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College Health Vocab

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1. Birth defects.






2. Area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions - character strengths - and conditions that create happiness.






3. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apperance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavioral problems.






4. Smoke from other people's tobacco products; also called secondhand smoke or passive smoking.






5. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.






6. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.






7. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .






8. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution






9. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response






10. Drugs that are legal.






11. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.






12. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.






13. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.






14. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.






15. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.






16. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.






17. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.






18. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.






19. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.






20. Using a drug for fun or to get high.






21. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution






22. A person who has this may feel persistent symptoms of mild or moderate depression for an extended period of time.






23. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.






24. Positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts.






25. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.






26. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.






27. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.






28. Technique for testing fetal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac.






29. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.






30. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.






31. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.






32. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.






33. Long know to be invollved in moter activity and physical coordination; now understood to coordinate thinking processes - including decision mkakin and social skills .Undergoes dynamic growth and change during adolescence.






34. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.






35. A person who has this may feel persistent symptoms of mild or moderate depression for an extended period of time.






36. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.






37. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.






38. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.






39. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apparance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavior problems.






40. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.






41. A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal






42. 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






43. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.






44. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.






45. Chemical agent that killls sperm.






46. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.






47. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.






48. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.






49. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.






50. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.