Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

D I V E R S I T Y
Hucksters of Death: Promoting Smoking 
Throughout the World
In some countries, children as young as 
6 smoke regularly.
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R E C A P / E V A L U A T E / R E T H I N K 
K E Y T E R M S
R E C A P 
How do psychological factors affect health-related problems 
such as coronary heart disease, cancer, and smoking?
• Hostility, a key component of the Type A behavior pat-
tern, is linked to coronary heart disease. The Type A 
behavior pattern is a cluster of behaviors involving 
hostility, competitiveness, time urgency, and feeling 
driven. (p. 485)
• People’s attitudes and emotional responses may affect 
the course of cancer through links to the immune sys-
tem. (p. 486)
• Smoking, the leading preventable cause of health prob-
lems, has proved to be diffi cult to quit, even though 
most smokers are aware of the dangerous consequences 
of the behavior. (p. 487)
E VA LU AT E
1. Type 
behavior is characterized by cooperative-
ness and by being easygoing; Type 
behavior is 
characterized by hostility and competitiveness.
2.
The Type A behavior pattern is known to directly cause 
heart attacks. True or false?
Type A behavior pattern p. 485
Type B behavior pattern p. 486
3. A cancer patient’s attitude and emotions may affect that 
person’s 
system and thus help or hinder the 
patient’s fi ght against the disease.
4.
Smoking is used to regulate both nicotine levels and emo-
tional states in smokers. True or false?