Health Psychology
Questions
Autumn 2004
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(a) Outline one study about the relationship between the patient and the health practitioner. (6) (b) Discuss the difficulties in carrying out valid studies on the relationship between the patient and the health practitioner (10). |
13th September |
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(a) Outline one study of patient adherence to medical advice. (6) (b) Discuss the difficulties of carrying out studies into patient adherence (10) |
27th September |
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(a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about measuring and managing pain. (10) (b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about measuring and managing pain. (16) (c) Some people have a lower threshold for pain than others. Suggest one way that psychologists could measure whether individuals have a higher than average pain threshold. Using your knowledge of psychology give reasons for your answer. (8) |
4th October |
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(a) Outline one technique used to measure stress. (6) (b) Evaluate the difficulties in measuring stress. (10) |
18th October |
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(a) Describe how psychologists have defined and explained substance abuse. (10) (b) Evaluate psychological explanations of substance abuse. (16) (c) An island of people who have never seen a cigarette has been discovered. Suggest one technique that will help to prevent them from starting to smoke cigarettes. Give reasons for your answer. (8) |
1st November |
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6 |
(a) Outline one example of promoting health in either communities or worksites. (6) (b) Evaluate the effectiveness of promoting health in communities and worksites (10) |
15th November |
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7 |
(a) Outline one cultural or one gender difference in health behaviour (6) (b) Discuss the difficulties of studying cultural differences or gender differences in health behaviour (10) |
22nd November |
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8 |
(a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about health and safety. (10) (b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about health and safety. (16) (c) Imagine that there has been a number of accidents in a school science laboratory. Suggest how you can promote safe behaviour in the laboratory. Using your knowledge of psychology, give reasons for your answer. (8) |
6th December |