Peer Pressure
True or False:
All peer pressure is negative
False; Negative Peer Pressure encourages risk-taking behaviors while Positive Peer Pressure encourages health-promoting behaviors
True or False:
Healthy relationships can include disagreements or arguments.
True; Disagreements are normal in any relationship, but when they become frequent or lead to avoiding communication entirely, this becomes unhealthy.
True or False:
Use of social media can release dopamine in the brain and lead to addiction.
True; the brain interprets the release of dopamine the same as drugs and other stimulants and if a person attempts to reduce their social media usage they can experience physical symptoms of withdrawal
True or False:
A Food Desert is an area where access to all types of foods is very limited.
False; Food Deserts lack reasonable access to affordable healthy food options like fresh produce, but often are over saturated with fast food restaurants and junk food products in stores
True or False:
Preventative Health Interventions seek to stop problems from happening, while Reactionary Health Interventions seek to solve problems after they occur.
True
Define Passive Peer Pressure
When peer pressure occurs without intentional influence
(ex: all of your friends are using a new social media app, so you download the app to fit in)
List at least 3 of the 6 types of abuse we covered.
Physical, Verbal/Emotional/Mental, Sexual, Financial, Social, Spiritual
What is Phantom Vibration Syndrome?
When the brain misinterprets the sensation from an itch as vibrations from a cell phone notification.
Define Social Determinants of Health
The physical and social conditions in the environment where people are born and live that affect their exposure to health risks and ability to make healthy choices
Define Epidemiology.
The study of how and why diseases spread and how to control it
What level of Maslow's Hierarchy explains people's desire to conform (fit in with their peers)?
Love and Belonging
Which emotional manipulation tactic involves steering away from conversations that allow the victim to feel capable/successful or to receive positive attention from others?
Changing the Subject
What is a Parasocial Relationship?
A one-sided relationship where a person extends emotional energy, interest and time to the other party, typically a performer or persona, who is completely unaware of the other's existence.
What are the 5 categories of Social Determinants of Health according to the U.S. Department of Health?
Economic Stability; Neighborhood & Physical Environment; Education; Community, Safety, & Social Context; Health Care System
What groups/types of people more often participate in preventative interventions vs. who participates more often participates in reactionary interventions.
Preventative - Doctors, politicians/community leaders, educators
Reactionary - People who are part of or familiar with the impacted communities
Why do people bully?
To gain or maintain social power...
- after being bullied themselves
- to prevent anticipated bullying
- to fit in with a group
Or because they do not have coping skills or a support system for their troubles
Define the manipulation tactic of Triangulation.
When the manipulator involves a third person in a disagreement to side with them and ensure they "win" the argument.
Explain two ways that excessive screen time can negatively impact your vision.
Short term:
- Asthenopia: eye fatigue that causes discomfort, dimness of vision, and headache
- Loss of focus flexibility between near and far sight
Long term:
- Myopia (nearsightedness): inability to see objects that are far clearly
Give a specific example of a situation that would fall into each general category of Social Determinants of Health
Economic Stability - Current employment
Neighborhood & Physical Environment - Walkability
Education - Your family's educational background
Community, Safety & Social Context - Current support systems
Health Care System - Distance from a doctor
Why are both reactionary and preventative interventions necessary to resolve public health issues.
Reactionary interventions are more immediate responses to support populations but often are not sustainable and are just a "bandaid" for the issue.
Preventative interventions take much longer to implement, but can significantly reduce the spread or severity of health issues so that people are not affected by it in the first place.
Without reactionary methods, sick people might not survive long enough to access better care, and without preventative methods, people would continue to get sick in the future.
Compare and Contrast:
Bullying vs. Emotional Manipulation
Both behaviors seek to give the person power and control.
Bullying is typically perpetrated in social settings to position oneself over another within a group and can happen between friends and acquaintances.
Emotional manipulation is typically perpetrated on a personal one on one level between individuals in a closer relationship (familial, romantic, close friendships, etc).
Compare and Contrast:
Gaslighting vs. Projection
Both can involve the manipulator claiming the victim behaved in ways that didn't actually happen.
When Gaslighting, the manipulator intends to make the victim question their memory of what really happened so that they trust or rely on them.
When Projecting, the manipulator claims that the victim is the one that has negative feelings or characteristics that the manipulator actually has.
How does social media perpetuate societal norms?
Images and content that uphold the norms get praise and attention, while content that doesn't uphold norms is ignored or criticized.
What are 2 design features from Deaf Architecture and how do they support Deaf individuals?
Wider walkways, brighter overhead lighting, open floor plans (fewer walls), slightly transparent doorways...
All features create better visibility for Deaf people to communicate and get each other's attentions
Compare and Contrast:
Outreach vs. Social Marketing
Both are preventative health interventions and seek to inform populations about health issues they may be facing.
Outreach generally involves people who are not part of a community reaching out to the community to inform them, often through more academic means.
Social Marketing looks at the specific materials that are being used to inform more casually and accessibly, like posters in the neighborhood or social media posts.