Chapter 8

Question 1

Psychosocial needs

Answer 1

Human needs that have to do with social interaction, emotions, intellect, and spirituality

Question 2

Holistic care

Answer 2

A type of care that involves caring for the whole person-the mine as well as the body

Question 3

Masturbation

Answer 3

To touch or rub several organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure

Question 4

Gay

Answer 4

A person whose sexual preference is for people of the same sex, or a man whose sexual preference is for men

Question 5

Heterosexual

Answer 5

Person whose sexual preference is for people of the opposite sex; also known as straight

Question 6

Homosexual

Answer 6

A person whose sexual preference is for people of the same sex

Question 7

Lesbian

Answer 7

A woman whose sexual preference is for women

Question 8

Bisexual

Answer 8

A person who is sexually attracted to both men and women

Question 9

Transsexual

Answer 9

1. One who wishes to be accepted by society as a member of the opposite sex; 2. One who has undergone a sex change operation

Question 10

Transgender

Answer 10

A person whose gender identity conflicts with his or her birth sex (sex assigned at birth due to anatomy)

Question 11

Transitioning

Answer 11

The process of changing genders

Question 12

Spiritual

Answer 12

Of, or relating to, the spirit or soul

Question 13

Reincarnation

Answer 13

The belief that some part of a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body

Question 14

Karma

Answer 14

The belief that all past and present deeds affect one’s future and future lives

Question 15

Yarmulke

Answer 15

A small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith

Question 16

Rabbis

Answer 16

Religious leader of the Jewish faith

Question 17

Agnostics

Answer 17

People who believe that they do not know or cannot know if God exists

Question 18

Atheists

Answer 18

People who believe that there is no God and actively deny the existence of God

Question 19

Dietary restrictions

Answer 19

Rules about what and when individuals can eat

Question 20

Fasting

Answer 20

Not eating food or eating very little food

Question 21

Vegetarians

Answer 21

People who do not eat meat, fish, or poultry and may or may not eat eggs and dairy products

Question 22

Vegans

Answer 22

People who do not eat any animals or animal products; vegans may also not use or wear any animal products

Question 23

Premature

Answer 23

Term for babies who are born before 37 weeks gestation (more than three weeks before the due date)

Question 24

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Answer 24

A condition in which babies stop breathing and die for no known reason while asleep

Question 25

Cognitive

Answer 25

Related to thinking and learning

Question 26

Chickenpox

Answer 26

A highly contagious viral illness that strikes nearly all children

Question 27

Leukemia

Answer 27

A form of cancer in which the body’s white blood cells are unable to fight disease

Question 28

Anorexia

Answer 28

An eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercises excessively to lose weight

Question 29

Bulimia

Answer 29

An eating disorder in which a person binges, wearing huge amounts of foods or very fattening foods, and then purges, or eliminates the food by vomiting, using laxatives, or exercising excessively

Question 30

Trauma

Answer 30

Severe injury

Question 31

Menopause

Answer 31

The end of menstruation

Question 32

Geriatrics

Answer 32

The study of health, wellness, and disease later in life

Question 33

Gerontology

Answer 33

The study of the song process in people from mid-life through old age

Question 34

Ageism

Answer 34

Prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older persons or the elderly.

Question 35

Developmental disabilities

Answer 35

Disabilities that are present at birth or emerge during childhood