According to the text, the development of the field of health psychology beginning in the 1970s was fueled by
a. a rise in the rate of infectious diseases.
b. rising health care costs.
c. increased barriers to entering private practice and academia.
d. more than one of the above
Question 2Dr. Stanley, who is treating a patient with hypertension, believes that nutritional deficiencies, behavior patterns, and family interactions all contribute to the disease. Dr. Stanley appears to endorse the __________ model of health and illness.
a. biopsychosocial
b. psychosocial
c. biomedical
d. psychosomatic
Question 3The biopsychosocial model acknowledges that __________ may influence illness and health.
a. cognitions
b. genetic predispositions
c. life events
d. all of the above
Question 4Ian has been described by friends and family as driven to succeed, competitive, and occasionally hostile towards others. In health psychology terms, Ian would be said to have a __________ personality.
a. borderline
b. Type A
c. overachieving
d. psychasthenic
Question 5By about __________, researchers in the field of psychosomatic medicine began to identify some diseases, including __________, as caused by psychological factors.
a. the 1980s; hypertension
b. the 1940s; peptic ulcer disease
c. the 1920s; heart disease
d. the 1960s; lung cancer
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