Related Mcqs:

1. All of the following are behavioural risk factors associated with coronary heart disease except for:

   A. Stress
   B. Type A behaviour
   C. Diet and exercise
   D. Hormones
   E. Smoking

2. All of the following factors contribute to individuals’ unrealistic optimism about their chances of getting an illness or other health problems except for:

   A. Lack of personal experience with the problem
   B. Belief the problem is preventable by individual action
   C. Belief the problem will not appear in the future if it has not yet appeared
   D. Belief that parents’ health is the sole determinant of their health problems
   E. Belief that the problems are infrequent

3. Which is NOT the case? The stages of change model:

   A. Was originally developed by Prohaska and DiClemente in 1982.
   B. Has been applied to several health – related behaviours.
   C. Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.
   D. Examines how we weigh up the costs of a particular behaviour.

4. Based on the stages of change model developed by Prochaska and DiClemente (1982), if a person notices that she has been coughing a lot recently and begins to think about stopping smoking over the next six months, she would be at which stage of making behavioural changes?

   A. Precontemplation
   B. Contemplation
   C. Preparation
   D. Action
   E. Maintenance

5. Alarm, resistance and exhaustion describe three stages represented in which model of stress?

   A. Life events theory
   B. Self – regulatory model
   C. Protection motivation theory
   D. Selye’s general adaptation syndrome
   E. Health belief model

6. According to Lazarus, the degree to which a potential stressor will produce stress depends on the role of which psychological process?

   A. Cooping
   B. Appraisal of the stressor and how to copy with it
   C. Sympathetic activation
   D. Degree of fear
   E. Appraisal of prior experience

7. Identify the true statement from those given below. In the health psychology model:

   A. The individual is seen as a passive victim of some external force, such as a virus.
   B. By acknowledge of the role of behaviours such as smoking, diet and alcohol the individual for their health and illness.
   C. The whole person is treated, and therefore the patient become fully responsible for their treatment.
   D. Only the physical changes that occur due to ill health should be treated.

8. Based on the theory of planned behaviour, if the important people in your life want you to cut down on the amount of alcohol that you drink, what else needs to be in place in order for actual alcohol consumption to change?

   A. Personal belief that reducing alcohol consumption will be beneficial
   B. Perceive self to be capable of drinking less
   C. Subjective norms are in place
   D. All of the above
   E. A and B

9. We now know the health professionals may behave not just according to their education and training, but also according to their own ‘lay beliefs’. But which of the following beliefs has been indicated by research to influence the development of a health professional’s original diagnosis?

   A. The nature of clinical problems.
   B. The probability of the disease.
   C. Similar patients.
   D. All of the above.

10. Consider the following statements: “if I get medicine from my doctor, my cold will go away.” “My cold was caused by being run – down.” What are these statements example of?

    A. Illness beliefs
    B. Self – efficacy
    C. Susceptibility
    D. Behavioural intentions
    E. Adherence