Which of the following questions is associated directly with the domain of life control?
- A. How do you deal with the stress in your life?
- B. Do you ever feel that you are treated unfairly by the health care system?
- C. Do you have trouble reading the instructions on your medicine bottles?
- D. Do you feel that God (or spirituality) provides a strong source of support in your life?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: This question assesses coping mechanisms, tied to life control.
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ifferences in how time is spent generally,
- A. continues
- B. Gender schema
- C. varies
- D. Gender stereotypes
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Time use varies by individual, culture, and context, not consistently across all people.
Research supports that race/ethnicity concordance in the patient-physician relationship is associated with which of the following statements?
- A. Preference of patients to avoid racist physicians
- B. Improved long-term medical outcomes
- C. Better patient care during hospital visits
- D. Improved partnership in decision-making and increased patient satisfaction
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Concordance boosts satisfaction and collaboration in decision-making.
Which of the following approaches is most appropriate when discussing illicit drug use with patients?
- A. Asking the patient when he/she last used drugs
- B. Ordering blood work without addressing the issue with the patient
- C. Framing a question in a nonaccusatory and nonjudgmental manner
- D. Discussing the issue with the patient's family instead of the patient
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Nonjudgmental framing encourages honest disclosure without defensiveness.
A hedonic orientation concerned with positive affective experiences:
- A. The engaged life
- B. The meaningful life
- C. The pleasant life
- D. None
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The pleasant life (Seligman) focuses on hedonic, positive affective experiences.
It holds only a few items (research shows a range of $7+/-2$ items) and only lasts for about seconds:
- A. 30
- B. 20
- C. 10
- D. 25
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Short-term memory holds 7 ± 2 items for about 20 seconds, per Miller's 'Magical Number Seven' (1956).