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BBH 101 Exam 2 PSU questions withsolutions
Age - ANSWER: ➡ Major risk factor for major diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancer
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telomeres - ANSWER: ➡ caps on end of strands of DNA
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sex based risk factors - ANSWER: ➡ males have higher risk of developing cancer and
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coronary heart disease
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family based risk factors - ANSWER: ➡ diseases may be heritable; huntington's diseases
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90% hereditary
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early life development determined by family members
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types of prevention - ANSWER: ➡ Primary- make an effort to stop disease before it has a
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chance to develop
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Tertiary- prevention done after person is aware they are sick
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Health Belief Model - ANSWER: ➡ Developed in 1974, one of the oldest social cognition
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models. Whether a person will choose to engage in healthy behaviors in order to reduce or
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prevent chance of disease and death. Happens when they think something bad's gonna
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happen to them if they don't stop.
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Theory of Planned Behavior - ANSWER: ➡ behavioral intention indicates likelihood of
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change
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, Transtheoretical Model - ANSWER: ➡ precontemplation, contemplation, preparation,
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action, maintenance
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Claude Bernard - ANSWER: ➡ First scientist to discuss the significance of homeostasis.
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Walter Cannon - ANSWER: ➡ Coined the term "fight or flight" and "homeostasis"
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Hans Selye - ANSWER: ➡ (1907-1982) Psychologist who researched a recurring response to
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stress that he called the general adaptation syndrome
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Allostasis - ANSWER: ➡ Replaced homeostasis w/ idea that there is adaptive flexibility of
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ranges in our body, body will be able to get back to these rangers after experiencing a
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stressor
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3 major systems of stress physiology - ANSWER: ➡ Sympathetic Nervous System- response
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in seconds
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HPA Axis- response in minutes
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Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) - ANSWER: ➡ The component of the autonomic nervous
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system that responds to stressful situations by initiating the fight-or-flight response.
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Adrenal Glands - ANSWER: ➡ a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and
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secrete hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine) that help arouse the body in times of
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stress.
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adrenal cortex - ANSWER: ➡ produces cortisol
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