BBH 101 Exam 1 questions with correct answers

BBH 101 Exam 1 questions with correct
answers

What was the ancient perspective of diseases? - ANSWER: ➡ That they were controlled by
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evil spirits and uncontrollable forces.
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What is Trepanation? - ANSWER: ➡ An early form of surgery that attempted to release evil
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Who developed the humoral theory? - ANSWER: ➡ Hippocrates
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Humoral Theory - ANSWER: ➡ 4 Fluids in the body:
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- Phlegm
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-Blood


Sickness comes from things we can see
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Who popularized dissections to expand our knowledge of anatomy & developed theories on
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medicine and physiology? - ANSWER: ➡ Galen
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What is Reductionism? - ANSWER: ➡ Reducing complex systems to their most basic parts in
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order to better understand the system as a whole
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What is the biomedical model? (19th Century) - ANSWER: ➡ Diseases is caused by biology
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and biology alone
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,Cholera - ANSWER: ➡ Causes severe diarrhea and vomitting which can lead to dehydration,
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shock, & death
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Who studied Cholera? - ANSWER: ➡ John Snow
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What was the identified problem that caused Cholera? - ANSWER: ➡ Public water pumps
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were contaminated
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Who studied childbed fever? - ANSWER: ➡ Semmelweis
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What suggestion did Semmelweis make to combat childbed fever? - ANSWER: ➡
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Handwashing (and it worked)
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(and people were insulted too)
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Who's findings led to the germ theory? - ANSWER: ➡ Louis Pasteur
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Germ Theory - ANSWER: ➡ Little things we can't see are making us sick, it isn't just in the air
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What was the first successful vaccination for? - ANSWER: ➡ Smallpox
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Who invented the smallpox vaccine? - ANSWER: ➡ Edward Jenner
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How did Edward Jenner first test the smallpox vaccine? - ANSWER: ➡ He injected an 8yr old
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boy with cowpox and it worked.
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Later tested it on 23 other people and it worked.
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, Vaccines target: - ANSWER: ➡ Microorganisms
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Who discovered the antibacterial effects of penicillin? - ANSWER: ➡ Alexander Fleming
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Antibodies further proved what to be true? - ANSWER: ➡ Germ Theory
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(while also improving lifespan 30 years)
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What is the biomedical model (20th Century) - ANSWER: ➡ Illness has a biological cause
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due to germs or pathogens.
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(reduced death and illness over time)
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What are problems with the biomedical model? - ANSWER: ➡ Other factors can contribute
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to diseases:
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Biomedical model is heavily based on what? - ANSWER: ➡ Reductionism
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Biobehavioral Perspective - ANSWER: ➡ recognizes biological, psychological and
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sociocultural forces in determining an individuals health and vulnerability to diseases
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Examples of biological forces: - ANSWER: ➡ ex: genetics and neurobiology
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Examples of psychological forces: - ANSWER: ➡ ex: stress, subjective
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