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College Health Vocab

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1. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.






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






3. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.






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






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






6. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.






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






8. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and repeated episodes of binge eating usually followed by purging in the form of self-induced vomiting - misuse of diuretics or laxatives - excessive exercising - or fasting.






9. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .






10. Drugs that are unlawful to possess - manufacture - sell - or use.






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






12. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.






13. Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female repoductive tract.






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






15. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






16. Substances that can cause physical damage or defects in the fetus - especially if they are present during the first trimester - when rapid development of body organs is occuring.






17. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






18. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.






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






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






21. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.






22. Birth weight of less that 5.5 pounds - often as a result of preterm delivery.






23. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.






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






25. An extreme or rapid change in mood






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.






33. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood






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






35. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.






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






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






38. Controls emotional responses and instinctual - 'gut' reactions. Adolescents appear to rely more heavily on this part of the brain to interpret situations than adults do.






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






40. Maintaining a positive outlook.






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






42. Compound or chemical in the form of a cream - gel - or suppository that would kill microorganisms and that could be applied topically to the vagina or rectum before intercourse - reducing the risk of STD transmission.






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






44. Birth defects.






45. Effective style of coping with stress - characterized by a tendency to view life evenets as challenges rather than threats - a commitment to meaningful activities - and a sense of being in control.






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






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






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






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






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