103H midterm

Average rate of nonadherence was ____ over the past 50 years.

In 1900, most deaths were from diseases rooted in _____ or ______ health problems

Leading cause of death in 1900

According to the biopsychosocial view, ______ is much more than the absence of _____

Older people have to decide whether symptoms are ____ _____ or something else

Views that emotional conflicts are a precursor to certain diseases led to the view of specific illnesses as what?

A perspective that considers disease to result from exposure to a specific disease-causing organism.

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T/F: women are more likely to adhere in comparison to men

What are most deaths today attributable to?

Some people classify ______ and ______ techniques as alternative treatment or mind-body medicine

Leading cause of death in 2019

Consist of live microorganisms that occur naturally in the digestive tract that people take to enhance digestion

People prefer male doctors

Mothers who are ______ during the pregnancy are more likely to deliver preterm babies and babies with lower birth weight

Which of these is NOT involved in experiencing pain?

Which leukocyte is involved in phagocytosis?

Mixture of both conventional medicine and alternative medicine

Which of these behaviors does NOT increase the relationship between stress and disease?

Hospitalization is _____ common now for many types of surgery and tests.

Health care costs in the U.S are ______ than any other country

Where does the US rank in the world of life expectancy?

What is most responsible for the change in life expectancy from 1900 – 2019?

Which of these is NOT a stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

In the exhaustion stage of general adaptation syndrome, the body is depleted and can lead to _______

System that transports lymph through the body.

The part of the PNS that serves the skin and voluntary muscles.

The life expectancy difference does not apply to _______ ______ although they have similar socioeconomic disadvantages.

Advances in medical care are responsible for the increase in life expectancy

What is progressive muscle relaxation NOT used to manage?

What percentage of people in the US have a chronic condition?

Which country has the longest life expectancy?

Which of these is NOT a main theory of pain?

As people _____ ______ they develop chronic diseases

T/F: the evidence suggests that nonadherence is not specific to a given situation but is a global personality trait

The central nervous system consists of what?

Avoiding disease by adopting a ______ is even more preferable to treating diseases or screening for risks.

Life expectancy of European Americans alone when ranked

What percentage of people with low back pain have a cause identified?

Patients significantly _____ likely to follow medical advice when a doctor communicates ______

Health psychologists are ________ first and _______ second, but the training in health is extensive.

T/F: placebos may be considered ethical

T/F: reassuring a child is not an effective way to reduce fear in either the child or the parent.

T/F: The interaction between a patient and practitioner is an important consideration in receiving medical care.

people conjure up a calm, peaceful image then concentrate on that image for the duration of a situation

Deaths in the 1900s were the result of contact with all EXCEPT

T/F: in the 1900s people felt no control over whether they got sick

Studies designed to yield information concerning the degree of relationship between two variables.

Which of these is NOT a place where a clinical health psychologist would be employed?

What problem is guided imagery NOT effective for?

What problem is biofeedback NOT effective for?

Women tend to report _____ body symptoms and distress than men

Duration of illness in 1900s was very ______

What problems are mindfulness and transcendental meditation NOT effective for?

Positive reinforcement may create pain traps that turn ______ pain into ______ pain.

Improvement in what health behavior will likely lead to the largest reduction in mortality rates?

African Americans are ________ as likely to die in infancy as European Americans.

Which of these is NOT in the top 5 most expensive diseases to treat in the U.S.?

People with a network of ______ and _____ are more likely to adhere to medical treatments.

What are leading causes of death for adults 45-64 but not for young adults and children?

Which of these factors is NOT considered one of the most important factors for change in life expectancy?

Life expectancy for African Americans alone when ranked

Increased used of technology has added to the ____________ and _____ of being in the hospital.

T/F: socioeconomic disadvantages translate to health disadvantages

The cells of the immune system that produce immunity.

The more a placebo resembles an effective treatment, the _____ the placebo effect.

Pain is both a ______ and _______ experience

Before there is a study, there is a ______

A system of medicine that originated in India more than 2,000 years ago

The sham surgery was ___ effective as the actual surgery in relieving knee pain.

subjective measures of socioeconomic status have a _____ relationship with health than objective measures

What is another way to describe the parasympathetic nervous system?

Who is most likely to use CAM?

What problem is hypnosis NOT effective for?

the changing pattern of disease and death in the United States is from ________ to _______

Hormone that can be used as an index of stress

A measure of the frequency of new cases of a disease or disorder during a specified period of time.

Which of these is NOT complementary medicine?

____ _______ people are more likely to use alternative care because they can afford it.

Unique and powerful events that could be intentional or unintentional

Which of these is NOT a type of pain?

What is the current life expectancy in the US?

A recurrent, throbbing, very painful headache

Sensory neurons that relay information from sense organs toward the brain

_________ people may die in the U.S. because they fail to adhere to medical advice.

If a doctor finds the information a patient provides _______ and _________, the patient-doctor relationship may benefit.

T/F: people with disease have to feel ill

process of physical damage within the body, which can exist even in the absence of a label or diagnosis.

Which of these is NOT an appraisal of stress

Almost ___ of people seeking conventional care also seek alternative care