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BBH 311 Exam 1-Answered(Anderson, 1998) The molecular level of analysis includes all of the following variables
EXCEPT:
A) Proteins
B) Organs
C) mRNA
D) DNA structure - ANSWER-organs
According to Sapolsky (45-59), humans are typically considered to be a "stable" species
in terms of the "stable" vs "opportunistic" distinction described in this chapter.
A) True
B) False - ANSWER-true
According to Sapolsky (63-74), what is a core, important contribution of work by
researchers Tversky and Kahneman? - ANSWER-One can present people with two
choices that are logically equivalent, yet one choice may be strongly and consistently
preferred.
According to Sapolsky (93-100), Psychologist ________ mapped the stages of cognitive
development. - ANSWER-Jean Piaget
According to Sapolsky (93-100), what does the acronym DABDA stand for? - ANSWER-
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
According to Sapolsky, people in the developing world have thrifty metabolisms.
A) True
B) False - ANSWER-false
According to Sapolsky, what is the main cause of hypertension among middle class
Africans?
A) genetics
B) hypertension
C) renal water retention
D) stress - ANSWER-renal water retention
According to Sapolsky, who taught us that "thought is no crime"?
A) Ezra Pound
B) Karl Marx
C) Freud
D) Zeus - ANSWER-Freud
According to Sternberg & Gold (2002), cortisol is a steroid hormone that: - ANSWER-
SENSITIZES blood vessels to the actions of norepinephrine
, According to Sternberg & Gold (2002), which of the following is NOT a key component
of the stress response (that is, an integral part of what enables stress responses):
A) Locus ceruleus
B) Pituitary gland
C) Thymus
D) Sympathetic nervous system - ANSWER-Thymus
According to Sternberg & Gold, in people who have experienced acute depression,
what hormone will be suppressed in the HPA axis? - ANSWER-ACTH
ACTH - ANSWER-adrenocorticotropic hormone, ant. pituitary releases in response to
CRH, travels to adrenal glands and stimulates release of cortisol from adrenal glands
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? - ANSWER-The mind
All of the following are ways in which biology impacts/changes who a person is
EXCEPT:
A) hormone imbalances
B) limbic system tumors
C) a damaged frontal cortex
D) depression resulting from a death - ANSWER-depression resulting from a death
Ancient cultures mind body concept - ANSWER-used "trephination"- drill in head to get
out evil spirits responsible for health and diseases,
atypical acute depression - ANSWER-Hypoarousal of stress axis- not enough cortisol to
"get yourself going". Reactive, response to trauma, death, etc. Lasts about 6 months
behavioral biology - ANSWER-does biology influence your behavior or does your
behavior influence your biology? Part of BBH, Sapolsky
Behavioral medicine - ANSWER-1980s, an interdisciplinary field concerned with the
development and integration of behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical science
knowledge and techniques relevant to understanding of health and illness, and the
application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment
and rehabilitation. Ex: Cardiovascular physicians and health scientists interested with
how nicotine content of cigarette might change the way we smoke. --> nicotine patch.
Ex: wearing heart monitor while driving on stressful highway
Belsky et al (1991) puberty in humans - ANSWER-humans: opposite strategy as mice-
girls reach puberty at an earlier age if they are raised in homes with stress where male
is absent. Tells us environment is unstable and should reproduce to ensure continuity of
species
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