Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which type of cancers form in bone and soft tissues, including muscle, fat, blood vessels, lymph vessels, and fibrous tissue (such as tendons and ligaments).
- leukemia
- sarcoma
- lymphoma
- carcinoma
Answer: B
2. How many estimated breast cancer deaths were there in the U.S. in 2016?
- 40,450
- 158,080
- 26,120
- 49, 190
Answer: A
3. In spite of increased publicity and reduced incidence of breast cancer, ______ have not been proven to prevent cancer (Gotzsche, 2013).
- breast cancer gene tests
- breast self-examinations
- mammograms
- all of these
Answer: B
3. What gives people the best possible chance of survival?
- chemotherapy
- cancer screenings
- healthy lifestyle choices
- early diagnosis
Answer: D
4. Which cancer treatment uses cell killing (cytotoxic) drugs?
- biological therapy
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- total body irradiation
Answer: B
5. It has been suggested that differences in coping with cancer occur between people with different ______ (Nissen, 2016; Jimenez, 2016).
- levels of income
- levels of social support
- attachment styles
- attention styles
Answer: C
6. ______ studies of patient experience provide an essential perspective complementing the more traditional approach of research.
- Cross-sectional
- Qualitative
- Quantitative
- Longitudinal
Answer: B
7. Miovic and Block (2007) reviewed evidence that around 50% of adult patients with advanced cancer met the criteria for a psychiatric disorder. What did they find was the most common psychiatric disorder?
- schizophrenia
- adjustment disorders
- bipolar depression
- anxiety
Answer: B
8. Stanton, Rowland and Ganz (2015) describe survivorship after medical treatment in three phases. What is the second phase?
- early survivorship
- first entry
- reentry
- long-term survivorship
Answer: A
9. Among cancer populations, reported prevalence rates of perceived posttraumatic growth range from ______.
- 5% to 10%
- 15% to 33%
- 47% to 51%
- 53% to 90%
Answer: D
10. Soyluet al. (2015) found that ______ scores were significantly higher for the primary caregivers of inpatients with terminal stage of cancer than primary caregivers of inpatients with advanced stage of cancer.
- loneliness and depression
- depression and anxiety
- loneliness and anxiety
- depression and loneliness
Answer: C