Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. The social gradient that reflects the disparity in morbidity and mortality between those in different socioeconomic classes is often referred to as a ______.
- health gradient
- sex gradient
- postcode gradient
- income gradient
Answer: A
2. Which year did the World Health Organization first express the right to health as a fundamental human right?
- 1946
- 1952
- 1987
- 2000
Answer: A
3. Frederich Engels’ book entitled The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 provided a detailed description of the appalling living and working conditions and the limited health care of working-class residents in which of the following English cities?
- London
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- none of these
Answer: B
4. Which of the following approaches conceptualized the developmental influences of health inequalities in terms of four nested systems?
- social Darwinism approach
- ecological approach
- naturalist approach
- behaviourist approach
Answer: B
5. The influence of families, schools and neighbourhoods in explaining social inequalities in health can be categorised in which of the following systems?
- microsystem
- mesosystem
- exosystem
- macrosystem
Answer: A
6. Which of the following explanations for health inequalities attributes the social gradient in health on the role of economic factors?
- an artefact
- natural and social selection
- materialist and structuralist explanations
- cultural and/or behavioural differences
Answer: C
7. Which of the following explanations for health inequalities focus on the individual as the unit of analysis, emphasizing unthinking, reckless or irresponsible behaviour or incautious lifestyle as the moving determinant?
- individualist explanations
- natural and social selection
- materialist and structuralist explanations
- cultural and/or behavioural differences
Answer: D
8. The ‘health selection’ explanation for the relationship between income inequality and health refers to the explanation that ______.
- people are not sick because they are poor. Rather, poor health lowers one’s income and limits one’s earning potential
- income inequality erodes social bonds that allow people to work together, decreases social resources, and results in low trust and civic participation, greater crime, and other unhealthy conditions
- income inequality results in less investment in social and environmental conditions (safe housing, good schools, etc.) necessary for promoting health among the poorest
- none of these
Answer: A
9. Which of the following principle(s) is/are included in moral philosopher John Rawls’ theory of ‘justice of fairness’?
- Assure people equal basic liberties including guaranteeing the right of political participation.
- Provide a robust form of equal opportunity.
- Limit inequalities to those that benefit the least advantaged.
- all of these
Answer: D
10. Which of the following provides guidance for reconstructing global governance for health by grounding health in the context of human rights?
- Framework Convention on Global Health
- Principles of the Global Determinants of Health
- Framework for Global Governance and Economic Development
- none of these
Answer: A