Bbh 311 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Biobehavioral Health Designed to integrate biological, behavioral, psychological, socio-cultural, & environmental approaches to the study of the science behind health BBH differs from -Bio -Psych -Soc -Epidemiology -Others because of INTEGRATION! Disciplines in research Disciplinary research -Cornerstones of transdisciplinary research -When scientists stick to their own disciplines (no collaborating at all) Multidisciplinary research -Working side by side -Ex: bring in geneticist, psychologis...

Stress a state in which the body must adapt to meet environmental needs Stress response the mobilization of resources to meet those demands and restore balance What is a stressor? Stressors can be: (4) A stressor includes any event or situation that triggers coping adjustments Stressors can be: - Internal (e.g., anticipation) - External (e.g., extreme weather) - Negative (e.g., watching your favorite team lose) - Positive Measuring stress (2) Stress can be measured in two broad ways: 1.) Se...

According to Dr. Cavigelli, what percent of children show behavioral inhibition? 15% Who is most likely to display a Tend and Befriend response? A) Males B) Females C) Both B In a classical fear conditioning experiment, which of the following would be the unconditioned stimulus? A) Flashing light or sound B) Footshock C) Freezing B In a classical fear conditioning experiment, which of the following would be the conditioned stimulus? A) Flashing light or sound B) Footshock C) Freezing A In a ...

According to Faraday & Grunberg (1999), mechanistic animal models have helped to: delineate the addictive properties of nicotine understand how kids smoke cigarettes and, subsequently, marijuana and heroin infer biobehavioral processes among humans all of the above correct answer: delineate the addictive properties of nicotine What animal model is used to investigate self-administration of nicotine? Mechanistic Models Face Valid Models Models with Free Standing Indices Responses ...

HealthA complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and NOT merely the absence of disease or infirmity. health psychologyThe educational and scientific contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the identification of the causes and correlates of health and illness.(Matarazzo, 1980) health psychologyUnderstanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they r...

Feelings Physiological arousal Action What are the 3 components of emotion? Teach us survival strategies and learn about our environment Important of learning in emotions Responses followed by a reward will occur with greater frequency over time Responses followed by a punishment will occur with lesser frequency over time Law of Effect (Thorndike) Increases behavior Reinforcement Decreases behavior Punishment Deliver a stimulus to increase behavior Ex. Give money when complete chores Positi...

Biomarker objective indicators of medical state symptom patients perceive about themselves WHO biomakrer any measurement reflecting an interaction between a biological system and a potential hazard, which may by chemical, physical or biological. The measured response may be functional and physiological and biochemical at the cellular level or molecular interaction Exampleof biomarkers Blood pressure Heart Rate Glucose Index Body mass index salivary cortisol pulse oxygen Biomarkers vs clinica...

Challenging the Prevailing Stress Paradigm: "Fight-or-Flight" versus "Tend-and-Befriend" The fight-or-flight theory of stress responses has guided nearly 100 years of stress research and stimulated advances in our understanding of human health and well-being. From Cannon to Selye to McEwen, there undoubtedly has been a staggering progression in our understanding of the biological and behavioral underpinnings of mammalian responses to stress. The first several decades of stress research took ...

Dramatic shift in cause of death 1900: infection Today: behavior related Contributions to health status genes Medical care Behaviors Levels of behavioral health innate Individual behavior Social, family, and community networks Living and working conditions Sociocultural, economic, and environmental conditions Biopsychosocial model (integrative) biological, psychological, sociological contributions to disease and illness Holistic model Emphasize health and disease Health promotion/prevention i...

Modern Concept of Stress: Stress as a Process There are as many definitions of stress as there are things in our world that can get our heart racing and cause us to lose sleep. As we navigate the world of stress, it is important to develop a working definition as our foundation. In order to do that, let's first consider a general definition of stress, and expand that out into the working definition we'll use for this course. General Definition The following is a general definition of stress w...