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PSY241 Exam 3 (Ch. 7–9 Notes) – Health Psychology | Physical Activity, Sleep, Obesity & Drug Use | 2025 Exam Review

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This expert-verified document is a comprehensive review of Chapters 7 through 9 for PSY241 (Health Psychology), covering physical activity, sleep, nutrition, and substance use disorders in preparation for Exam 3. It includes definitions, mechanisms, behavioral models, and clinical applications related to lifestyle health factors. Chapter 7 explores types of exercise (aerobic vs anaerobic), BMR, components of fitness, and the impact of physical activity on chronic disease, mood, immunity, and lifespan. It also addresses public health interventions, sedentary lifestyles, metabolic syndrome, and exercise addiction. Chapter 8 delves into sleep physiology, circadian rhythms, REM/NREM cycles, and sleep stages, alongside sleep disorders like insomnia, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. It reviews the biological, psychological, and behavioral consequences of sleep deprivation, as well as interventions such as CBT, sleep hygiene, and relaxation training. Chapter 9 focuses on nutrition, obesity, and addiction. It covers essential nutrients, BMI, food deserts, weight regulation, hormonal pathways (ghrelin, leptin, insulin), and theories like set-point and restraint theory. Addiction is examined through biomedical, reward, and social learning models, with emphasis on psychoactive drugs (hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants), neural mechanisms (agonists/antagonists), and conditions like alcohol and tobacco use disorders. Prevention strategies, CBT for addiction, and community interventions are also discussed. Useful for: – Health Psychology students (PSY241 or equivalent) – Pre-med, nursing, and behavioral science majors – Courses in Behavioral Medicine, Addiction Studies, and Wellness Promotion – Students preparing for chapter-based or cumulative exams on lifestyle medicine Keywords: PSY241, health psychology, aerobic exercise, anaerobic exercise, metabolic syndrome, basal metabolic rate, sedentary lifestyle, physical fitness, circadian rhythm, sleep stages, REM sleep, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, CBT insomnia, nutrition, obesity, ghrelin, leptin, BMI, food deserts, drug addiction, substance use disorder, psychoactive drugs, stimulants, depressants, alcohol use disorder, tobacco addiction, agonist, antagonist, withdrawal, reward models, prevention strategies

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PSY241 EXAM3 CH7-9 (sleep, obesity,
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Physical activity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-bodily movement produced by skeletal

muscles

-requires energy expenditure

-exercise=planned, repetitive, purposeful physical activity

-increase wellbeing


2 Type exercise: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. aerobic exercise =


-depends on air/cardio

-light intensity

,-long time (30mins)

-ex. swimming,cycling,running

2. anaerobic exercise=

-air independent

-high intensity

-short time (<30min)

-ex. weight training, sprinting


Basal metabolic rate(BMR): - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-baseline calories the body

needs at rest

-50-70% calories goes to vital organs

-7-10% from food breakdown

-calorie=measure of food energy needed to raise 1*C of 1g water

-assesses physically active status




*healthy=high BMR (rate which body burns, higher better)


4 characteristics of physical fitness: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. muscular strength

,2. muscular endurance

3. flexibility

4. body composition


Benefits of physical activity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cardiorespiratory Endurance

(aerobic)=ability to supply O2 to working muscles

-VO2max=amount O2 consumption rate

-includes MS, ME, FX, BC

-boost immunity, health, mood


Consequences of sedentary life: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-increase health care

costs

-lowers workpalce productivity

-shortens telomere length (life expectancy)

-recreational sitting leads to muscle atrophy, inflammation

-increase aging (what you don't use, you lose)


Recommended activity levels: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-at least 30min for 5 days

each week




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, -at least 75min vigorous throughout week

-best 300min per week, 2-3 days muscle strengthening, areobic, weight

bearing


Weight control: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-increase aerobic exercise and resistance

exercise

-lowers ghrelin, increase PYY

-exercise reduces hunger (unless you overwork)


exercise VS chronic illness: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-increase bone density

(prevent osteoporosis)

-decrease heart disease, cancer, DM2, metabolic syndrome

-decreases triglycerides LDL (bad fat), increase HLD (good fat)

-delay aging of WBC


Metabolic syndrome VS exercise: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-cluster of conditions

(+BP, diabetes, ab obesity, low HLD, high TG)

-symptoms together increase CVD, stroke, DM2

-obese sedetary diabetic ppl are prone to get MetS

-metabolic flexibility

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