Health Psychology Third Edition Quiz Chapter 2 Research in Health Psychology

1.A (n)______ study begins with a healthy group of subjects and follows the development of a particular disease in that sample. (44) a. experimentalb. retrospective c. medical d. prospectivee. morbidity

2. Origins of a disease is referred to as: (40) a. paralysisb. etiologyc. mortality d. statistical significancee. morbidity

2. Origins of a disease is referred to as: (40) a. Paralysis b. etiology c. mortality d. statistical significancee. morbidity

3. The gold standard of biomedical research is the (45) a. correlational study b. randomized clinical trial c. prospective study d. case-control study e. meta-analysis

4. The rate of _______ refers to the number of cases of a specific illness, injury or disability in a given group of people at a given time. (40) a. paralysisb. etiology c. mortality d. statistical significancee. morbidity

5. A relative risk of.50 means that the incidence of prevalence or incidence of a condition is ____ in the exposed group compared to the unexposed group. (48) a. lessb. more c. the same as

6. In experimental studies researchers vary one or more causes, called ______ while looking for changes in the outcome measure. (34) a. dependent variables b. cohorts c. independent variables d. random variables e. lurking variables

7. The text described a scatterplot that looked at a large sample of participants of African descent. Those who weighed more were more likely to have high blood pressure. This is an example of: (33) a. a positive correlation b. a bad correlation c. experimental results d. a causal explanation e. a case study

8. When John Glenn returned to space in his 70’s, medical researchers carefully studied the effects. This is an example of a ______ study.(31) a. correlationalb. experimental c. prospective d. casee. retrospective

9. ____ is a field of study that seeks to determine the frequency, distribution, and cause of a disease. (31) a. meta-analysisb. correlation c. epidemiology d. psychoneuroimmunolgy e. Factor analysis

10. A study in which a single group of people is observed over a long span of time is called a ____ study. (37) a. longitudinalb. experimental c. prospective d. casee. retrospective

Bonus Question: What did Surgeon General Joseph Goldberger do to prove (support) his theory that pellagra was caused by nutritional deficiencies? a. he ate feces (poop) b. he did a case study c. he found germs in the water d. he used a longitudinal research design e. he used surveys, naturalistic observation and other descriptive methods

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