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PSY 303 Health Psychology Exam 2 CH 6-9| PSY303 Exam 2 TESTBANK| QUESTIONS AND 100% Correct Answers Chronic stress appears to _____. A. contribute to psychological distress and physical illness B. habituate people to negative life events C. be unrelated to negative life events D. be unrelated to illness Correct Answer A. contribute to psychological distress and physical illness During the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome, the organism makes efforts to cope with the threa...

PSY 303 Health Psychology Exam 2 CH 6-9| PSY303 Exam 2 TESTBANK| QUESTIONS AND 100% Correct Answers

social; stressful; crime - -The s______ environment in NY is more s______ (e.g., hustle & bustle, c_____, modern art) and stress causes schizophrenia -physical; toxic; pollution - -The p______ environment is more t______ and such toxicity (e.g., crowding, industrial p________) cause schizophrenia -genetic; drawn - -People with g_______ risk for schizophrenia might be d_______ to NY. -NY; London - -__ psychiatrists are more generous with the diagnosis than are ______ psychiatrists. -c...

Attachments - -Selective bonds that develop between infants and caregivers, usually their parents, and are theorized to be related to later development -Attributions - -Perceived causes; people's beliefs about cause-effect relations -Autonomic nervous system - -The division of the peripheral nervous system whose actions are primarily involuntary, and has two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems -Behavior genetics - -The study of broad genetic influences on indi...

(Bundled) Health Psychology Practice Exam 2 CH 6-9, PSY303 Module 4 - Seeking and Using Health Care Services (2 Weeks), Pre-test Health Final (part 1), Psych 313 chapter 9, Psych 313 chapter 8, CH.8, Health CH-7, PSYC 313 Midterm Ch. 7, Quiz 7, Chapter 7 Practice Exam Chronic stress appears to _____. A. contribute to psychological distress and physical illness B. habituate people to negative life events C. be unrelated to negative life events D. be unrelated to illness A. contribute to p...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by specific s/s resultin...

6 criteria for determining abnormality - -1. unusualness 2. social deviance 3. faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality 4. significant personal distress 5. maladaptive or self-defeating behavior 6. dangerousness -unusualness (criteria for abnormality) - -statistically unusual behavior, something rare or extreme, atypical behavior -social deviance (criteria for abnormality) - -behavior that is inconsistent with societal norms -faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality...

1. TQM: Total Quali- ty Management 2. Customer De- fined Quality 3. Conformance to specification 4. Example of Con- formance to specification is an integrated organizational effort designed to improve quality at every level. TQM is about meeting quality expectations as defined by the customer. measures how well the product or service meets the targets and tolerances determined by its designers. The wait for hotel room service may be specified as 20 minutes, but there may be an acceptable delay...

Social Psychology definition - -A scientific field to study how people are affected by society and social groups. -general info re: social psychology field - -It has a very broad scope and practitioners believe that what we feel, do, and think is based on what we think or imagine. There has been a high rate of change in the field re: what is studied and believed. -What Social Psychology should be called (according to Dr. W) - -Situational Psychology -Law # 1 - -The situation matters. ...

Attachments - -Selective bonds that develop between infants and caregivers, usually their parents, and are theorized to be related to later development -Attributions - -Perceived causes; people's beliefs about cause-effect relations -Autonomic nervous system - -The division of the peripheral nervous system whose actions are primarily involuntary, and has two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems -Behavior genetics - -The study of broad genetic influences on indi...