BBH 315 Final Questions With Complete Solutions

marital status related to health correct answer: -marital status is associated with more social support -social support--better health social relationships and enhanced health linkage correct answer: -children in intact families -married couples -older adults with support they count on social relationships associated with suicide correct answer: social support isn't as helpful and associated with better health outcomes if social support is perceived as nagging or negative marital dysfunction correct answer: may cause stress that dysregulates wound healing, causes inflammatory, immune, and endocrine changes that are, in turn, associated with disability trends in age at first marriage correct answer: 1960s- women 20.3 and men 22.8 2011- women 26.5 and men 28.7 trends in marriage correct answer: steady decline in share of people who are currently married increase in people who have never bene married marriage and education correct answer: 1960s- 72% of married people went to high school or less 2010- 47% of married people went to high school or less marriage and race correct answer: 1960s- 74% whites, 72% hispanics, 61% of blacks 2010- 55% whites, 48% hispanics, 31% blacks trends in labor force correct answer: -drop off in male labor force, womens rates go up -men retire quicker than women trends in gender gap earnings correct answer: -women earn less than men ~77-82 cents for every $1 men earn reasons for gender gap earnings correct answer: -females tend to work fewer hours -higher paying jobs are dominated by men -more education=more income division of labor differences correct answer: -largest difference in married individuals -caregiving "second-shift" phenomenon correct answer: refers to the added stress that women experience when they spend considerably more time on unpaid household chores or caregiving, compared to men, over and above their outside work responsibilities tumor correct answer: abnormal tissue growth neoplasia correct answer: new abnormal growth benign tumor correct answer: non-cancerous malignant tumor correct answer: cnacerous apoptosis correct answer: the death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organisms growth or