positive self-talk to say to oneself at times of stress.
  • interrupting the flow of stressogenic self-talk with more positive talk.
  • distraction away from stressogenic thoughts.
Q17 | Frequent challenges to stressful assumptions that can be used in guided discovery are:
  • Are there any other ways I can think about this situation?
  • What evidence is there that supports or denies my assumption?
  • Could I be making a mistake in the way I am thinking?
  • All of the above
Q18 | When is relaxation best used?
  • Immediately following times of significant stress
  • At times of great stress
  • At times of both low and high stress
  • As part of a meditation routine
Q19 | What are the key goals of ACT?
  • Cognitive defusion
  • Acceptance
  • Contact with the present moment
  • All of the above
Q20 | Interventions designed to reduce stress in children having surgery include:
  • verbal information about any relevant issues.
  • playing with the equipment they will see during their operation prior to the operation.
  • a trip to the operating department.
  • All of the above
Q21 | The psychological goal of most information based interventions designed to reduce thestress associated with operations is:
  • to minimise physiological arousal.
  • to increase perceptions of control.
  • to allow people to forget about things they cannot control.
  • to help people distract from worrying thoughts.
Q22 | What is the ideal environment for starting to learn relaxation?
  • Listening to instructions on headphones to avoid distraction
  • In a group context using biofeedback
  • At home listening to deep music and taped instructions
  • Led by a trained practitioner in a quiet room and comfortable chair
Q23 | Which of the following is the "silent killer" because it usually has no symptoms?
  • hemophilia
  • stroke
  • high cholesterol
  • high blood pressure
Q24 | Why is atherosclerosis especially dangerous when found in the coronary arteries?
  • It can cause a heart attack.
  • It can restrict blood flow to the heart muscle.
  • It can lead to coronary artery disease.
  • All of the above options are correct.
Q25 | Which of the following is associated with atherosclerosis?
  • high cholesterol diet
  • increased exercise
  • low-salt diets
  • including fruit and vegetables in every meal