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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mickey Mouse first appeared on screens in the year

What method is depicted below?

Examples of personal factors that influence seeking medical attention

The role of psychometrics in research is to establish

Nonadherence to medication regimens is ~ ?%

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

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

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

ex post facto design

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

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

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

Name that theory/model

What day is Star Wars Day?

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

ongoing illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke

the response to the manipulation

people’s beliefs that given behaviors will produce valuable outcomes

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

Most people in the United States die of chronic diseases

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

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

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

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

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

·        Neuroticism tends to reflect strong and often negative emotional reactions

Name that theory/model

adherence

What is the Top-Grossing 2022 Movie?

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

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

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

the world's best-selling album of recorded music