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College Health Vocab

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






2. A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood - energy - activity levels - and the ability to carry out daily tasks.






3. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.






4. Excessive or addictive exercising - undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness.






5. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.






6. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.






7. Dependence on a drug






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






9. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.






10. A rare - life-threatening bacterial infection in the vagina associated with the use of tampons and female barrier contraceptive methods.






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






12. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.






13. Drugs that are legal.






14. A contraceptive method in which the man removes his penis from the vagina before ejaculating.






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






16. Birth defects.






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






18. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.






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






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






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






22. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






23. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.






24. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.






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.






26. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.






27. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.






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






29. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.






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






31. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.






32. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood






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






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






35. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.






36. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.






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






38. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal






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






40. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.






41. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.






42. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






43. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.






44. Surgical delivery of the infant through the abdominal wall.






45. Ability to bounce back from adversity.






46. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.






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






48. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.






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






50. Chemical agent that killls sperm.