Top 80+ Solved Health Psychology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which law relates to a person's right to choose whether they want treatment or not?
a. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
b. The Health and Safety at Work e.t.c. Act 1974
c. The Mental Capacity Act 2005
d. The Medicines Act 1968
Q. Why is it important to pharmacists that research is carried out in a rigorous way?
a. So that they know that the research was done properly
b. To increase the income for the pharmacy
c. To get more people to take medicines
d. To get doctors to prescribe more medicines
Q. Which of these is not a reason why a knowledge of behavioural and social sciences isimportant to pharmacists?
a. It can help us to understand patients better
b. It can improve adherence to medication
c. It can help to build a concordant relationship with patients
d. Knowing what people are thinking is more important than knowledge of medicines
Q. ------------is a stimulus which arise from within the body
a. Emotions
b. Sight
c. Smell
d. Touch
Q. -----------is the seat of primary emotions
a. Thalamus
b. Adrenal gland
c. Thyroid gland
d. None of these
Q. Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
a. stress
b. consumption of aspirin
c. obesity
d. cigarette smoking
Q. Which of the following changes in lifestyle are recommended to treat or preventhypertension?
a. control weight
b. limit dietary salt intake
c. exercise regularly
d. All of the above lifestyle changes are recommended to treat or prevent hypertension.
Q. The symptoms of heart failure include __________.
a. shortness of breath
b. fatigue
c. fluid accumulation
d. All of the above are symptoms of heart failure.
Q. As a health psychologist, it is important to understand immediate responses to achronic disease diagnosis because:
a. the way a patient responds will dictate future treatment outcomes.
b. it is best to wait for treatment interventions until after the patient has adjusted to the chronic aspect of the diagnosis.
c. a patient\s coping efforts may fail and lead to an increasingly negative attitude and worsening health.
d. patients need to be left alone until they indicate a willingness to accept their diagnosis.
Q. Which of the following is crucial when informational, helpful, and emotional supportsare needed for chronically ill patients?
a. Achieving self
b. Social self
c. Physical self
d. Private self
Q. A chronically ill patient talks to others to find out more about the illness situation and discuss issues associated with it. Which of the following coping strategies has the patientused here?
a. Distancing
b. Cognitive escape
c. Behavioral escape
d. Social support
Q. The _____ plan and direct educational, vocational, and recreational activities to helppatients become more self-sufficient.
a. occupational therapists
b. physical therapists
c. dietitians
d. social workers