BBH 432 Questions and Answers Bundle

One of the most prevalent chronic illnesses in US adolescents asthma, 9% of the population is diagnosed Dr. Cavigelli's Experiment to investigate mental health consequences of asthma studied two phenotypes (airway inflammation and labored breathing) Anxiety = avoiding the open arms of the raise...

What is the most important level of analysis? ALL: •social •individual •organ systems •cellular Our memories are shaped by our mood states, beliefs, knowledge, and our expectations. This is why they are subject to change. True The sympathetic nervous system that controls the "Fight or Fli...

What concept does the "garden hose" analogy illustrate in this lesson? If you went out to water your plants and wanted to increase the velocity of water coming out of the hose, you would have two options: you could open the spigot more to increase the amount of water coming into the house at one t...

What is the end replication problem? With consecutive rounds of DNA replication, the ends of the DNA, the telomeres will become shorter and shorter What is the Hayflick Limit? -Telomere provide a means for "counting" cell division -The number of times a normal human cell population will divide un...

Stress An event that is interpreted as threatening and elicits the physiological and behavioral responses associated with the stress response. A threat to homeostasis Eustress positive stress Distress negative stress Stressor any factor that causes stress Perception means the physical act of per...

Depression - anhedonia - overattention to negative stimuli - guilt / worthelssness - duration: > 2 weeks - memory / concentration problems - altered appeite and sleep Depression Prevalence - 5-20% of Americans afflicted - often after chronic/severe stress - more frequent in women: men (2:1) - he...

1. How does constantly activating the stress response increase risk for heart disease? stress makes muscles work harder- in veins and hearts making them work harder and pushing blood through- will make muscle increase makes veins rigid and smaller also make heartmuscle increase on one side of the he...

Tend-and-Befriend 1. under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend) (Connectedness) 2. Introduced by Shelley Taylor and colleagues 3. Tending reduces biological stress in mother and offspring Primary hormones 1. T...

Why are models important in the study of disease? Can be used to study human health and disease, just as physics is used to understand steam engines Descartes -Mind-body dualism -Argued disease should be studied scientifically Bernard -Argued against Vitalism -Dissected living animals in front of ...

Antigen any substance that elicits an immune response (virus, bacteria, fungi, etc.) Lymphocyte immune cells 3 types: t lymphocytes, b lymphocytes, NK cells T lymphocytes differentiate into: t helper cells and t cytotoxic cells; originate in thymus Helper t cells "cheerleaders"; have no ability...

Personality & Health: Type A / Hostility Cardiovascular disease/mortality (R. Williams) Personality & Health: Conscientiousness Life Span Personality & Health: High Sociality/Boldness/Aggression Parasite Load/Predation Risk' Personality & Health: What is personality/temperament? Consistent behav...

Tend-and-befriend response under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend) Biobehavioral threat response designed to protect self and offspring: - use of social groups: to provide physical and perhaps psychological...

Immune system a set of physiological defenses that protect us Non-specific immunity involves inflammation and wbc Specific immunity involves luekocytes Types of wbcs phagocytes and macrophages and nk cells Interferons proteins that is a part of a class of signaling proteins called cytokines Cyt...

Personality Characteristic pattern of how an individual thinks, feels, and behaves Personality Traits Specific characteristics that make up an individual's personality, and these traits are stable over time (as opposed to states, or emotional responses that change rapidly, sometimes from moment to...