PSU BBH 315 Tests Compilation Bundle

Physical and cognitive changes in older adults correct answer: -skin wrinkles and spots -hair thins and grays -fingernails, toenails thicken -height decreases -body fat increases - muscle mass, strength decrease -bone density decreases -vision, hearing decline physical and cognitive chang...

Adolescence correct answer: -GRADUAL period of transition from childhood to adulthood -Process of "soft" events rather than discrete events -Difficult to characterize precise onset and offset Puberty correct answer: -Attainment of sexual maturation -Just one of many adolescent transitions ...

Cancer correct answer: uncontrolled cell growth—loss of normal cell growth control; inability to undergo apoptosis (cell suicide) Apoptosis correct answer: programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms. Tumor correct answer: abnormal tissue growth Neoplasia correct an...

Gender roles correct answer: What we do that identifies us as men and women Gender identity correct answer: How we perceive ourselves as female and male Gender typing correct answer: Process by which we acquire our gender identity and our gender roles Gender schema correct answer: Young...

Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Physical and Cognitive Changes correct answer: -fingernails and toenails thicken -body fat inc -muscle mass and strength dec -bone density dec -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines ...

2 key overarching goals of course correct answer: -to become familiar with information on topics from the meaning of sex and gender to the relative impact of bio, behavioral, psych, and sociocultural factors on particular health problems -to facilitate independent critical thinking about such topi...

with age, do finger/toenails thicken or thin? correct answer: they thicken men lose 1 inch of height between what ages? correct answer: 30-50 how many inches do men lose between the ages 30-50? correct answer: 1 women lose 2 inches of height between what ages? correct answer: 25-75 h...

Adolescence correct answer: -gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -"soft" events rather than discrete events -difficult to characterize precise onset & offset Puberty correct answer: -attainment of sexual maturation -one of many adolescent transitions -onset of biologi...

Topic 1: Worklife, Empty Nests, & Retirement in the U.S. correct answer: Readings: Lachman, 2004; NIA, 2013; NIA & WHO, 2013 (optional) Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: skin wrinkles and spots, hair thins and grays, fingernails an...

To reduce or eliminate disparities across social groups; improve mental health for all correct answer: more research needed to disentangle interactions of biology, development, social/physical environment, and historical time in order to: Chronic conditions and related physical functioning; heal...

adolescence correct answer: transition period from childhood to adulthood process of soft rather than discrete events difficult to characterize precise onset and offset puberty correct answer: attainment of sexual maturation onset of biological changes onset of adolescence in humans of...

Physical and cognitive changes correct answer: -Skin wrinkles and spots -Hair thins and grays -Fingernails, toenails thicken -Height decreases -Body fat increases -Muscle mass, strength decrease -Bone density decreases -Vision, hearing decline -Lung capacity declines -Sleep problems increa...

Overarching goals for course correct answer: 1.) For you to become familiar with information on topics from the meaning of sex and gender to the relative impact of biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors on particular health problems. 2.) Facilitate independent critical th...

Socialization agents correct answer: Express different expectations for children based on sex, affects their behavior Risk taking correct answer: Begins early, boys take more and more serious risks than girls Adolescence correct answer: Gradual period of transition from childhood to adultho...

Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: -Skin wrinkles and spots, hair thins and grays, nails thicken, height increases, body fat increases, bone density decreases -Lung capacity declines, sleep problems increase, hormone levels decline, in...

biological essentialism correct answer: The belief that 'human nature', an individual's personality, or some specific quality (such as intelligence, creativity, homosexuality, masculinity, femininity, or a male propensity to aggression) is an innate and natural 'essence' (rather than a product...

T/F: Body fat increases in midlife and older age correct answer: TRUE 10% body fat in adolescence and 20% body fat in middle age Gender difference in height decrease in middle age? correct answer: men- lose an inch from 30-50 and another inch from 50-70, women lose 2 inches from age 25-75 B...

Gender socialization and risk taking from module 1 review (expectations) correct answer: -Literature shows nearly all socialization agents for children express different expectations for children based on sex -gendered socialization therefore affects children's behaviors Changes in prefrontal ...

physical/cognitive changes in midlife/older age correct answer: skin wrinkles, spots hair thins/grays height decreases fat increases muscle mass, strength, decrease vision,hearing decline sleep problems social relationships linked to health correct answer: children in intact families mar...

Topic 1: Introduction to class goals and syllabus correct answer: Biological essentialism correct answer: biology is destiny- we are who we are because of our biology or genetic makeup. In turn, our behaviors and preferences are biologically pre-environments we are exposed to Feminism corre...

Difference between biological essentialism and feminism correct answer: - Biological essentialism: we are who we are because of our biology or genetic make up (sex, race-ethnicity); our behaviors and preferences are biologically pre-determined rather than due to choices we make or environments we a...

Overarching goals for course correct answer: -Biological sex and socially constructed gender influence health across the lifespan -Biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact to influence sex and gender diffs Biological essentialism correct answer: -biology is des...