Unit I: 1-Mark Exam Practice
Healthcare Psychology and Communication Skills (BP103T). Attempt seven multiple-choice or true/false questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and seven very short answers. Choose an option and click Check answer for immediate feedback. Write one sentence for each very short answer before revealing the model answer. CO, PO and Bloom’s level follow the Unit I examination question bank.
Part A: Objective questions
7. Fill in the blank: The method in which a patient explains the medicine plan in their own words is called ________.
Part B: Very short answers
9. Define clinical psychology.
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Clinical psychology deals with assessing and helping people with emotional, behavioural or psychological problems.
10. Define memory.
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Memory is the ability to encode, store and retrieve information.
11. Define health psychology.
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Health psychology studies how thoughts, emotions, behaviour and social factors affect health and illness.
12. State one use of behavioural psychology in pharmacy practice.
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It helps change health behaviour; for example, appreciation can strengthen regular inhaler use.
13. Differentiate attention from selective attention in one sentence.
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Attention is focused awareness; selective attention is focusing on one important stimulus while ignoring distractions.
14. Suggest one cue to improve recall of medicine timing.
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Link the medicine with a regular activity such as breakfast and write the timing clearly on the label.
15. State one likely reason why an anxious patient may forget instructions.
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Anxiety can reduce attention during counselling, so the information is not properly encoded in memory.
Compare your response with the model answer for the key idea. A different accurate one-sentence answer may also earn the mark.