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Flashcards by Nelson Rice, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nelson Rice
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| Question | Answer |
| Goal of Wellness | Wellness- active process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health and heightened life satisfaction |
| Ecological Model of Health and Wellness | A framework that recognizes the interrelationship between individuals and their environment; emphasizes the multiple social determinants that influence health. |
| Stages of Change/Trans-theoretical Model | Model of Behavior change that focuses on stages of change |
| self-efficacy | internal state in which you feel competent to perform a specific task |
| SMART Goals? | Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound goals. |
| double blind studies/placebo | participants and researchers both do not know who has the experimental drug. placebo is a fake drug. all positive effects simply come from being told that they will be getting better. |
| Health Literacy | the ability to read, understand and act on health information |
| disease prevention/health promotion | public health related actions designed to protect against diseases and advance to a more desirable health state |
| positive psychology | area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions, character strengths, and conditions that create happiness |
| Maslows hierarchy of needs theory | base needs are needed before other needs can be met |
| optimism | the general expectation that things will turn out well |
| emotional intelligence | understanding emotional experience, self awareness, and sensitivity of others |
| Resilience | Ability to bounce back from adversity |
| stress response | fight or flight response |
| parasympathetic vs sympathetic system | sympathetic initiates the stress system parasympathetic turns off the stress response |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | stages of stress response, alarm, resistance and exhaustion |
| hostility | ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger |
| visualization | mental creation of visual images and scenes |
| Hospice | where terminally ill go to before they pass away |
| Melatonin | a hormone that increases relaxation and sleepiness, released by the pineal gland during sleep |
| Epinephrine | adrenaline |
| NREM and REM sleep | Non rapid eye movement Rapid Eye Movement sleep |
| rebound sleep | increased length and frequency of REM experienced after sleep deprivation |
| paradoxical sleep | REM sleep; sleeper appears peaceful |
| Sleep apnea | periods of non breathing during sleep; also known as breathing related sleep disorder |
| night eating syndrome | condition in which a person eats excessively during the night while awake |
| Narcolepsy | condition in which those afflicted randomly fall asleep |
| insomnia | not being able to go to sleep |
| parasomnias | ??? |
| sleep debt | the difference between the amount of sleep attained and the amount needed to maintain alert wakefulness during the daytime, when the amount attained is less than the amount needed |
| macronutrients | water, carbohydrates, protein and fat |
| micronutrients | vitamins and minerals |
| functions of carbohydrates? | for energy, building new cells and facilitating chemical reactions |
| Glucose | one of 6 simple carbohydrates important in nutrition |
| mutual supplementation | matching foods together to provide all essential amino acids |
| types of fats/carbs/proteins | Saturated fats found in animal sources mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids are found in plants proteins-20 different amino acids carbs- sugar and starches |
| antioxidants free radicals | fr- unstable molecules produced when oxygen is metabolized and that damage cell structures and DNA antioxidants- substances in food that neutralize the effects of free radicals |
| what is 1 drink of alcohol? | 12 oz. beer 5 oz wine 1.5 oz shot 1.5 oz mixed drink |
| absorption of alcohol | Food slows movement of alcohol women absorb it faster older adults dont tolerate it as well higher body fat=quicker intoxication |
| alcohol metabolism | 90% is metabolized in the liver generally 0.5 oz of alcohol can be metabolized per hour |
| tobacco | broad leafed plant that grows in tropical and temperate climates |
| nicotine | primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug |
| tar | thick sticky residue that forms when tobacco leaves burn, containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances |
| carbon monoxide | prevents red blood cells from carrying a full load of oxygen |
| illicit drug use | using drugs that are unlawful to possess, manufacture, sell or use |
| routes of drug administration | inhalation- smoking, huffing injection- intravenous, muscular mucous membranes- snorting oral ingestion- eating or drinking skin contact-dermal, transdermal |
| Depressants | drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system |
| Stimulants | drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the nervous system |
| opiate inhalants | breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness |
| Sternbergs love triangle | Passion, Intimacy, commitment |
| Metamessage | an underlying meaning or implicit message |
| Nonverbal communication | communication that is not verbal.... duh. |
| Men vs women communication | women communicate much more than what is said in the conversation, men more or less mean what they say |
| barrier methods of birth control | Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female reproductive tract |
| Hormonal methods of birth control | cervical cap, contraceptive sponge? |
| unintentional injury rates | car crashes #1 poisoning falls choking drowning |
| Assault | attack by one person using force or threat of force to intentionally inflict injury. |
| sexual harassment | Behavior in which a person in authority offers benefits for sexual favors or threatens retaliation if sexual favors are withheld, or sexually oriented behavior that creates an intimidating or hostile environment that interferes with a persons work or academic performance |
| coercion | threatening someone with non physical punishment, promise of reward or verbal pressure rather than through force or threat of force |
| Domestic Violence | violence between two partners in an intimate relationship. |
| immunity | reduced susceptibility to a disease based on the ability of the immune system to remember, recognize and mount a rapid defense against a pathogen it has previously encountered |
| Chemical barriers | saliva, stomach acid, bile, enzymes, fatty acids and lysozyme. |
| innate vs acquired immunity | innate- disposes of pathogens in a non specific manner acquired- a highly specialized response that recognizes specific targets |
| Antibiotic resistance | lessened sensitivity to the effects of an antibiotic |
| Gonorrhea | no symptoms in most men and women. pain in urination, itching and discharge of penis. vaginal discharge, bleeding, pain during sex 2-5 day incubation bacterial infection 2nd most commonly reported |
| Chlamydia | Most commonly reported STI young women are at greatest risk symptoms are watery discharge and burning with urination |
| Syphillis | no symptoms for most people 1st- single round painless sore 2nd- skin rash, non itchy reddish brown spots 3rd- w/o treatment infection remains in body and 15% of people develop deterioration of the brain, arteries, bones, heart and other organs. death is possible. |
| Herpes | lesions in or around the mouth. |
| HPV | most common STI in the US more than 40 types genital warts skin to skin contact |
| Vaccines | Preparations of weakened or killed microorganisms or parts of microorganisms that are administered to confer immunity to various diseases |
| Virus | smallest and most numerous pathogens unable to reproduce on their own can only replicate inside of a hosts cells can lead to development of a tumor or cancer |
| Bacteria | single celled organisms found in almost all environments can be good or bad |
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