BBH 101 PSU FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE with Complete Solutions
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BBH 101 PSU FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE with Complete Solutions
health - A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Preventable Injury and Death - -control of underage and excess use of
alcohol
-elimination of public possession of firearms
-elimination of all forms of tobacco
-be...
health - ✔✔A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Preventable Injury and Death - ✔✔-control of underage and excess use of
alcohol
-elimination of public possession of firearms
-elimination of all forms of tobacco
-better nutrition and exercise
-reduction in risky sexual behaviors
-full access to immunizations
Goals of Healthy People 2020 - ✔✔adolescent health, physical activity,
nutrition and weight status, injury and violence protection, sleep health
bloodletting - ✔✔belief or practice of draining a quantity of blood to cure
illness or disease
trephination - ✔✔An ancient operation in which a stone instrument was
used to cut away a circular section of the skull, perhaps to treat abnormal
behavior.
,ancient Egyptian illness and healing - ✔✔believed body had channels
carrying air, water, and blood; people became sick when blockages
occurred
humoral theory - ✔✔A concept of health proposed by Hippocrates that
considered wellness a state of perfect equilibrium among four basic body
fluids, called humors. Sickness was believed to be the result of
disturbances in the balance of humors.
humors - ✔✔Four body fluids - blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile -
that, according to an ancient theory, control personality by their relative
abundance.
Traditional Oriental Medicine (TOM) - ✔✔internal harmony is the key to
good health
qi - ✔✔vital energy or life force that ebbs and flows with changes in
physical, mental, and emotiona well-being
ayurveda - ✔✔the oldest known medical system in the world, originating in
India; human body represents entire universe in a microcosm, the key to
health is maintaining a balance between the microcosmic body and
macrocosmic world
,ayurvedic humors - ✔✔also called doshas: vata, pitta, and kapha,
collectively called the tridosha
miasm - ✔✔A theory developed by Hahnemann to account for chronic
disease, states that a person develops a diseased state which was
acquired through an infectious disease and can be inheritable.
germ theory - ✔✔the theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain
microbes
biomedical model - ✔✔the dominant view of 20th century medicine that
maintains that illness always has a physical cause
psychosomatic model - ✔✔(Freud) conversion disorders: unconscious,
emotional conflicts take physical form
4 goals of health psychology - ✔✔-To study scientifically the causes or
origins of specific diseases; that is, their etiology
-To promote health
-To prevent and treat illness
-To promote public health policy and the improvement of the health care
system
biopsychosocial model - ✔✔a model of health that integrates the effects of
biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness
, epigenetics - ✔✔the effects of environmental forces on how genes are
expressed
life course perspective - ✔✔important age related aspects of health and
illness
subjective well-being - ✔✔individuals' personal perceptions of their overall
happiness and life satisfaction
evolutionary perspective - ✔✔-adaptation and reproductive successes drive
trait and behavior development
-biology and behavior do not occur in a vacuum and constantly interact
birth cohort - ✔✔set of people who were born during the same era and who
face similar societal circumstances brought about by their shared position
in the overall age structure of the population
socioeconomic status - ✔✔A person's position in society as determined by
income, wealth, occupation, education, place of residence, and other
factors
evidence-based medicine - ✔✔the use of current best evidence in making
decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health
services
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