Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 2

Multiple-choice questions Defining health and stress 1. ‘Health is the absence of illness’ is part of the definition. (a) WHO. (b) Continuum. (c) Biopsychosocial. (d) Biomedical 2. The biomedical definition focuses on causes of illness. (a) Biological. (b) Social. (c) Psychological. (d) Cultural. 3. Increased heart rate is part of: (a) Perceived coping ability. (b) Psychological stress. (c) Physiological stress. (d) Long-term stress. 4. Social support is an example of: (a) An internal coping resource. (b) A stressor. (c) An environmental demand. (d) An external coping resource. Defining addiction 1. An example of a behavioural addiction is: (a) Gambling. (b) Caffeine dependency. (c) Smoking. (d) Alcoholism. 2. The most important risk factor in adolescence is: (a) Stress. (b) Genes. (c) Family. (d) Peers. 3. Griffiths says there are components of addiction. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 5. (d) 6. 4. Term that means that addictive behaviour comes to dominate the individual’s life: (a) Tolerance. (b) Conflict. (c) Salience. (d) Relapse. Theory 1: Health belief model 1. Believing you might be vulnerable to becoming ill is: (a) Perceived susceptibility. (b) Perceived seriousness. (c) A perceived barrier. (d) Not part of the model. 2. An example of an internal cue to action is: (a) Pain. (b) Advice from your doctor. (c) Media campaigns. (d) Knowing people with the illness. 3. Belief in your ability to change your own behaviour is: (a) A cue to action. (b) Perceived seriousness. (c) Self-efficacy. (d) A demographic variable. 4. Bowel and colon cancer screening was investigated by: (a) Rosenstock et al . (b) Zimmerman and Vernberg. (c) Carpenter. (d) Williamson and Wardle. Studies related to theory 1 1. Becker et al .’s participants were: (a) Children with asthma. (b) Children with type I diabetes. (c) Mothers of children with asthma. (d) Fathers of children with asthma. 2. Becker et al .’s measurements were: (a) Subjective only. (b) Objective only. (c) Both subjective and objective. (d) Neither subjective nor objective. 3. Carpenter concluded that the two key components of the HBM are: (a) Perceived susceptibility and seriousness. (b) Perceived seriousness and barriers. (c) Perceived barriers and benefits. (d) Perceived susceptibility and benefits. 4. Carpenter’s review did not include studies of: (a) Self-efficacy. (b) Perceived susceptibility. (c) Perceived benefits. (d) Perceived barriers. Theory 2: Locus of control and Rotter (1966) 1. Internals generally do not: (a) Take responsibility for their failures. (b) Blame themselves. (c) Feel they have control over events. (d) Attribute their successes to chance. 2. Rotter’s questionnaire: (a) Has 29 pairs of statements. (b) Has 14 ‘internal’ and 15 ‘external’ statements. (c) Is an unreliable measure. (d) Is called the ‘Locus of Control Scale’. 3. Avtgis investigated locus of control and: (a) Exams. (b) Conformity. (c) Drinking. (d) Obesity. 4. In his review, Rotter did not check the: (a) Number of studies. (b) Quality of studies. (c) Reliability of his scale. (d) Validity of his scale. Studies related to theory 2 1. Abouserie’s participants were: (a) Office workers. (b) Police officers. (c) Nurses. (d) Students. 2. Students can improve their academic progress by: (a) Becoming more external. (b) Becoming more internal. (c) Ignoring environmental demands. (d) Studying less. 3. The questionnaire in Krause’s study included: (a) Both open and closed items. (b) Just open items. (c) Just closed items. (d) Just multiple-choice items. 4. Krause found that extreme internals blame themselves for failing to cope with: (a) Controllable stressors. (b) Predictable stressors. (c) Unavoidable stressors. (d) All of the above. Theory 3: Theory of planned behaviour 1. According to the theory of planned behaviour, the key influence on behaviour is: (a) Subjective norms. (b) Intentions. (c) Personal attitudes. (d) Perceived behavioural control. 2. Only affect/affects behaviour both directly and indirectly: (a) Personal attitudes. (b) Subjective norms. (c) Perceived behavioural control. (d) Intentions. 3. Hagger et al . (2011) studied: (a) Drinking behaviour. (b) Smoking. (c) Gambling. (d) Cocaine use. 4. McEachan et al . (2011) found the TPB was poor at predicting change more than after intentions formed. (a) 5 days. (b) 5 years. (c) 5 months. (d) 5 weeks. Content area A 32 Unit 3: Health psychology