Reference no: EM132361710 , Length: word count : 1400
Part 1. Please answer ONE of the following:
1. What is a theory? How do theories further science? Identify three characteristics of a useful theory. Discuss the role of theories in research and how psychology utilizes theories.
2. What is a consideration for children who must be hospitalized and how do pediatric hospitals and health psychologists address it? Discuss some research findings about various interventions and their relative effectiveness.
3. What are stage theories of health behavior change? How do they differ from continuum theories?
Part 2. Please answer ONE of the following:
1. Discuss how personal control affects people's ability to cope with stress. Include a related theory, research study findings, and some cultural differences and commonalities in your discussion.
2. Examine the relationship between stress and headaches, heart disease, ulcers, diabetes, infectious disease or any other disease. How strong is the relationship? Present specifics to support the relationship.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of physiological measures, behavioral assessments, and self-report measures of pain?
Part 3. Please answer ONE of the following:
1. Summarize the story of Steve Jobs' experience with cancer. Also, comment on what things he could have done that might or might not have changed the outcome.
2. Discuss how the feelings of grief and loss apply to chronic illness. Are there any positive aspects to chronic illness?
3. Discuss methods of deterring teenagers from starting to smoke. Highlight some successful as well as unsuccessful strategies. Which strategy seems to work the best? Why?
Part 4. Please answer ONE of the following:
1. Compare and contrast the attitudes and rates of drinking today with the attitudes and rates of drinking throughout history. Provide specifics to support your claims.
2. Discuss the cardiovascular benefits and risks of exercise. Are the cardiovascular benefits of exercise sufficient to outweigh the risks? Why or why not?
3. Compare health insurance practices in the U.S. versus those in two other industrialized nations in terms of how these affect health care costs and health expectancies.