Personal Health
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Course Introduction
Personal Health is a comprehensive course that explores the fundamental concepts and practices essential for maintaining and improving individual well-being. Through an examination of topics such as nutrition, physical fitness, mental health, stress management, disease prevention, and healthy lifestyle choices, students gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions about their health. The course emphasizes personal responsibility, self-care strategies, and the development of lifelong habits that promote overall physical, mental, and social wellness.
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An Invitation to Health 17th Edition by Dianne Hales
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Chapter 1: The Power of Now
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Q1) first stage of change
A)holistic approach
B)beliefs
C)HALE
D)precontemplation
E)prevention
F)health
G)transtheoretical model
H)gender
I)behavioral model
J)termination
Answer: D
Q2) Morgan gives gold stars to her second-grade students who score high on reading tests.Which factor is most influential in her method?
A) reinforcing
B) enabling
C) behavioral
D) predisposing
E) social
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Your Psychological and Spiritual Well Being
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Q1) Matthew has a tendency to feel that he is on control of whatever circumstances life presents.In doing so,he is exhibiting which emotional state?
A) aggression
B) optimism
C) personal mastery
D) autonomy
E) assertiveness
Answer: C
Q2) Which sleep disorder is often attributed to jet lag?
A) restless legs syndrome
B) circadian rhythm disorder
C) periodic insomnia
D) rapid eye movement
E) sleep inertia
Answer: B
Q3) The use of prescription sleeping pills has decreased by nearly 50% in the past decade.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Caring for Your Mind
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Q1) What are some barriers that students must often overcome before asking for help in treating their mental disorders?
Answer: In a survey of students at 26 colleges,fewer than one in four with symptoms of depression or suicidal thoughts in the previous 12 months received treatment during that time.Below are some of the most common barriers that keep students from seeking help: Financial concerns
Belief that they could handle the problem without treatment and didn't need help
Lack of time
Belief that treatment would not be helpful
Belief that others would have a negative opinion of them if they sought help
Unawareness of where to get treatment
Q2) On average,student loan debt for today's college graduate is ____.
A) 12,300
B) 18,600
C) 23,300
D) 32,600
E) 43,200
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Personal Stress Management
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Q1) Based on an American Psychological Association survey,the most common cause of stress among men and women is work,followed by family responsibilities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Stressors that are ongoing with no clear end point are said to be ____________________.
Q3) Undergraduates who report higher stress levels tend to ____ than their classmates.
A) eat more vegetables
B) eat more junk foods
C) drink more fruit juice
D) report fewer symptoms of depression
E) exercise more often
Q4) Relaxation can be defined as the physical and mental state opposite that of stress.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss three of the five factors that have proved to help people thrive in the face of adversity.
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Chapter 5: Your Social Health
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Q1) combination of intimacy and passion
A)friendship
B)social phobia
C)body language
D)codependency
E)romantic love
F)cohabitation
G)dysfunctional
H)hooking up
I)assertiveness
J)intimacy
Q2) Helen needs to be more assertive if she wants her friends to understand what she wants and why.Summarize the four ways that Helen can assert herself.
Q3) Unhealthy or dysfunctional relationships can be so toxic that they undermine health as well as happiness.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ____________________ has been described as "the most holy bond of society."
Q5) The first step in communicating is learning how to ____________________.
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Chapter 6: Personal Nutrition
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Q1) Which term applies to oxygen cells that are released not only by normal metabolism,but also by pollution,smoking,radiation,and stress?
A) free radicals
B) oxidated atoms
C) deoxyribonucleic acids
D) coenzymes
E) loose molecules
Q2) When they are making meal choices,the top two influences on students are price and ____.
A) convenience
B) taste
C) nutrition
D) quantity
E) source
Q3) Young adults (ages 20 to 29)consume approximately 40 percent of their daily calories away from home.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Like oils,____________________ fats are likely to be liquid at room temperature.
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Chapter 7: Managing Your Weight
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Q1) Which bariatric procedure involves surgeons slipping an inflatable silicon band around the stomach?
A) gastric bypass
B) elastic bypass
C) banding
D) ballooning
E) duodenal switch
Q2) What bodily process slows when leptin levels are low?
A) digestion
B) metabolism
C) blood flow
D) muscle reflex
E) nerve sensation
Q3) Summarize the risks and relative success of three types of bariatric procedures for the treatment of severe obesity.
Q4) American adults have been eating steadily more calories for almost a decade,accounting for the continued increase in obesity rates.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: The Joy of Fitness
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Q1) Heat stroke is a mild form of heat-related illness that can be caused by exercise or hot weather.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which dimension of progressive overload is represented by the acronym FITT?
A) inactivity
B) tension
C) Intent
D) intensity
E) flexibility
Q3) Athletes need a diet in which protein predominates.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the PRICE prescription for coping with an exercise injury.
Q5) __________ is the range of motion allowed by one's joints.
Q6) Exercise refers to any movement produced by the muscles that results in expenditure of energy.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What does the overload principle say about muscle development?
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Chapter 9: Sexual Health
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Q1) Which part of the female sexual anatomy comprises the outer folds of skin in the genital area?
A) labia majora
B) mons pubis
C) labia minora
D) Urethra
E) Clitoris
Q2) Menstruation occurs at the beginning of the menstrual cycle with a shedding of the uterine lining.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Harold masturbates before sexual intercourse hoping to take advantage of the refractory period during which he will not be able to ejaculate again.He does so in hopes of avoiding ____
A) premature ejaculation
B) erectile dysfunction
C) painful intercourse
D) coitus
E) resolution
Q4) By and large,do recreational drugs work as aphrodisiacs?
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Chapter 10: Reproductive Choices
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Q1) spontaneous abortion
A)Embryo
B)Curette
C)Rubella
D)breech birth
E)tubal ligation
F)Infertility
G)Miscarriage
H)Zygote
I)in vitro fertilization
J)Amnion
Q2) Which stage of labor involves the opening up of the cervix?
A) effacement
B) crowning
C) dilation
D) detachment
E) breeching
Q3) Discuss the psychological impact of abortion.Touch on anxiety levels and the notion that abortions trigger mental health problems.
Q4) A nine-week-old embryo is called a(n)____________________
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Chapter 11: Lowering Your Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Q1) risky,ineffective spermicide
A)bacterial vaginosis
B)gonorrhea
C)chancroid
D)oncogenic
E)Gardasil
F)AIDS
G)STD
H)nonoxynol-9
I)herpes simplex
J)pelvic inflammatory disease
Q2) From the perspective of sexual activity,making out and masturbation are examples of ____ behavior.
A) celibate
B) unprotected but celibate
C) noninsertive
D) insertive and protected
E) withdrawal
Q3) Identify six risk factors that put young people at risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections.
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Chapter 12: Addictions
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Q1) Psychoactive is best defined as ____.
A) addictive
B) mind-affecting
C) inhibiting
D) illegal
E) intoxicating
Q2) Students are more than nine times as likely to report having smoked pot in the past if they view marijuana as ____.
A) a social drug
B) a study aid
C) not harmful
D) legal
E) less harmful than alcohol
Q3) ____ is the most common method of taking a drug.
A) Inhaling
B) Subcutaneous injection
C) Huffing
D) IV injection
E) Swallowing
Q4) Summarize the use of marijuana as medicine.
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Chapter 13: Alcohol
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Q1) passage of alcohol into body tissues
A)AA
B)red blood cells
C)stomach
D)white blood cells
E)alcoholism
F)detoxification
G)sedatives
H)absorption
I)Antabuse
J)liver
Q2) Drinking too much can lead to cardiomyopathy because the excess alcohol weakens the ____.
A) brain stem
B) aorta
C) lungs
D) heart muscle
E) urinary tract
Q3) Alcohol interferes with male sexual function and fertility through direct effects on ____________________ and the testicles.
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Chapter 14: Tobacco
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Q1) most hazardous form of indoor air pollution
A)vaping
B)secondhand smoke
C)tobacco use disorder
D)acetylcholine
E)atherosclerosis
F)hookah
G)bidis
H)kreteks
I)Freshstart
J)COPD
Q2) The federal Office of the Surgeon General blames cigarettes for ____ in every 10 deaths attributable to heart disease.
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) five
Q3) Describe hookah smoking and discuss whether it is safer than cigarette smoking.
Q4) Chewing tobacco,snuff,and "snus" refer to types of ___________________ tobacco.
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Chapter 15: Major Diseases
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Q1) metabolic
A)epilepsy
B)biochemical processes
C)high blood pressure
D)leukemia
E)asthma
F)angina
G)idiopathic
H)high density lipoprotein
I)myocardium
J)diastole
Q2) What is cholesterol,how can it affect your health,and what role do lipoproteins play in managing cholesterol?
Q3) Which medical episode applies to loss of consciousness for 10 to 30 seconds,eye or muscle flutterings,and a loss of muscle tone?
A) petit-mal seizure
B) hypertension
C) angina pectoris
D) grand-mal seizure
E) arteriosclerosis
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Chapter 16: Infectious Illnesses
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Q1) Jerome cut his arm on a wire fence.The cut is swollen and warm to the touch.These are signs of ____.
A) systemic disease
B) gamma globulin
C) immune deficiency
D) incubation
E) inflammation
Q2) Which type of hepatitis is linked to fecal contamination of food or water?
A) hepatitis A
B) hepatitis B
C) hepatitis C
D) hepatitis Delta
E) hepatitis E
Q3) Which autoimmune disorder affect the skin,joints,kidneys,heart,brain,and red blood cells?
A) Crohn's disease
B) Addison's disease
C) Ebola
D) SARS
E) systemic lupus erythematosus
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Chapter 17: Consumer Health
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Q1) Evidence-based medicine improves and evaluates patient care by ____.
A) combining the best research evidence with the patient's personal values
B) focusing on limited treatment protocols
C) carefully sidestepping the patient's personal values
D) disregarding recent research as too risky
E) combining the best research evidence with the physician's clinical preferences
Q2) Four of the following procedures are examples of elective surgery.Which one is the exception?
A) liposuction
B) LASIK
C) breast augmentation
D) chemical peel
E) mastectomy
Q3) Procedures that once required hospitalization,such as simple surgery,are increasingly being performed at ____________________ centers,which may be freestanding or affiliated with a medical center.
Q4) "____________________" such as piercings and tattoos presents unique dangers,including adverse reactions to tattoo inks and bacterial and viral infections.
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Chapter 18: Personal Safety
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Q1) The many forms of sexual ____________________ include exerting peer pressure,threatening to end a relationship,and getting someone intoxicated.
Q2) Your text defines mass murder as the killing of ____ or more people at a single location.
A) three
B) four
C) six
D) ten
E) twelve
Q3) Stalkers of college women are more likely to be ____.
A) strangers
B) relatives
C) girlfriends
D) classmates
E) part-time students
Q4) Sexual intercourse between a male over the age of 16 and a female under the age of consent is called ____________________ rape.
Q5) The most common form of fatal gun violence is ____________________.
Q6) ____________________ rape involves three or more rapists.
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Chapter 19: A Healthier Environment
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Q1) Each year,the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)reports an average of ____ cases of illness related to the water people drink.
A) 17,400
B) 15,400
C) 12,400
D) 10,400
E) 7,400
Q2) A sensitivity to low-level chemical exposures from perfumes,tobacco smoke,and other ordinary substances has given rise to a new disease known as ____.
A) multiple chemical sensitivity
B) environmental distress
C) public poison
D) macro-illness
E) self-pollution
Q3) ____________________ are tiny earphones used with portable music players that deliver sound extremely close to the eardrum.
Q4) Any change in the air,water,or soil that could reduce its ability to support life is a form of ____________________.
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Chapter 20: A Lifetime of Health
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Q1) Differentiate between a health-care proxy and a living will.
Q2) The top risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is ____.
A) a family history
B) age
C) gender
D) attitude
E) lifestyle
Q3) A young man suffering from AIDS-related symptoms and an elderly woman with incurable cancer have taken their own lives.Were these "rational" suicides? Why or why not?
Q4) There is growing evidence that reading,playing games,and working crossword puzzles decreases ____.
A) sex drive
B) hot flashes
C) right-brain activity
D) left-brain activity
E) memory loss
Q5) ____________________ grief occurs when grief progresses to become a more persistent problem.
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Q6) List and describe the different categories of death.
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