KIN 169 Midterm Exam Questions With
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What are some issues with people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and research (ln2)
- ANSWER People from lower SEC may not read the recruitment announcements or cannot
take time away from work. Childcare is often needed to allow people to participate in studies
BUT childcare is expensive - who pays?
Why have some groups experienced stress related to the medical profession - ANSWER
Willingness to confront illness, including gender roles, Fear and distrust of doctors (gays and
lesbians stigmatized, older people babied, language barriers treated as lack of intelligence),
Insurance (Mexican-Americans and Latinos in general are far less likely to be insured),
Socioeconomic issues (travel, time off work), Racism (built into the system)
What were the themes of the "Killing Us Softly" video? - ANSWER models, women & media,
looks at objectification of women, sexualized images of women are used to sell everything
Video Toughguise - ANSWER men and violence, media now depicts men as more violent in
sport
Video Natural Killer - ANSWER how stress can kill you, baboons, we created most of our
stress; stress can create plaque on arteries -> stop blood flow
What is gender logic - ln3a - ANSWER binary class system, unequal in power
,Gender - ANSWER differential behavioral learned pattern
Sex - ANSWER reliable biological distinction btw male/female
Ethnicity - ANSWER group who share common national, religious, linguistic heritage *beliefs
Sexual orientation - ANSWER identity to gender to which they are attracted
3 Types of Stressors- ln 1 - ANSWER Bioecological, psychointrapersonal influences, social
influences
Who first identified the fight-or-flight response? - ANSWER Walter Cannon
What is homeostasis? - ln1A - ANSWER state of equilibrium or balance that organisms
constantly seek to maintain and establish
Who is hans seyle - ln1 - ANSWER Proposed the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) and a
student of Walter Cannon, then follows-up with research on rats. Around 1960 he proposed
that stress is part of the human condition. Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to
any demand placed upon it to adapt, whether that demand produces pleasure or pain. Stress
reactivity: Basically the fight or flight response. "How does "self" respond to stress?"
The likelihood of ill effects developing from built-up stress products is dependent on two
, factors.
Duration - the amount of time our body's physiology varies from the baseline, and
Degree- the amount of physiological variance from the body's baseline.
Of the two, duration is the most important. 3 stages of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS):
Alarm: similar to notion of fight or flight
Resistance: organism begins to mobilize resources
Exhaustion: Resistance is futile! organ failure (e.g.Survivor Man)
Who is Walter Cannon - ln 1 - ANSWER Contributed to the notion of the fight-or-flight
response in 1914
What are some issues with men's health - ln 3b - ANSWER not notice symptoms as quickly,
less likely to see physician, risk of death from heart disease
What are the three phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome? - ANSWER Alarm,
Resistance, Exhaustion. body's ability to adapt negatively to chronic stress. Alarm phase,
where several body systems are activated, Resistance phase, body trying to revert back to
homeostasis, and Exhaustion phase, one or more of the organs can no longer meet the
demands placed upon it and fails to function properly
What are the risks to studying specific populations include - ln2 - ANSWER hard to recruit,
skewed population, some not included in samples, control for variability
Answers 100% Verified
What are some issues with people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and research (ln2)
- ANSWER People from lower SEC may not read the recruitment announcements or cannot
take time away from work. Childcare is often needed to allow people to participate in studies
BUT childcare is expensive - who pays?
Why have some groups experienced stress related to the medical profession - ANSWER
Willingness to confront illness, including gender roles, Fear and distrust of doctors (gays and
lesbians stigmatized, older people babied, language barriers treated as lack of intelligence),
Insurance (Mexican-Americans and Latinos in general are far less likely to be insured),
Socioeconomic issues (travel, time off work), Racism (built into the system)
What were the themes of the "Killing Us Softly" video? - ANSWER models, women & media,
looks at objectification of women, sexualized images of women are used to sell everything
Video Toughguise - ANSWER men and violence, media now depicts men as more violent in
sport
Video Natural Killer - ANSWER how stress can kill you, baboons, we created most of our
stress; stress can create plaque on arteries -> stop blood flow
What is gender logic - ln3a - ANSWER binary class system, unequal in power
,Gender - ANSWER differential behavioral learned pattern
Sex - ANSWER reliable biological distinction btw male/female
Ethnicity - ANSWER group who share common national, religious, linguistic heritage *beliefs
Sexual orientation - ANSWER identity to gender to which they are attracted
3 Types of Stressors- ln 1 - ANSWER Bioecological, psychointrapersonal influences, social
influences
Who first identified the fight-or-flight response? - ANSWER Walter Cannon
What is homeostasis? - ln1A - ANSWER state of equilibrium or balance that organisms
constantly seek to maintain and establish
Who is hans seyle - ln1 - ANSWER Proposed the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) and a
student of Walter Cannon, then follows-up with research on rats. Around 1960 he proposed
that stress is part of the human condition. Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to
any demand placed upon it to adapt, whether that demand produces pleasure or pain. Stress
reactivity: Basically the fight or flight response. "How does "self" respond to stress?"
The likelihood of ill effects developing from built-up stress products is dependent on two
, factors.
Duration - the amount of time our body's physiology varies from the baseline, and
Degree- the amount of physiological variance from the body's baseline.
Of the two, duration is the most important. 3 stages of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS):
Alarm: similar to notion of fight or flight
Resistance: organism begins to mobilize resources
Exhaustion: Resistance is futile! organ failure (e.g.Survivor Man)
Who is Walter Cannon - ln 1 - ANSWER Contributed to the notion of the fight-or-flight
response in 1914
What are some issues with men's health - ln 3b - ANSWER not notice symptoms as quickly,
less likely to see physician, risk of death from heart disease
What are the three phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome? - ANSWER Alarm,
Resistance, Exhaustion. body's ability to adapt negatively to chronic stress. Alarm phase,
where several body systems are activated, Resistance phase, body trying to revert back to
homeostasis, and Exhaustion phase, one or more of the organs can no longer meet the
demands placed upon it and fails to function properly
What are the risks to studying specific populations include - ln2 - ANSWER hard to recruit,
skewed population, some not included in samples, control for variability
