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College Health Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution
Amygdala
Prenatal Care
chronic stress
Bipolar Disorder
2. A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood - energy - activity levels - and the ability to carry out daily tasks.
Bipolar Disorder
Muscle Dysmorphia
Spontaneous abortion
Neonate
3. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
Binge Drinking
Anorexia Nervosa
Placenta
Prenatal Care
4. Excessive or addictive exercising - undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness.
Resilience
Central nervous System Depressant
hardiness
Activity Disorder
5. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.
stress response or fight or flight response
stressors
homeostasis
Prepregnancy counseling
6. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.
Nicotine
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Drug Cocktails
Muscle Dysmorphia
7. Dependence on a drug
Route of administration
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Universal Precautions
Addiction
8. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Psychoactive Drug
Depressants
Muscle Dysmorphia
9. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.
Stimulants
Mental Disorder
Eating Disorders
Vasectomy
10. A rare - life-threatening bacterial infection in the vagina associated with the use of tampons and female barrier contraceptive methods.
Latent Infection
Latent Infection
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Fertility awareness-based methods
11. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
eustress
Psychoactive drug
general adaptation syndrome
Intrauterine device (IUD)
12. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.
Self-esteem
Neurotransmitters
Tubal ligation
Dysthymic Disorder
13. Drugs that are legal.
Instrumental use
Licit Drug
Positive psychology
Anxiety
14. A contraceptive method in which the man removes his penis from the vagina before ejaculating.
Central nervous System Depressant
Recreational use
Withdrawal
Inhalants
15. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
Drug
Muscle Dysmorphia
Barrier methods
Preeclampsia
16. Birth defects.
parasympathetic branch
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Congenital abnormalities
Self-efficacy
17. According to the DSM-IV-TR - a pattern of behavior that is associated with distress (pain) aor disability (impairment in an important area of functioning - suchas school or work) or with significantly increased risk of suffering - death - pain - disa
Prenatal Care
Mental Disorder
Activity Disorder
Panic disorder
18. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.
general adaptation syndrome
Infertility
Binge-Eating Disorder
Hallucinogens
19. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.
Sterilization
Ectopic pregnancy
Infertility
Bipolar Disorder
20. Area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions - character strengths - and conditions that create happiness.
Elective abortion
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Positive psychology
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
21. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.
Bipolar Disorder
Neonate
Depressants
acute stress
22. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Ectopic pregnancy
hostility
Infertility
Amygdala
23. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
Congenital abnormalities
Cervical cap
Eclampsia
Nicotine
24. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Phobia
Intoxication
Fatty Liver
Withdrawal
25. Relays information between the two hemispheres of the brain and is believed to play a role in creativity and problem solving. Grows and changes significantly during adolescense.
Major Depressive Disorder
Congenital abnormalities
corpus callosum
chronic stress
26. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
Depressants
Medical abortion
Emergency contraception (EC)
Emphysema
27. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.
Licit Drug
relaxation response
Calorie Restriction
Depression
28. Positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts.
affirmations
homeostasis
Barrier methods
Emphysema
29. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.
Teratogens
Route of administration
Spontaneous abortion
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
30. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
acute stress
parasympathetic branch
Nicotine
Self-efficacy
31. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.
Infertility
Endorphins
Opioids
parasympathetic branch
32. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Prepregnancy counseling
Psychoactive Drug
Binge-Eating Disorder
Diaphragm
33. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Inhalants
Drug
Surgical abortion
34. According to the DSM-IV-TR - a pattern of behavior that is associated with distress (pain) aor disability (impairment in an important area of functioning - suchas school or work) or with significantly increased risk of suffering - death - pain - disa
Mental Disorder
Preeclampsia
hostility
Inhalants
35. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
homeostasis
Signs of addiction
Opioids
Schizophrenia
36. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
Frontal cortex
Vertical transmission
Sterilization
Spermicide
37. Area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions - character strengths - and conditions that create happiness.
Teratogens
Signs of addiction
Positive psychology
hardiness
38. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
Neonate
Psychoactive Drug
distress
Psychoactive drug
39. A mood disorder in which a person - for no apparent reason - experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods - feelings of worthlessness - and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Major Depressive Disorder
Depressants
Panic Attack
40. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.
Withdrawal
Labor
Phobia
sympathetic branch
41. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
Congenital abnormalities
Mental Disorder
Psychoactive Drug
Eclampsia
42. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Fertility awareness-based methods
Positive psychology
hostility
Fatty Liver
43. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.
Surgical abortion
Spontaneous abortion
Tubal ligation
Prepregnancy counseling
44. Surgical delivery of the infant through the abdominal wall.
Cesarean Section (C-section)
relaxation response
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Signs of addiction
45. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
Surgical abortion
Resilience
Major Depressive Disorder
cerebellum
46. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.
chronic stress
Drug
stress
Resilience
47. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.
Hallucinogens
Panic disorder
Blackout/ Hangover
Endorphins
48. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.
Amniotic sac
psychotherapy
Elective abortion
Illicit Drugs
49. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Major Depressive Disorder
Panic Attack
Calorie Restriction
Placenta
50. Chemical agent that killls sperm.
Psychoactive Drug
Neonate
Teratogens
Spermicide