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Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

The negative emotional experience resulting from a resulting from a mismatch between the individual’s appraisal of a stressor and the individual’s ability to cope with the stressor is a common definition for which psychological phenomenon?

A Fear

B Susceptibility

C Stress

D Symptom perception

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Correct Answer: Stress

Psychology has an important role to play at all stages of chronic illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD). But which one of the following is usually NOT the case in terms of the psychology behind such in illness?

A Someone who believes that ‘lots of people recover from heart attacks may lead an inactive and sedentary lifestyle.

B If someone has a history of heart attacks in their family and is resigned to that fate, that person is more likely to develop the illness either by affecting behaviour or by having an impact on the immune system.

C A person who copes with their illness by taking definite action and making plans about how to prevent it from deteriorating is in a state of denial and may make the situation worse.

D Believing that a heart attack is due to a genetic weakness rather than a product of lifestyle may mean that a person is less likely to attend a rehabilitation class and be less likely to try and change the way they behave.

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Correct Answer: A person who copes with their illness by taking definite action and making plans about how to prevent it from deteriorating is in a state of denial and may make the situation worse.

We now know the health professionals may behave not just according to their education and training, but also according to their own ‘lay beliefs’. But which of the following beliefs has been indicated by research to influence the development of a health professional’s original diagnosis?

A The nature of clinical problems.

B The probability of the disease.

C Similar patients.

D All of the above.

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Correct Answer: All of the above.

According to Lazarus, the degree to which a potential stressor will produce stress depends on the role of which psychological process?

A Cooping

B Appraisal of the stressor and how to copy with it

C Sympathetic activation

D Degree of fear

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Correct Answer: Appraisal of the stressor and how to copy with it

All of the following are behavioural risk factors associated with coronary heart disease except for:

A Stress

B Type A behaviour

C Diet and exercise

D Hormones

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Correct Answer: Hormones

The original protection motivation theory claimed that health – related behaviours are a product of, and therefore predicted by five opponents. But which of the following is NOT one of these?

A Fear

B Severity

C Benefits

D Self – efficacy

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Correct Answer: Benefits

According to the health belief model behaviour is a product of a set of core beliefs that have been redefined over the years. But which of the following is NOT one of these original core beliefs?

A Susceptibility to illness.

B Severity of the illness.

C The costs involved in carrying out the behaviour.

D Self – efficacy.

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Correct Answer: Self – efficacy.

All of the following factors contribute to individuals’ unrealistic optimism about their chances of getting an illness or other health problems except for:

A Lack of personal experience with the problem

B Belief the problem is preventable by individual action

C Belief the problem will not appear in the future if it has not yet appeared

D Belief that parents’ health is the sole determinant of their health problems

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Correct Answer: Belief that parents’ health is the sole determinant of their health problems

The status of the investigator, the type of the crime, the age of the witness and the type ofing represents variables related to which topic of study by forensic psychologists?

A Retrieval

B Eyewitness testimony

C Crime

D Maintaining violent behavior

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Correct Answer: Eyewitness testimony

Research examining witness memory has shown that after watching a traffic accident, if the car was described as “smashed”, then the witness was more likely to say that she had seen broken glass.This type of research has informed us about the influence of:

A Criminals

B Leadings

C Watching car aaccidents

D visual depictions of accidents

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Correct Answer: Leadings

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The negative emotional experience resulting from a resulting from a mismatch between the individual’s appraisal of a stressor and the individual’s ability to cope with the stressor is a common definition for which psychological phenomenon?

Psychology has an important role to play at all stages of chronic illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD). But which one of the following is usually NOT the case in terms of the psychology behind such in illness?

We now know the health professionals may behave not just according to their education and training, but also according to their own ‘lay beliefs’. But which of the following beliefs has been indicated by research to influence the development of a health professional’s original diagnosis?

According to Lazarus, the degree to which a potential stressor will produce stress depends on the role of which psychological process?

All of the following are behavioural risk factors associated with coronary heart disease except for:

The original protection motivation theory claimed that health – related behaviours are a product of, and therefore predicted by five opponents. But which of the following is NOT one of these?

According to the health belief model behaviour is a product of a set of core beliefs that have been redefined over the years. But which of the following is NOT one of these original core beliefs?

All of the following factors contribute to individuals’ unrealistic optimism about their chances of getting an illness or other health problems except for:

The status of the investigator, the type of the crime, the age of the witness and the type ofing represents variables related to which topic of study by forensic psychologists?

Research examining witness memory has shown that after watching a traffic accident, if the car was described as “smashed”, then the witness was more likely to say that she had seen broken glass.This type of research has informed us about the influence of: