LSP Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine 2

Question 1

Which psychophysiological mechanism best explains why chronic work stress increases cardiovascular disease risk?

Accepted Answer

Repeated HPA axis activation elevates cortisol, promoting inflammation and arterial damage

Answer

Chronic HPA axis activation maintains elevated cortisol, which drives systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis.

Question 2

A patient with Type 2 diabetes consistently forgets evening insulin doses. Which behavior change strategy is most evidence-based for this adherence problem?

Accepted Answer

Implementation intentions linking the dose to an established evening routine

Answer

Implementation intentions ('if-then' plans) reliably bridge the gap between intention and action by coupling new behaviors to existing cues.

Question 3

The biopsychosocial model differs most fundamentally from the biomedical model in that it:

Accepted Answer

Recognizes that health and illness result from interacting biological, psychological, and social factors

Answer

Engel's biopsychosocial model holds that health outcomes emerge from the dynamic interaction of biological, psychological, and social systems rather than biology alone.

Question 4

Which conditioning process is most responsible for the nausea a chemotherapy patient experiences upon entering the infusion clinic before treatment begins?

Accepted Answer

Classical conditioning where clinic cues become conditioned stimuli

Answer

Anticipatory nausea is a classically conditioned response in which neutral clinic cues (CS) become paired with chemotherapy-induced nausea (UCS), eventually eliciting nausea alone.

Question 5

Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in behavioral medicine are best distinguished by their:

Accepted Answer

Temporal relationship to disease onset and severity

Answer

Primary prevention targets disease before onset, secondary prevention involves early detection and intervention, and tertiary prevention manages established disease to minimize disability.

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LSP Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine 2