Health Psychology - Chapter 1
adoption studies - correct answer-research with subjects adopted at very early ages,
comparing their characteristics with corresponding traits of their adoptive and natural parents
to assess the influence of heredity
behavioral medicine - correct answer-an interdisciplinary field introduced in the early 1970s
to study the relationships between behavior and health
behavioral methods - correct answer-psychological techniques that use mainly operant and
classical conditioning principles to change behavior
biomedical model - correct answer-the view that illness results from physical causes, such
as infection or injury; psychosocial processes are not viewed as causal factors
biopsychosocial model - correct answer-the view that health and illness involve the interplay
of biological, psychological, and social factors in people's lives
chronic diseases - correct answer-illnesses that persist and generally get worse over a long
period of time
cognitive methods - correct answer-psychological techniques that focus on changing
people's feelings and thought processes
correlation coefficient - correct answer-a statistic that reflects the degree and direction of
relationship between two variables; it can range from +1.00, through .00, to -1.00
correlational studies - correct answer-nonexperimental research conducted to determine the
degree and direction of relationship between variables
cross-sectional approach - correct answer-method of studying developmental trends by
observing different groups of subjects of different ages within a relatively short period of time
double blind - correct answer-an experimental procedure whereby neither the subject nor the
researcher knows which research treatment the subject is receiving
epidemic - correct answer-the situation in which the occurrence of a health problem has
increased rapidly
epigenetics - correct answer-the process in which chemicals at DNA affect gene action
experiment - correct answer-a controlled study in which variables are manipulated and
observed to assess cause-effect relationships
health - correct answer-a positive state of physical, mental, and social well-being that
changes in degree over time
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