BBH 315: Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

biological essentialism correct answer: The belief that 'human nature', an individual's personality, or some specific quality (such as intelligence, creativity, homosexuality, masculinity, femininity, or a male propensity to aggression) is an innate and natural 'essence' (rather than a product of circumstances, upbringing, and culture). feminism correct answer: the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. disparities correct answer: inequality or difference in some respect. (ex: economic disparities exist among ethnic groups, there is a disparity between what men and women earn in the same job. This noun derives from Latin dispar "unequal.") mortality correct answer: is the state of being mortal, or susceptible to death within a population. Also, the term used for the number of people who died within a population. Refers to the incidence of death or the number of deaths in a population. morbidity correct answer: refers to the state of being diseased or unhealthy within a population. life expectancy correct answer: the average period that a person may expect to live. lifespan differences correct answer: women live about 5 years longer (on average) depends on how they lived their life, etc. The gap widened in the 1970s, but now its smaller. In 1918, the influenza epidemic wiped out life expectancy differences between men and women. mortality rates correct answer: per race, whites seem to have lower mortality rates than black people, but biologically scientists are unsure why/no physiological reason either. Differences in race mortality rates due to health care, education, income, socioeconomic status. around the globe, females live much longer than males. (japan, hong kong, france switzerland lead). developing countries used to have a much wider life expectancy gap with industrial counties, but overtime it became smaller. worldwide gender gap correct answer: access to care, differences in risky behavior in males, higher risk of infectious diseases, less safe child baring. gender differences in morbidity correct answer: women; report more illness, are actually more ill from acute conditions, more ill from chronic conditions, experience more disability, use more outpatient health services, use more prescription and OTC drugs gender paradox correct answer: - men and women have different health problems - women are more likely to seek help - smoking related illnesses differ between men/women - men are more likely to engage in risky behavior lifespan developmental perspective correct answer: you vs grandparents -> education, medical care, SES, has changed dramatically since your grandparents were your age. depending when you were born..different way of thinking, etc. (ex: great depression families, vietnam war, civil rights, etc). assumption of risk correct answer: the outcomes of exposures