14.1 - Behaviour and Health

Question 1

smoking

Answer 1

Canada was the first place to use graphic images on packages to warn people of the dangers of smoking, now 30 countries do it

Question 2

obesity [body mass index (BMI)]

Answer 2

a statistic commonly used for estimating a healthy body weight gain and individual height

(persons height / persons height x 2)

Question 3

what do genes influence

Answer 3

body type and metabolism

Question 4

set point

Answer 4

a hypothesized mechanism that serves to maintain body weight around a psychological programmed level

Question 5

psychological influences on health

Answer 5

the environments where we work, live, and play, and people whom we interact with influence our physical and mental health

Question 6

social resilience

Answer 6

the ability to keep positive relationships and to endure and recover from social isolation and life stressors

Question 7

social cognition

Answer 7

the often subtle, unintentional spreading of a behaviour as a result of social interactions

• me loosing sleep from being w/ my friends