BBH 101 EVALUATION EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Scientific Method - ✔✔A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific
problem
✔✔Sample - ✔✔a subset of the population
✔✔Population - ✔✔group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
✔✔Statistics - ✔✔numerical data
✔✔p-value - ✔✔The probability of results of the experiment being attributed to chance.
✔✔statistical significance - ✔✔how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
✔✔experimenter bias - ✔✔a phenomenon that occurs when a researcher's
expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained
✔✔Confound - ✔✔To confuse and frustrate
✔✔Replication - ✔✔process of copying DNA prior to cell division
✔✔Reproducibility - ✔✔how close a group of measurements are to each other
✔✔Correlation - ✔✔A measure of the relationship between two variables
✔✔Causation - ✔✔the action of causing something
✔✔reverse causation - ✔✔relationship in which the correlation between two things is
due not to the first thing causing the second, but to the second causing the first
✔✔coincidence - ✔✔two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
, ✔✔association - ✔✔a group of people who have gathered based on similar goals or
beliefs
✔✔independent variable - ✔✔variable that is manipulated
✔✔dependent variable - ✔✔The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the
research is interested.
✔✔Biobehavioral Health - ✔✔Designed to integrate biological, behavioral,
psychological, socio-cultural, and environmental approaches to the study of the science
behind health
✔✔biobehavioral perspective - ✔✔believe that the key to understanding human
behavior lies in understanding the human brain and body
✔✔biomedical model - ✔✔A perspective that explains illness solely in terms of
biological factors.
✔✔Reductionism - ✔✔the reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are
more manageable to study
✔✔Transdisciplinary Approach - ✔✔team assesses simultaneously in context of play
✔✔Humoral Theory - ✔✔Pertaining to body fluids or substances contained in them.
✔✔blood - ✔✔Connective tissue made of plasma, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and
platelets.
✔✔Miasma Theory - ✔✔Theory that bad air caused illness.
✔✔Germ Theory - ✔✔the theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain
microbes
✔✔Pasteurization - ✔✔treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of
pathogens
✔✔Traditional Chinese Medicine - ✔✔a system of ancient Chinese medicinal
treatments including acupuncture, diet, herbal therapy, meditation, physical exercise,
and massage to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease
✔✔Ayurveda (Ayurvedic medicine) - ✔✔A comprehensive system of medicine, derived
largely from ancient India, that places equal emphasis on the body, mind, and spirit
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Scientific Method - ✔✔A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific
problem
✔✔Sample - ✔✔a subset of the population
✔✔Population - ✔✔group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
✔✔Statistics - ✔✔numerical data
✔✔p-value - ✔✔The probability of results of the experiment being attributed to chance.
✔✔statistical significance - ✔✔how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance
✔✔experimenter bias - ✔✔a phenomenon that occurs when a researcher's
expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained
✔✔Confound - ✔✔To confuse and frustrate
✔✔Replication - ✔✔process of copying DNA prior to cell division
✔✔Reproducibility - ✔✔how close a group of measurements are to each other
✔✔Correlation - ✔✔A measure of the relationship between two variables
✔✔Causation - ✔✔the action of causing something
✔✔reverse causation - ✔✔relationship in which the correlation between two things is
due not to the first thing causing the second, but to the second causing the first
✔✔coincidence - ✔✔two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
, ✔✔association - ✔✔a group of people who have gathered based on similar goals or
beliefs
✔✔independent variable - ✔✔variable that is manipulated
✔✔dependent variable - ✔✔The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the
research is interested.
✔✔Biobehavioral Health - ✔✔Designed to integrate biological, behavioral,
psychological, socio-cultural, and environmental approaches to the study of the science
behind health
✔✔biobehavioral perspective - ✔✔believe that the key to understanding human
behavior lies in understanding the human brain and body
✔✔biomedical model - ✔✔A perspective that explains illness solely in terms of
biological factors.
✔✔Reductionism - ✔✔the reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are
more manageable to study
✔✔Transdisciplinary Approach - ✔✔team assesses simultaneously in context of play
✔✔Humoral Theory - ✔✔Pertaining to body fluids or substances contained in them.
✔✔blood - ✔✔Connective tissue made of plasma, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and
platelets.
✔✔Miasma Theory - ✔✔Theory that bad air caused illness.
✔✔Germ Theory - ✔✔the theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain
microbes
✔✔Pasteurization - ✔✔treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of
pathogens
✔✔Traditional Chinese Medicine - ✔✔a system of ancient Chinese medicinal
treatments including acupuncture, diet, herbal therapy, meditation, physical exercise,
and massage to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease
✔✔Ayurveda (Ayurvedic medicine) - ✔✔A comprehensive system of medicine, derived
largely from ancient India, that places equal emphasis on the body, mind, and spirit
