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Course Introduction
Personal Health is a comprehensive course designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and practices that promote physical, mental, and social well-being. The course covers a variety of topics including nutrition, physical fitness, stress management, disease prevention, reproductive health, substance use and abuse, and healthy relationships. Through interactive lessons and discussions, students will learn to make informed decisions about their own health, understand the impact of lifestyle choices, and develop the skills necessary to maintain and improve their overall wellness throughout their lives.
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Choosing Health 1st Edition by April Lynch
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Chapter 1: Health in the 21st Century
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Q1) The following are all examples of enabling factors that influence health behavior except
A)the financial ability to afford health care.
B)the availability of fresh produce in your local grocery store.
C)strong personal motivation and willpower.
D)a history of cancer in your family.
Answer: D
Q2) The top three causes of death in the U.S.are lifestyle-related diseases.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A powerful first step to behavior change
A)Shaping
B)Changing self-talk
C)C Modeling
D)Reinforcement
E)Drafting a contract
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Psychological Health
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Q1) A debilitating symptom of panic disorder is the dread of the next panic attack.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Women's risks of short-term and long-term depression can be increased by ________ shifts.
Answer: hormonal
Q3) Justin is seeking the help of a therapist.Which of the following factors should he discuss before his first session?
A)The cost
B)The therapist's credentials and approach to therapy
C)The experience the therapist has in helping others with similar issues
D)All of the answers are correct.
Answer: D
Q4) Because bad moods are the result of external,uncontrollable factors,they are out of a person's control.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Stress Management
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Q1) The short-term adaptive response that helps the body deal with the challenges of stress is called ________.
Answer: allostasis
Q2) Recording thoughts and feelings in a journal can stimulate thinking and feeling more positively about yourself.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Too much ________,a chemical substance found in coffee,can cause symptoms such as jitteriness and worsen your stress.
Answer: caffeine
Q4) The body's fight or flight response to eustress does not produce the increases in heart rate and breathing that are triggered during a state of distress.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) Long-term,life-changing stressors are called ________ stressors. Answer: chronic
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Chapter 4: Nutrition and You
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Q1) Your friend Jenny has decided to begin eating healthier,but doesn't want to give up eating at fast food restaurants.What are three suggestions you have for your friend so she can choose healthy fast-food options?
Q2) Which of the following has the most calories per gram?
A)Carbohydrates
B)Protein
C)Minerals
D)Alcohol
Q3) Which of the following,consumed in excess,is/are stored as fat in the body?
A)Carbohydrates
B)Fat
C)Alcohol
D)All of the answers are correct.
Q4) The "percent daily values" on a food label give estimates of how much a serving of the food contributes to the daily intake of the listed nutrients.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain changes in the nutritional needs of men and women.
Q6) Explain the importance of consuming foods high in antioxidants.
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Chapter 5: Physical Activity for Fitness and Health
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Q1) Performing 15 minutes of aerobic exercise 5 days per week will meet the aerobic guidelines outlines in the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Separate groups of repetitions are called ________.
Q3) The number of times you perform a leg extension exercise continuously is known as the number of ________.
Q4) Anaerobic exercises build your body's ability to deliver long bursts of energy over an extended period of time.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Any type of regular,sustained physical activity can be beneficial. A)True
B)False
Q6) A joint's inability to move through its full range of movement is a reduction in ________.
Q7) Being physically active can benefit anyone at any age.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Weight Management
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Q1) Overweight
A)having a BMI over 35
B)having a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9
C)having a BMI below 18.5
D)having a BMI between 30 and 35
E)having a BMI between 25 and 29.9
Q2) All of the following guidelines are important for a healthy fat intake except:
A)Cut trans fats from the diet.
B)Consume more good fats,such as olive oil.
C)Fats should comprise 45% of your daily caloric intake.
D)Include a little fat with each meal to provide satiety.
Q3) Individuals who are compulsive overeaters
A)continue to eat even if they aren't hungry.
B)eat quickly and often.
C)use food as a reward.
D)All of the answers are correct.
Q4) Choose a lower calorie option for each of the following food items: 1/3lb burger on a bun,large order of fries,and a 24 oz cola.
Q5) What are the risks of bariatric surgery?
Q6) Basal metabolic rate and resting metabolic rate measure ________ output.
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Chapter 7: Drug Use and Abuse
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Q1) A mother who uses drugs can transmit them to her child by breast feeding.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Ecstasy
A)Ketamine
B)Psilocybin
C)Cocaine
D)Rohypnol
E)MDMA
Q3) Magic mushrooms
A)Ketamine
B)Psilocybin
C)Cocaine
D)Rohypnol
E)MDMA
Q4) Which of the following would be considered drug misuse?
A)Taking aspirin for an ankle sprain
B)Buying allergy medicine online with a prescription
C)Taking one of your mother's prescription sleeping pills to fall asleep
D)Doubling the standard dosage of pain medication on a doctor's recommendation
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Chapter 8: Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Abuse
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Q1) Body temperature and blood sugar level may drop dangerously in a person with alcohol ________.
Q2) Compare and contrast drinking patterns among Caucasians,African Americans,Native Americans,Asian Americans,and Hispanics as reported in a recent national survey conducted by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Q3) Having a BAC greater than 0.08% or greater is the criterion for legal intoxication.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Newer medications used to treat alcoholism have all the following advantages except
A)they have no effects on the brain.
B)they don't make a person sick if he drinks while taking them.
C)they reduce the cravings for alcohol.
D)they are not addictive.
Q5) Discuss three reasons why students smoke.
Q6) Withdrawal symptoms are a defining characteristic of alcohol abuse.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Relationships and Communication
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Q1) In Sternberg's terminology,love with intimacy,passion,and commitment is known as ________ love.
Q2) What have studies found regarding the notion that "opposites attract"?
Q3) Adolescents exposed to marital discord in their lives are less likely to have conflict in their own marriages years later.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Joe and Elaine met at a bar and went back to his room to have sex.This is known as ________ up.
Q5) Discuss the benefits of marriage.
Q6) What is online dating? What are some precautions that should be taken?
Q7) Hooking up is more likely to occur after drinking alcohol.
A)True
B)False
Q8) There has been a significant increase in unmarried couples living together.This is known as ________.
Q9) An estimated ________ percent of women who have a child born out of wedlock live in poverty.(Be sure your answer is a numeral. )
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Q10) Standing with your arms crossed is a type of ________ communication.
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Chapter 10: Sexuality, contraception, and Reproductive
Choices
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding anal intercourse is true?
A)Anal intercourse is practiced only by homosexual men.
B)Anal intercourse is safer than vaginal sex for both pregnancy prevention and STI prevention.
C)Over 1/3 of males and females aged 25-44 have had anal intercourse with a partner of the opposite sex.
D)Anal intercourse is considered taboo by most young adults.
Q2) Transgendered individuals are people who
A)live as the gender opposite of their assigned sex.
B)express their gender as different from their assigned sex.
C)reject their gender.
D)don't identify with people of their assigned gender.
Q3) Zygote
A)a vessel linking the bloodstream of the placenta to that of the baby
B)fluid surrounding the developing fetus
C)a fertilized egg
D)tissue that connects mother and baby
E)growing collection of cells that eventually become a baby
Q4) Fellatio is oral stimulation of the ________.
Q5) Unlike women,men experience a/an ________ period after an orgasm.
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Chapter 11: Preventing Infectious Diseases and Sexually
Transmitted Infections
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Q1) Which cell is incorrectly matched with its function?
A)B cells-produce antibodies
B)Regulatory T cells-kill virus-infected cells
C)Helper T cells-activate B cells
D)Macrophages-gobble up bacteria
Q2) Mother-to-child transmission of HIV can occur in all of the following ways except A)kissing the baby.
B)breastfeeding the baby.
C)during childbirth.
D)during pregnancy.
Q3) Candida albicans
A)is transmitted by pubic lice.
B)can cause an infection after taking antibiotics.
C)was once the leading cause of death in the U.S.
D)is transmitted by contaminated water or fooD.
Q4) Infections due to ________ are the most common worm infections in the U.S.
Q5) Identify four factors that raise your risk of acquiring an STI.
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Q6) Checking your body for ________ after a hike in the woods is the best way to prevent Lyme disease.
Chapter 12: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, diabetes, and Cancer
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Q1) Type 1.5 diabetes
A)elevated blood glucose
B)insulin-dependent diabetes
C)diabetes that develops during pregnancy
D)also called adult-onset diabetes
E)diabetes with aspects of Type 1 and Type 2
Q2) A TIA is a milder form of
A)heart attack.
B)stroke.
C)heart valve disorder.
D)hypertension.
Q3) Depending on severity,coronary heart disease can cause all the following except A)anginA.
B)sudden cardiac arrest.
C)high cholesterol.
D)heart attack.
Q4) Hepatitis A is closely linked to liver cancer.
A)True
B)False
Q5) CVD,or ________ disease,is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
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Chapter 13: Consumer Health
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Q1) Health maintenance organization (HMO)
A)Type of managed care in which consumers are encouraged to stay within an approved network of providers but have more choices.
B)A type of managed care that lets HMO consumers see a broader list of providers for an additional fee.
C)A type of managed care in which most health care is funneled through and must be approved by the primary care doctor.
D)A type of health insurance in which the insurer contracts with a defined group of health providers,which the consumer must use or face higher out-of-pocket costs.
E)A type of managed care plan,sold individually to younger people,which carries lower costs but does not cover many services.
Q2) Name 3 home screening kits currently available.
Q3) A biologically based practice relies on substances found in nature,such as vitamins and ________.
Q4) Chemical compounds taken for a perceived health benefit are called ________.
Q5) The process of decoding and spelling out every point on your genome,is called ________ sequencing.
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Chapter 14: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
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Q1) Men account for the majority of arrests for violent crimes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tailgating and abrupt lane changes are examples of ________ driving.
Q3) Jess and her mother are at a restaurant when they see a woman at a nearby table violently coughing after choking on food.What should they do?
A)One of them should call 911 while the other performs the Heimlich maneuver.
B)One of them should pat the woman's back while the other raises the woman's arms above her head.
C)They should instruct the woman on how to lean over her chair and expel the object.
D)They should do nothing as long as the woman is able to cough.
Q4) Back injuries on the job are most often the result of A)a fall.
B)improperly lifting heavy objects.
C)not wearing a lifting belt.
D)repetitively lifting small objects.
Q5) Crimes fueled by bias against another person's race,ethnicity,religion,national origin,sexual orientation,or disability are known as ________ crimes.
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Chapter 15: Your Environment, your Health
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Q1) Which indoor pollutant leaches into a home from rocks and soil under the foundation?
A)Radon
B)Mold spores
C)Lead dust
D)Rodent droppings
Q2) The term "carbon footprint" refers to
A)the total greenhouse gas emissions for which you are personally responsible.
B)the balance of miles you drive every year minus the miles you walk.
C)the world's total carbon emissions in one year.
D)the number of carbon-emitting vehicles in a specific country.
Q3) Radiation exposure is measured in units called ________.
Q4) The collection of organisms and their nonliving surroundings that functions as a unit is called the ________.
Q5) All of the following are correct about methane and the environmental effects of cattle grazing except
A)cows exhale methane.
B)methane is a powerful greenhouse gas.
C)methane has less environmental impact per molecule than carbon dioxide.
D)cows excrete methane in their wastes.
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Chapter 16: Aging Well
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Q1) The traditional notion of retirement as a time of leisure has not changed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are characteristics of Alzheimer's disease except
A)it's not life threatening.
B)it steals memory and concentration.
C)it affects mood and personality.
D)it can leave a person depressed and subject to delusions.
Q3) The intent of palliative care is to
A)relieve pain and suffering in terminally ill individuals.
B)provide terminally ill individuals with alternative treatment options.
C)prolong life for terminally ill individuals.
D)provide assisted-suicide options for terminally ill individuals.
Q4) Postmenopause
A)Nancy is 45 and still menstruating,but is experiencing hot flashes and weight gain.
B)Linda takes a low dose oral contraceptive for hot flashes.
C)Ruth is 58 and went through menopause five years ago.
D)Alana is 52,and her last menstrual period was a year ago.
E)Linda applies this medicated cream to relieve dryness
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