HUME Module 2.3

Question 1

Flexibility of Humans

Answer 1

Human Homeostasis
Homeostatic limits
Irreversible damage

Question 2

is an environmental constraint that elicits a human response

Answer 2

Stress

Question 3

functional and structural characteristics for coping

Answer 3

Human Adaptation

Question 4

long adaptive changes mediated by genetic material

Answer 4

Biological Process

Question 5

culture as the instrument of adaptation

Answer 5

Cultural Evolutionary Process

Question 6

biological adjustments to extreme and constant forms of stress

Answer 6

Developmental Adjustments

Question 7

response w/c occurs very rapidly as the stress is felt

Answer 7

Regulatory Adjustments

Question 8

biological responses which requires changes in structure

Answer 8

Acclimatory Adjustments

Question 9

by Hans Selye (1976), the body’s response to different stressors show some similarities.

Answer 9

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

Question 10

translation of environmental stimuli into humanized meanings

Answer 10

Interaction Process

Question 11

Aspects Involved in Human-Environmental Interactions (2)

Answer 11

Nature of Interaction
Level of Awareness

Question 12

deliberate and exploitative

Answer 12

Proactive Role

Question 13

preservation of life

Answer 13

Reactive Role

Question 14

3 Impacts of Interaction on the Components

Answer 14

Favorable to one but unfavorable to another
Favorable to both components
Unfavorable to both components

Question 15

Levels of Human-Environment Interaction

Answer 15

Individual-Environment
Family-Environment
Human Population/Community-Env’t

Question 16

the very mechanism by w/c individuals, families and communities are able to interact with their env’t to meet their needs/wants.

Answer 16

Cultural Adaptation