Biobehavioral health Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Biomedical model - correct answer illness always has a biological cause Problems with the Biomedical Model - correct answer behavior culture community age, race, gender genetics Biobehavioral Model - correct answer recognizes biological, psychological, sociocultural forces in determining an individuals health and vulnerability to disease Hypothese - correct answer a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point of investigation Theory - correct...

HealthA complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and NOT merely the absence of disease or infirmity. health psychologyThe educational and scientific contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the identification of the causes and correlates of health and illness.(Matarazzo, 1980) health psychologyUnderstanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they r...

Biomedical Model suggests that illness always has a biological cause -its success helped people believe it -rate of mortality rapidly declined due to infectious disease problems with biomedical model -not just biology that causes diseases (there are psychological factors) -based on really strong reductionism, but the body works as a whole -need to look at effects of other parts and environment, look at big picture biobehavioral model recognizes biological, physiological and sociocultural...

biomedical model - correct answer suggests that illness always has a biological cause *only really focuses on pathogens and how people get sick biobehavioral model - correct answer recognizes biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces in determining an individuals health and vulnerability to disease *a more "well rounded" view of health hypothesis - correct answer an idea that someone has about something theory - correct answer an idea that has been proven over and over ...

Health - correct answer state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not just the absence of disease biobehavioral health - correct answer salutogenic; places health into a developmental context Life expectancy; Efficiency - correct answer US ranks worst among 11 wealthy nations measured by: Efficiency - correct answer communication lack within the medical field; financially; preventative health high life expectancy - correct answer ethnic majorities in cities low li...

Biobehavioral Health - correct answer is an innovative, interdisciplinary science that examines a range of factors—biological, behavioral, social/cultural, and environmental—that influence the health of individuals and groups through the life span The ancient Greeks believed health was achieved by maintaining a balance of the four "humors": - correct answer blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. "An approach to health that focuses on balancing the many aspects, or dimensions, of...

Health psychology - correct answer the educational and scientific contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, and identification of the causes and correlates of health and illness Holistic model - correct answer whole is greater than sum of the parts Paradigm - correct answer model of how things work Health - correct answer state of physical, mental, and social well being. not just absence of disease Disease - corre...

Psychopharmacology Drugs the Brain and Behavior 3rd Edition Meyer Nursing Test Bank: ISBN-10 0 ISBN-13 978-9 1. refer(s) to specific molecular changes that occur when a drug binds to a particular target site or receptor, while are the resulting widespread alterations in function. a. Drug action; therapeutic effects b. Side effects; drug effects c. Therapeutic effects; side effects d. Drug action; drug effects Answer: d Textbook Reference: Pharmacology: The Science of Drug Action Psychopharmacolo...

Test Bank to accompany Psychopharmacology, Third Edition Meyer • Quenzer Chapter 1: Principles of Pharmacology Multiple Choice 1. refer(s) to specific molecular changes that occur when a drug binds to a particular target site or receptor, while are the resulting widespread alterations in function. a. Drug action; therapeutic effects b. Side effects; drug effects c. Therapeutic effects; side effects d. Drug action; drug effects Answer: d Textbook Reference: Pharmacology: The Science of Drug Act...

Test Bank to accompany Psychopharmacology, Third Edition Meyer • Quenzer Chapter 1: Principles of Pharmacology Multiple Choice 1. refer(s) to specific molecular changes that occur when a drug binds to a particular target site or receptor, while are the resulting widespread alterations in function. a. Drug action; therapeutic effects b. Side effects; drug effects c. Therapeutic effects; side effects d. Drug action; drug effects Answer: d Textbook Reference: Pharmacology: The Science of Drug Act...