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Formative Assessment for Block 1.
 There are 15 questions in this assessment, which should take no more than 15 minutes
to complete.
 For your own benefit, complete the assessment as if it were a summative assessment.
Questions
1.
In the human body, the ______________ nervous system is responsible for activating
the body to respond to emergencies, while the ___________ nervous system is
responsible for calming and slowing down the body to its normal state.
A. parasympathetic; sympathetic
B. sympathetic; parasympathetic
C. autonomic; central
D. central; autonomic
2.
Acute stressors seem to provoke __________ responses in the immune system; chronic
stressors seem to produce __________ responses in the immune system.
A. adaptive; maladaptive
B. maladaptive; adaptive
C. maladaptive; maladaptive
D. adaptive; adaptive
3.
People who experience ________ stress, show a weakened __________.
A. chronic; cardiovascular system
B. acute; immune system
C. chronic; immune system
D. acute; cardiovascular system
4.
The field of __________ examines the complex connection between psychosocial factors,
such as stress, and the nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems.
A. psychobiology
B. neurobiology
C. psychoneuorimmunology
D. psychopharmacology
5.
From a psychological perspective, the extent to which an event is experienced as stressful
is determined more by __________ than by __________.
A. subjective appraisal processes; objective characteristics of the event
B. objective characteristics of the event; subjective appraisal processes
C. perceived social support; available social support
D. socio-economic-status; personality
6.
Which of the following variables does not influence illness symptom recognition?
A. stress
B. mood
C. intelligence
D. attention
7.
People who have a strong _______ locus of control believe that their decisions and
behaviours impact their outcomes, and people with such a belief generally experience
________ physical and psychological health.
A. internal; better
B. internal; worse
C. external; better
D. external; worse
8.
In general, it is worse for people to explain negative events that occur to themselves as
resulting from __________ , __________ , and global causes.
A. external; stable
B. internal; stable
C. internal; situation-specific
D. external; situation-specific
9.
People who are high in __________ and __________ experience fewer physical
symptoms and report better physical health.
A. Optimism; external control beliefs
B. Pessimism; self-efficacy
C. Optimism; self-efficacy
D. Pessimism; external control beliefs
10. People high in ________ describe themselves as having a greater number of physical
symptoms as well as more severe symptoms.
A. negative affect
B. self-efficacy
C. optimism
D. internal control beliefs
11. Which of the following does NOT describe a feature of optimism?
A. Expecting good things to happen in the future
B. Explaining bad events as resulting from external, unstable, and specific causes
C. Explaining bad events as resulting from internal, stable, and global causes
D. Expecting that one’s goals can be achieved
12. People who experience higher levels of ________ are more likely (about a threefold
increase) to suffer a heart attack as those who rarely experience it.
A. anger
B. sadness
C. happiness
D. boredom
13. Jill has been smoking for the past 12 years. Lately, she has been heard saying, “I may
start thinking about quitting smoking”. According to the transtheoretical model, Jill is
currently in which stage of change?
A. Maintenance
B. Precontemplation
C. Contemplation
D. Appraisal
14. Six months ago John and Dave both tested HIV positive. John views this diagnosis as a
death sentence and, as a result, he is not concerned about receiving further treatment
and is ‘living each day as though it’s his last’ (e.g. partying hard, drinking excessively,
spending his life savings). In contrast, Dave views his HIV infection as a chronic illness
that can be managed and, as a result, adheres to his treatment regimen and has made
several positive health behaviour changes (e.g. eating a more healthy diet).
John and Dave are behaving in vastly different ways in response to their illness - what,
from a psychological perspective, is the most likely explanation?
A. each one has a different lay referral network
B. differences in cultural factors associated with illness
C. differences in their illness representations
D. the way in which each was infected with HIV
15. List two health behaviours AND two stable factors likely to contribute to the development
and/or exacerbation of hypertension
A. Behaviours: __________________________________________________________
B. Stable factors: ________________________________________________________