During the prehistoric period, our ancestors believed that disease was caused by:
What is demons and evil spirits
100
The subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to the prevention and treatment of illness
What is health psychology
100
A form of faulty reasoning in which our expectations prevent us from seeing alternative explanations for our observations is called
What is belief bias
100
Chemical messengers released by neurons are called
What is neurotransmitters
100
The region of the brain that influences hunger, thirst, and body temperature and contains the so-called reward centers of the brain is the
What is hypothalamus
200
The oldest known medical system in the world is:
What is ayurveda
200
preventable differences in the health of socially disadvantaged groups.
What is health disparities
200
A descriptive study in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing general principles is called a
What is a case study
200
Low serotonin levels are associated with this mental health disease
What is depression
200
The gland referred to as the master gland of the endocrine system is the
What is pituitary gland
300
According to which theory are the origins of specific diseases found in the internal organs, musculature, and skeletal system of the body?
What is anatomical theory
300
A disease that spreads rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time over a limited geographical area is called
What is an epidemic
300
The group exposed to a newly synthesized drug that is being tested in an experiment is the:
What is the experimental group
300
High dopamine levels are associated with this mental health disease
What is schizophrenia
300
foreign substance that triggers an immune response.
What is an antigen
400
The field of psychosomatic medicine emerged because the biomedical model was unable to explain
What is disorders that had no observable physical cause.
400
According to the text, complete health involves which three domains
What is physical, physiological, social
400
A study comparing representative groups of people of various ages on a particular dependent variable is called a
What is a cross-sectional study
400
fatty substances produced by certain glial cells that coat the axons of neurons to insulate, protect, and speed up the neural impulse
What is myelin
400
A type of white blood cell that attacks foreign substances by engulfing and digesting
What is phagocyte
500
Who said there was an imbalance among the different humors circulating in the body.
Who is Hippocrates
500
The rate of ______ refers to the total number of cases of a specific illness in a given group of people at a given time
What is prevalence
500
Dr. Sengupta is conducting research on the etiology of bird flu. This means that she seeks to understand the
What is etiology
500
process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles
What is reuptake
500
A friend has been taking a prescription drug and experiencing a number of unpleasant side effects, including unusually rapid heartbeat and excessive perspiration. It is likely that the medication is stimulating increased activity in your friend's