Psychopathy Test #3

Psychological interventions for breast cancer increase survival rates after about 13 years by what percentage

10-15%

Stress that increases the likelihood of viral symptoms is an example of which pathway of health psychology?

psychological factors influencing biological processes

all of the following are aspects of health psychology except:

Univeristy programming

The toxin in wine that is destructive to the body is…

Acetaldehyde

Psychosocial programs to treat AIDS do all of the following except

stop the progression of HIV

Because alcoholism follows a medical process of progression with symptoms, it can be classified as

a disease

Which type of drug is known for its numbing, paralyzing, and analgesic effects

Heroin

psychological stress activates which of the following systems, which then has a cascading effects in the other body systems

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis

When recovering for alcoholism it is advised that individuals should change:

people, things, places

what do kleptomania, gambling, and pyromania have in common

all have components of impulse control

all of the following are symptoms of substance use disorder except:

consuming a substance

gender dysphoria is defined by which of the following:

feeling trapped in the body of the wrong sex

fifty percent of the leading causes of death in the US are linked to behavioral/lifestyle patterns

true

chronic stress can be destructive because the negative feedback loop which signals to turn off the stress response is impaired. This results in an overproduction of:

Cortisol

a delusion an individual with alcoholism often holds is:

i can control my drinking

cocaine is what type of drug?

stimulant

a physical response when a substance is discontinued is known as:

withdrawal

health psychology is a subfield of:

behavioral medicine

a disorder that is characterized by dysfunction in the arousal phase of the sexual response cycle is categorized as a:

paraphilic disorder

where do problems typically first manifest when someone has an issue with alcohol?

family relationships

low socio-economic status can increase risk for hypertension for all of the following reasons except…

increased stress due to lack of designer clothes

regardless of the structure of substance related treatment, which of the following is always necessary?

social support

sexual disorders involve dysfunction in”

one or more phases of the sexual response cycle

chronic pain may be worsened by which of the following?

negative emotions

which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement that can maintain drug seeking behavior is?

an escape from withdrawal