PSY 382 Exam 1 Review - 2/8/2022 (n = 40)

What day is Star Wars Day?

The role of psychometrics in research is to establish

College graduates generally have a higher death rate than high school dropouts

the response to the manipulation

The placebo can affect psychological disorders, but it has no effect on biological processes

·        Neuroticism tends to reflect strong and often negative emotional reactions

ongoing illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke

This model/theory includes perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers

What is the Top-Grossing 2022 Movie?

ex post facto design

Behavioral Theory uses principles of operant conditioning to explain what behaviors will be strengthened or decreased

inactive substance/condition that has the appearance of an active treatment and that may cause participants to improve

The number of new cases of a particular disease during a specific period of time is incidence

investigates factors that contribute to health or disease in a particular population

Examples of personal factors that influence seeking medical attention

Mickey Mouse first appeared on screens in the year

any characteristic/condition that occurs with greater frequency in people with a disease vs. people without a disease

traditional view of western medicine, which defines health as the absence of disease

Most people in the United States die of chronic diseases

the arrangement in which neither participants nor experimenters know about treatment conditions

Self-efficacy = belief in capacity to exercise control over own functioning/environmental events

Negative punishment = taking away a reinforcing item after the undesired behavior happens to decrease future responses

average age at which individuals in a given sex and geographic area can expect to live

Nonadherence to medication regimens is ~ ?%

adherence

propose that people pass through discrete stages as they attempt to change their behavior

Positive punishment involves adding an aversive consequence after an undesired behavior is emitted to decrease future re

Name that theory/model

the world's best-selling album of recorded music

compare at least two groups to be able to draw cause and effect conclusions

theories that fail to account for the demographic and economic factors that may affect people’s health behaviors

people’s beliefs that given behaviors will produce valuable outcomes

Name that theory/model

a person’s motivation at a given moment to engage in a risky behavior 

People without insurance are less likely to have a regular physician and more likely to have a chronic health problem

Despite national media coverage to the contrary, poverty is not related to the mortality rate in the United States

What method is depicted below?

People often seek medical information from their family and friends, also known as their lay referral network

This model/theory includes a Motivational Phase and a Volitional Phase

explain adherence with a single set of factors that apply equally to all regardless of existing levels or motivation