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BBH 101 EXAM 2 PSU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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BBH 101 EXAM 2 PSU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSClassifications of risk factors - Answers -Modifiable/ controllable
&
Non-modifiable/ non-controllable
Major risk factor for major diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes,
alzheimers - Answers -Age
(accounts for 90% of deaths in industrialized nations)
Telomeres - Answers -caps on the end of strands of DNA
Risk factors based on sex: - Answers --men have higher risk of cancer and coronary
heart disease than women
-reasons: behavioral reasons, alcohol & smoking, engage in riskier behaviors, more
likely to not report their problems
Risk factors based on family history: - Answers -Some diseases are clearly heritable.
Ex: Huntington's Disease, 90% of cases
Lifestyle choices and early life environment determined by family members
Types of Prevention: - Answers -Primary: make efforts to stop the disease from
beginning in the first place
Secondary: People who are sick but aren't aware. (SCREENING)
Tertiary: Prevention done after the fact that the person is already sick
Health Belief Model - Answers -decisions about health are made based on: perceived
susceptibility, severity of health threat, benefits of action, and barriers to action
Theory of Planned Behavior - Answers -Behavioral intention indicates likelihood of
change.
Attitude, influence of societal norms, and perception of control over behavior
Transtheoretical Model - Answers -Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse (sometimes)
, Health Promotion - Answers -Efforts to help people change lifestyle to achieve optimal
health
Give people control over health
Modify public policy
"behavioral social science"
What is stress? - Answers -a negative emotional experience accompanied by
predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral changes that are
directed either toward altering the stressful event or accommodating to its effects
Claude Bernard - Answers -Advocate for looking at things through reductionism
Argued we need balance
Walter Cannon - Answers -Coined the terms homeostasis & Fight-or-flight
Talked about both physical and emotional health (psychological)
Hans Selye - Answers -Endocrinologist- studied rats by injecting them with hormones
Developed the concept of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)- first experience stress
they are susceptible to harm
Stages of Stress: - Answers -1) Alarm
2) Resistance
3) Exhaustion
Allostasis - Answers --Replaced homeostasis
Main Idea: There is adaptive flexibility of ranges in our body, your body will be able to
get back to these rages after experiencing a stressor
3 Major systems of stress physiology: - Answers -Sympathetic Nervous System-
response in seconds
HPA Axis- response in minutes
Immune System- response in days
Sympathetic Nervous System - Answers -First Activated in stress response
Increases heart rate, BP, respiration, pupil dilation
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