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CSS Psychology Clinical and Health Psychology Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering Clinical and Health Psychology as it is examined in CSS Psychology. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Clinical and Health Psychology deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is token economy and on which principle is it based?
A behaviour modification system giving tokens (secondary reinforcers) for desired behaviours, exchangeable for rewards; based on operant conditioning/positive reinforcement.
What is health psychology?
The branch of psychology studying how biological, psychological, and social factors influence health, illness, healthcare, and how to promote wellbeing and prevent disease.
How do 'illness' and 'disease' differ in health psychology?
Disease is the objective biological pathology; illness is the subjective experience and meaning of being unwell as perceived by the patient.
What is the Health Belief Model (HBM) and its components?
A model predicting health behaviour based on perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy.
What is the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)?
Ajzen's model: behaviour is predicted by intention, which is shaped by attitudes toward the behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control.
Describe the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model.
Prochaska & DiClemente's model of behaviour change stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and (sometimes) relapse/termination.
What is the biomedical model of health and its main limitation?
It views health as the absence of disease caused by biological/physical factors only; limitation: it ignores psychological, social, and behavioural contributions to health.
What is the biopsychosocial model of health (Engel)?
Health and illness result from the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors, rather than biology alone.
What is the locus of control and how does it affect health behaviour?
Rotter's concept: internal locus (belief one controls own outcomes) is linked to better health behaviours; external locus (outcomes due to fate/others) to poorer ones.
What is self-efficacy and who proposed it?
Albert Bandura's concept: a person's belief in their ability to perform a behaviour successfully; high self-efficacy predicts adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours.
Define stress in psychological terms.
A state of physical and psychological tension arising when environmental demands (stressors) are appraised as exceeding the individual's coping resources.
What is Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) and its three stages?
Hans Selye's model of the body's stress response: (1) Alarm reaction, (2) Resistance, (3) Exhaustion.
Describe the Transactional Model of Stress (Lazarus & Folkman).
Stress depends on cognitive appraisal: primary appraisal evaluates threat, secondary appraisal evaluates coping ability; stress occurs when demands exceed resources.
Differentiate problem-focused and emotion-focused coping.
Problem-focused coping targets the stressor itself (action/planning); emotion-focused coping manages the emotional response to the stressor (e.g. reappraisal, support-seeking).
What is the 'fight or flight' response and who described it?
Walter Cannon's concept: an acute physiological reaction (sympathetic activation, adrenaline release) preparing the body to confront or flee a perceived threat.
Distinguish eustress from distress.
Eustress is positive, motivating stress that enhances performance; distress is negative, harmful stress that impairs functioning and wellbeing.
What physiological systems are activated during the stress response?
The sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) axis (adrenaline/noradrenaline) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (releasing cortisol).
What is chronic illness and how does it differ from acute illness?
Chronic illness is a long-lasting (often incurable) condition managed over time (e.g. diabetes, cancer, heart disease); acute illness is sudden, short-term, and usually resolves.
What are Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief/dying?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
What is terminal illness and the goal of palliative care?
Terminal illness is an incurable, life-limiting condition; palliative care aims to relieve pain and improve quality of life rather than cure, addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
What is social support and what are its main types?
The perceived/actual assistance from one's social network. Types: emotional, instrumental (tangible/practical), informational, and appraisal (esteem) support.
What is the buffering hypothesis of social support?
Social support protects (buffers) people from the harmful effects of stress, weakening the stressor-illness link, especially during high stress.
What is the direct (main) effect hypothesis of social support?
Social support benefits health and wellbeing at all times, regardless of stress level, by promoting positive states and healthy behaviours.
How does social support influence physical health outcomes?
Strong social support is linked to lower mortality, better immune function, faster recovery, better treatment adherence, and reduced cardiovascular and stress-related risk.
What this deck covers
The Clinical and Health Psychology deck follows the CSS Psychology Clinical and Health Psychology syllabus — 2 chapters and 10 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 25.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 153 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Clinical and Health Psychology flashcards FAQ
How many Clinical and Health Psychology flashcards are in this CSS Psychology deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these CSS Psychology flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Clinical and Health Psychology cards cover?
They follow the CSS Psychology Clinical and Health Psychology syllabus — 2 chapters and 10 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.