MCQ Bank
Men have _____ social support system in relation to women
- A) Different
- B) Similar
- C) Smaller
- D) Larger
Network of people from _______ socioeconomic class is less diverse as compared to higher class.
- A) Middle
- B) Upper Middle
- C) Lower
- D) Lower Middle
The two most common types of Epileptic attack are:
- A) Grand mal and Petit mal
- B) Toluene and Formaldehyde
- C) Insomnia and Amnesia
- D) Estrogens and Progesterone
In the research by Beecher comparing the perceived pain of surgical patients and war-injured soldiers with similar wounds, the __________ reported more pain and requested __________ medication, probably because of their different meanings of pain.
- A) Surgical patients; less
- B) Surgical patients; more
- C) Soldiers; more
- D) Soldiers; less
Giving up attempts to cope with stressful events over which we have no control is known as:
- A) Learned helplessness
- B) Repression
- C) Regression
- D) Conditioned helplessness
Which of the following is a type of Carcinogen?
- A) Dust
- B) Asbestos
- C) Bacteria
- D) Virus
______ damage the cells which may then mutate and spread.
- A) Bacteria
- B) Carcinogens
- C) Viruses
- D) Fungi
Some of the coping techniques used in pain management are:
- A) All of the given options
- B) Distraction
- C) Imagery
- D) Pain acceptance
Which of the following is an example of chronic-recurrent pain?
- A) Cancer
- B) Rheumatoid arthritis
- C) Chronic low back pain
- D) Migraine headache
Which of the following is an example of chronic-intractable-benign pain?
- A) Tension
- B) Cancer
- C) Migraine
- D) Low back pain
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of group psychotherapy over individual therapy in treating pain?
- A) Patients in group therapy offer credible feedback to others in the group
- B) Because group therapy has so many patients at one time, interactions become inefficient
- C) In the course of group interactions, the therapist can see the patients from a different and more helpful perspective than in individual therapy
- D) Group therapy reduces patients' social isolation
The growth of plaques on artery walls are known as:
- A) Aneurysm
- B) Atherosclerosis
- C) Venous Thrombosis
- D) Stroke
Attempts to regulate or reduce the emotional consequences of a stressful event are called:
- A) Emotion focused coping
- B) Emotional proximity
- C) Emotional support
- D) Emotional disclosure
Pain that receives or requires professional treatment is called __________ pain.
- A) Algogenic
- B) Nociceptic
- C) Very acute
- D) Clinical
Which of the following pain characterized by continuous discomfort and associated with a malignant condition, and becomes increasingly intense as the underlying condition worsens?
- A) Chronic-progressive
- B) Chronic-single
- C) Chronic-recurrent
- D) Chronic-intractable-benign
Diabetes that involves reduced insulin production by the pancreas is called __________.
- A) Mitosis
- B) Mellitus
- C) Type 1
- D) Type 2
Which of the following is a technique in which the person learns to elicit the relaxation response with the aid of physiological measurement equipment?
- A) FMRI
- B) Biofeedback
- C) CT scan
- D) MRI
Which of the following hormone can reduce the bronchial inflammation which causes asthma?
- A) Androgenic
- B) Anabolic
- C) Corticosteroid
- D) Steroid
Stephen Manuck and his colleagues have demonstrated a link between stress and atherosclerosis in:
- A) Chimpanzees
- B) Orangutans
- C) Gorillas
- D) Monkeys
Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is also known as what?
- A) Type 1
- B) Type 4
- C) Type 2
- D) Type 3