HS 200 Midterm questions with accurate answers
_______ % of college students are food insecure Ans✓✓✓ 59
Addiction often starts when a person does something to bring pleasure or
_______ avoid pain _____ Ans✓✓✓ reinforcement --> tolerance -->
withdrawal
anorexia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder, self starvation, excessive
weightless, intense fear of weight gain, disturbance in self image
Benefits of physical activity Ans✓✓✓ Reduced risk of premature death
Improved cardiorespiratory functioning
More efficient metabolism
Improved body composition
Disease prevention and management
Improved psychological and emotional wellness
Improved immune function
Prevention of injuries & reduced rates of low-back pain
Improved quality of life
benefits of physical activity of psychological health Ans✓✓✓ Reduced
anxiety and depression
Improved sleep
Reduced stress
,Enhanced self-esteem / self-confidence
Enhanced creativity and intellectual functioning
Increased work productivity
Increased opportunities for social interaction
binge eating disorder Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder in which people
binge eat without compensatory measures, large quantities of food in
short period of time.
body image is Ans✓✓✓ how we feel about our own physical
appearance.
body systems involved in the stress response Ans✓✓✓ nervous and
endocrine
bullimia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder characterized by binge
eating followed by compensatory behaviors (vomiting, fasting, laxatives,
exercise)
Carbohydrates Ans✓✓✓ provide energy
combating stress Ans✓✓✓ Deep Breathing
In slowly through the nose, hold for 5-7 seconds, exhale through the
mouth & repeat.
1 minute deep breathing stress reduction video link
, Refocus
If you're going to dwell on something, make it productive.
What could I have done differently? Instead of "What's wrong with me?"
Exercise
Increasing physical stress can decrease mental stress.
Even low intensity exercise can make a big difference.
Prayer/Meditation
The most commonly used form of "alternative medicine" in the world.
70% of people who pray and / or meditate find it to be profoundly
helpful.
Humor (home movie)
"It's physiologically impossible to be stressed when you're laughing.
Laughter creates a physiological state which is incompatible with stress"
Dr. Richard Blonna, PhD
common causes of depression Ans✓✓✓ poor Choices
One POSSIBLE reason for suffering is as a result of poor choices.
Lying, which breaks trust, can alter an important relationship and leave
you feeling sad & filled with regret.
Genetics
Depression runs in families. (Levinson & Nichols, 2012) One in six
people in the US will experience major depression in some point in their
lives. That number increases by 2.5 times for people with a clinically
depressed parent or sibling.
Chemical Imbalances
_______ % of college students are food insecure Ans✓✓✓ 59
Addiction often starts when a person does something to bring pleasure or
_______ avoid pain _____ Ans✓✓✓ reinforcement --> tolerance -->
withdrawal
anorexia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder, self starvation, excessive
weightless, intense fear of weight gain, disturbance in self image
Benefits of physical activity Ans✓✓✓ Reduced risk of premature death
Improved cardiorespiratory functioning
More efficient metabolism
Improved body composition
Disease prevention and management
Improved psychological and emotional wellness
Improved immune function
Prevention of injuries & reduced rates of low-back pain
Improved quality of life
benefits of physical activity of psychological health Ans✓✓✓ Reduced
anxiety and depression
Improved sleep
Reduced stress
,Enhanced self-esteem / self-confidence
Enhanced creativity and intellectual functioning
Increased work productivity
Increased opportunities for social interaction
binge eating disorder Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder in which people
binge eat without compensatory measures, large quantities of food in
short period of time.
body image is Ans✓✓✓ how we feel about our own physical
appearance.
body systems involved in the stress response Ans✓✓✓ nervous and
endocrine
bullimia nervosa Ans✓✓✓ an eating disorder characterized by binge
eating followed by compensatory behaviors (vomiting, fasting, laxatives,
exercise)
Carbohydrates Ans✓✓✓ provide energy
combating stress Ans✓✓✓ Deep Breathing
In slowly through the nose, hold for 5-7 seconds, exhale through the
mouth & repeat.
1 minute deep breathing stress reduction video link
, Refocus
If you're going to dwell on something, make it productive.
What could I have done differently? Instead of "What's wrong with me?"
Exercise
Increasing physical stress can decrease mental stress.
Even low intensity exercise can make a big difference.
Prayer/Meditation
The most commonly used form of "alternative medicine" in the world.
70% of people who pray and / or meditate find it to be profoundly
helpful.
Humor (home movie)
"It's physiologically impossible to be stressed when you're laughing.
Laughter creates a physiological state which is incompatible with stress"
Dr. Richard Blonna, PhD
common causes of depression Ans✓✓✓ poor Choices
One POSSIBLE reason for suffering is as a result of poor choices.
Lying, which breaks trust, can alter an important relationship and leave
you feeling sad & filled with regret.
Genetics
Depression runs in families. (Levinson & Nichols, 2012) One in six
people in the US will experience major depression in some point in their
lives. That number increases by 2.5 times for people with a clinically
depressed parent or sibling.
Chemical Imbalances
