HES 354 Exam 3 | Study Guide, Practice Questions & Health Education Exam
Review
Nature - correct answer ✔✔-Refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who
we are from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics and our behavior
Nurture - correct answer ✔✔-Refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are,
including our early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our
surrounding culture
Genetic determinism - correct answer ✔✔-The idea that genes determine our behavior,
thoughts, emotions, and social characteristics
Epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔-The study of gene environment interaction, and of heritable
changes in gene expression (active vs inactive genes) that do not involve changes to the
underlying DNA sequence
Epigenetic mechanism - correct answer ✔✔-Chemical processes that influence the ability of
DNA to give intros and influence whether phenotypes associated with gene variants become
manifested physically or clinically
Genotype - correct answer ✔✔-Is an organism's complete set of heritable genes that can be
passed down from parents to offspring
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔-The term used in genetics for the composite observable
characteristics or traits of an organism
The gene environment interaction - correct answer ✔✔-The changes in gene expression do not
involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence
-The changes in gene expression is in part determined by environmental influences
, -The environment during childhood development is referred to as the exposome
Histone or chromatin modification - correct answer ✔✔-The binding of epigenetic factors to
histone "tails" alters the extents to which DNA is wrapped around histone and the availability of
genes in the DNA to be activated
Exposome - correct answer ✔✔-The measure of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime
and how those exposures relate to health
Behavior epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔-The field of study focusing on the behavioral
outcomes of the relationship between the exposome and the individual genetic makeup
Disparity exposome - correct answer ✔✔-Health disparity communities and populations are
exposed to higher levels of the environmental factors that produce epigenetic changed
associated with health risk
Chance of mitigated epigenetic vulnerability - correct answer ✔✔-Interventions could mitigate
epigenetic vulnerability and risk behavior outcomes
-Health disparity communities and pops have reduced access to interventions
Prevention of epigenetic risk conditions in the first place - correct answer ✔✔-Improving access
to prenatal and early childhood care, reducing poverty, and reducing unhealthy environmental
exposures
Reversing Epigenetic changes - correct answer ✔✔-Target some health promotion programs at
revering epigenetic changes, insofar as that is possible
-This might include parent interventions, family and community violence intervention
Mitigation - correct answer ✔✔-Increasing social support or other factors that buffer the effects
of negative epigenetic changes
Review
Nature - correct answer ✔✔-Refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who
we are from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics and our behavior
Nurture - correct answer ✔✔-Refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are,
including our early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our
surrounding culture
Genetic determinism - correct answer ✔✔-The idea that genes determine our behavior,
thoughts, emotions, and social characteristics
Epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔-The study of gene environment interaction, and of heritable
changes in gene expression (active vs inactive genes) that do not involve changes to the
underlying DNA sequence
Epigenetic mechanism - correct answer ✔✔-Chemical processes that influence the ability of
DNA to give intros and influence whether phenotypes associated with gene variants become
manifested physically or clinically
Genotype - correct answer ✔✔-Is an organism's complete set of heritable genes that can be
passed down from parents to offspring
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔-The term used in genetics for the composite observable
characteristics or traits of an organism
The gene environment interaction - correct answer ✔✔-The changes in gene expression do not
involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence
-The changes in gene expression is in part determined by environmental influences
, -The environment during childhood development is referred to as the exposome
Histone or chromatin modification - correct answer ✔✔-The binding of epigenetic factors to
histone "tails" alters the extents to which DNA is wrapped around histone and the availability of
genes in the DNA to be activated
Exposome - correct answer ✔✔-The measure of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime
and how those exposures relate to health
Behavior epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔-The field of study focusing on the behavioral
outcomes of the relationship between the exposome and the individual genetic makeup
Disparity exposome - correct answer ✔✔-Health disparity communities and populations are
exposed to higher levels of the environmental factors that produce epigenetic changed
associated with health risk
Chance of mitigated epigenetic vulnerability - correct answer ✔✔-Interventions could mitigate
epigenetic vulnerability and risk behavior outcomes
-Health disparity communities and pops have reduced access to interventions
Prevention of epigenetic risk conditions in the first place - correct answer ✔✔-Improving access
to prenatal and early childhood care, reducing poverty, and reducing unhealthy environmental
exposures
Reversing Epigenetic changes - correct answer ✔✔-Target some health promotion programs at
revering epigenetic changes, insofar as that is possible
-This might include parent interventions, family and community violence intervention
Mitigation - correct answer ✔✔-Increasing social support or other factors that buffer the effects
of negative epigenetic changes
