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Midterm study Qs
TOPICS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
What is the German/Alto- Saxon original meaning of the word “HEALTH”?
Describe Hippocrates influence on HP.
Describe Galen’s theory of Humours.
In a historical context, how was health thought of in Christendom? Renaissance?
Explain the Mind-Body problem?
Provide the following definitions: Health, Health Psychology.
What is a toxic environment and give 1 example of one.
Describe the differences between the biomedical and the biopsychosocial model. What are
each of their criticisms? Which one does Health Psychology rely on?
List and describe the 4 approaches to health psychology.
List the levels of the Common Framework for HP, and explain 5 characteristics of the
framework.
What is meant by health is not settled? How should the practice of health psychology be
understood?
Explain ‘secret India’ and the claims they made. Explain how these effects influenced
western practices.
What is the importance of culture on how we think about health and illness?
What are health belief systems? What are the three types of belief systems?
What are the Chinese views of health? Explain Taoism.
What is Ayurvedic medicine?
What are the African Health Beliefs?
Describe complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM)?
What are the Christian ideas in terms of health beliefs?
Describe the two types of biomedicine? What is an example of a failed assumption in
biomedicine?
What is the importance of understanding health belief systems?
From a social construct, what factors is health dependent on?
What is an STI? What are the 3 types of STIs? Name the two more serious, and rare cases
on STIs.
What is the greatest affected age group for common STIs?
Describe the incidence of HIV in Canada. How many of these people are unaware? Why
may an incidence of HIV not be reported right away?
What is the main role of social scientists and health psychologists in addressing the
problem of STIs?
Is there an appropriate amount of knowledge among people about the spread of HIV aids?
What is risky sexual behaviour? Why would people not use condoms to protect
themselves?
What are individual level theories?
Explain the health belief model. What reviews did this model receive?
Describe Protection Motivation Theory.
Describe Theory of Reasoned Action.
Describe the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
Describe the Info-Motivation-Behavioural skills model.
Describe the Common Sense Model.
Describe the Transtheoretical Model/ Stages of Change model.
Describe Social Cognitive Theory.
What were found to be the most and least affective strategies in preventing HIV?
What are 4 critiques of individual level approaches?
What is the role of food in society?
What has happened to the prevalence of obesity in Canada? What are the health risks
involved with being obese?
What are the trends of obesity, and describe the prevalence.
Explain why obesity may be a disease of affluence.
List 4 facts involved with food consumption and the food industry
What are some problems of sustainability?
What are the main causes of obesity?
Explain the idea of problematic food consumption from an evolutionary perspective.
Explain the problem of obesity from an ecological model.
What are some environmental influences on food choices?
Describe food promotion and television that influences children on their food choices.
What are the forms of intervention for the problem of obesity?
Explain the attitudes towards alcohol in society. What is the extent of the problem of
drinking?
What are the standard drinks? Why is this not accurate? Is someone’s physical health
associated with their alcohol consumption?
List the risks involved with alcohol, including single occasion risks, risks from regular
heavy drinking, and risks from social drinking. What are the risks of drinking while
pregnant?
Explain some of the benefits of alcohol consumption.
What is alcohol dependence? What are the causes?
Explain the theories involved with alcohol consumption; genetic, addiction & disease,
dependence, learning, and psychoanalytic.
Name some ways in which the population can help prevent heavy binge drinking. Why are
these opposed by the drinks industry?
How much of the worlds alcohol consumption is done by heavy drinkers? What has been
particularly effective in wealthy countries to reduce the drinking in young people?
Explain the strategy of the drinks industry and their sophisticated marketing. What are
three strategies that have been put in place to encourage healthy drinking?
Explain the treatment process, types and methods for alcohol dependent people.
Describe the prevalence of smoking in Canada. What are 3 lessons that we can learn about
smoking behaviours because of prevalence rates?
What are the health effects of smoking? What are the health effects of passive smoking?
How does the tobacco industry keep so strong even with the facts known about the
negatives of smoking?
Why not ban advertising for tobacco?
What are the similarities and differences among the three topics of eating, alcohol, and
smoking?
What did Bell et al. Observe in her study on smoking and stigma?
Explain the Biological Theory associated with smoking.
Explain the Psychological Theory associated with smoking.
Explain the Social Theory associated with smoking.
Describe the withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation.
Describe the pharmacological approach versus psychological approach versus social
approach to quitting smoking.
Which three methods of smoking cessation reduced success chances of quitting smoking?
What is the main predictor in the longevity of a baby’s life? What factors influence this?
What is globalization? List and describe three aspects of globalization influencing health.
How can we reduce poverty?
What were the Whitehall studies? What were the results?
Explain the Social Determinants of health.
What is the black report? What are some explanations for these findings?
What are the indicators of social inequality?
Overall, is the social gradient of morbidity and mortality observed in most places? What
does an even gradient imply? What does this mean?
How is SES usually described? How precisely does SES influence health?
What is the ecological/Systems theory approach? Explain Bronfenbrenner’s model.
What are some of the class, race, and gender health inequalities? How can these be
reduced?
Why is it important to know about research methods? What is the purpose of research?
Where is there bias in a positivist approach to research? Constructionist approaches?
Describe Positivism, Critical Realism and Social Constructionism. What broad branch of
research are these considered?
Compare Intensive and Extensive Research.
What are the qualitative data sources?
What are the qualitative forms of analysis? What do these analyses rely on?
Explain Grounded Theory.