Bbh Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

trepanation - correct answer surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull humoral theory - correct answer belief that certain liquids in the body must be in balance cholera - correct answer disease that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can lead to dehydration, shock, and death Reductionism - correct answer an approach to science based on the philosophy that we can understand a more complex system by first understanding the individual components...

Mortality / Lifespan Differences - correct answer: from conception to death girls / women are on average biologically more advantaged and live longer than boys / men ratio differences in age related death rates? correct answer: - the way in which we die impacts age related death rates - younger people have higher mortality rates in unintentional deaths. Older people are illness . health related deaths are adjusted deaths in the United States? correct answer: - higher mortality rates ...

What is life expectancy? - correct answer The average number of years a person can expect to live What is Health? - correct answer A state of well-being that encompasses physical, social, psychological, and other dimensions and is a resource for everyday life - more than merely the absence of illness or injury What is Disease? - correct answer An alteration in body structure of biochemistry that is significant enough to cause the body's regulatory mechanisms to fail - symptoms may or may ...

Health promotion correct answer: - there an entire field of study and practice concerned with the complex nature of health behavior - programs and interventions are implemented to promote change in in behavior in order to improve people's health settings for health promotion correct answer: - communities - usually defined as places where people live-neighborhoods, towns, cities and suburbs - group of people who come together for a common purpose - community health organization a...

Physical Activity correct answer: bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles Physical Exercise correct answer: planned, repetitive, and purposeful physical activity; improves or maintains one or more aspects of physical fitness What are two types of physical exercise? correct answer: 1. Aerobic Exercise 2. Anaerobic Exercise aerobic exercise correct answer: Light to moderate intensity exercise performed for an extended period of time; examples include swimming, cycling, and ...

The Ethics of the Researcher correct answer: Research on human subjects is not justified unless the benefits to be derived outweigh the risks taken. Provisions were made to the Nuremberg code after the Nazis used humans for research correct answer: 2. The experiment should be such as to yield fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other methods or means of study, and not random and unnecessary in nature. • 4. The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid all u...

Adolescence correct answer: Gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -Process of "soft" events rather than discrete event(s) -Difficult to characterize precise onset and offset puberty correct answer: Attainment of sexual maturation -Just one of many adolescent transitions - Onset of biological changes associated with adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents BIOLOGY AND BRAINS: CHILDHOOD AND ...

Levels of Health correct answer: health problems present at multiple levels, according to WHO - disease -condition - impairment Heath problems can be correct answer: acute - something that presents itself and is treatable (example, strep thoat) chronic - condition that lasts for persons whole life but becomes manageable (heart disease, diabetes) disability refers correct answer: individual - environment problem objective measure in health correct answer: - diagnosed health c...

Application: CASE STUDY p. 99 correct answer: Target Audience: College Students Mental illness start to manifest: yearly: 24,000 college students attempt suicide & 1100 complete suicide Highest rate of binge drinking How would you conduct a needs assessment to determine the best intervention? correct answer: What measures would you need: See Table 4.1 ● Spiritual health ● Mental health ● Social health ● Environmental health ● Physical health What is a need? correc...

Agonist correct answer: a drug that attaches to a receptor and produces neural actions that "mimic" or enhance those of a neurotransmitter Antagonist correct answer: a drug that blocks the action of a neurotransmitter what does drug lipid solubility affect? correct answer: blood brain barriers passage and placental barrier permeation do psychoactive drugs create new effects? correct answer: No Drugs alter neurotransmitters activity to exert their effects . T or F correct answer...