Bbh 311 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Animal models used when you cannot ethically manipulate a variable in humans. Helps us to understand individual differences and to gather more information about underlying biology and behavior Face valid model produce behavioral or biological symptoms associated with human condition. What you see is what you get (ex: rats, nicotine withdrawal, high-fat sweet and salty food preference) Grunberg found that the female animals that were going through nicotine withdrawal binged on these junk foods,...

DSM-5 and PTSD separate criteria for ages 6 and below and ages 6 and above DSM-5 A.Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence in one or more of the following ways: ONLY NEED 1 EXPOSURE (minimum of 1 event) -Directly experiencing the traumatic event. -Witnessing, in person, the event(s) as it occurred to others. -Learning that the traumatic event(s) occurred to a close family member or close friend. In the cases of actual or threated death of a family member or ...

Mechanistic thinking thinking about how things happen and not just why Physical laws and principles How does science progress? -sometimes incrementally, sometimes people just try new things. -scientific progress is caused by new world views. -previous scientists reinvent paradigm and that is how science keeps moving forward. History of science caused by a steady progression of truths Thomas kuhn -old views of science is flawed -"world view of science" = paradigm -scientific progress is caus...

What things are negotiable when receiving a job offer? salary, start up, lab space, teaching load How do researchers pay for biobehaviorial research studies? grant money not start up funds because that is just money provided by the boss once, not every year Why are priori hypotheses important when doing research? help avoid Type 1 error (do not test as many things) True or False: Research with human participants has directly demonstrated the imprtance of using microbiome to treat depression ...

During prehistoric times, most cultures regarded the mind and body as ---- Intertwined The Ancient Greeks developed a ---- of illness humoral theory the four humors Disease resulted when the four humors or circulating fluids of the body (blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm) were out of balance The Ancient Greeks: Goal of treatment - Goal of treatment was to restore balance among the humors - Certain personality types were associated with each of the four humors History of the biomedic...

Important mechanism for those who experience adverse health outcomes cortisol How is cortisol released? glucocorticoid that is released by the adrenal glands when activated by stress. Important for establishing homeostasis after exposure to a stressor Diurnal pattern cortisol levels high in the morning and decrease throughout the day Cortisol sensitivity more strongly predictive of glucocorticoid resistance and negative health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, sep...

After the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, what is the 4th "system" that Ray (2004) considers to be important in understanding how systems interact to influence our health? the mind behavior the microbiome the cardiovascular system correct answer: the mind Which of the following is NOT a phenomenon described in the Ray 2004 article? A. Among Chinese women age 75 and older, mortality is considerably lower in the week before Harvest Moon Festival and is higher in the week aft...

After disaster strikes, biochemical, genetic, and _____ factors act together to restore our emotional equilibrium. A) Environmental B) Behavioral C) Immune D) Endocrine B ____ is a protein that appears to protect mice and possibly humans against stress induced from being alone and isolated or threatened by more aggressive mice. A) CRH B) DeltaFosB C) ACTH D) Cortisol B According to Russo et al, which of the following is a mechanism of passive resilience? A) Mediation by the absence of key mole...

What is the quality of animal research critically dependent on? Care, health, well-being, and ethical treatment of animals What are the different levels of laws that help regulate animal research? Federal, State, Institutional, Community What are the multiple levels of review and regulation designed for? to protect the welfare of the animals, ensure that they are treated humanely, and ensure that the research being performed is scientifically sound and worth conducting What are the societies ...

Biomarker Objective indicators of medical state- observed outside patient Medical sign objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination Symptoms Patients perceive about themselves WHO biomarker definition Any measurement reflecting an interaction between a biological system and a potential hazard which may be chemical physical or biological. The measured response may be functional and psychological, biochemical at th...