Key Words Ch. 10 Flashcards
Android obesity
Extra weight around the abdomen.
Artifacts
Confounding variables that lead sex differences to appear that do not really exist.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Measure of obesity that takes into consideration the ratio of weight to height.
Cardiovascular reactivity
Increase in blood pressure and heart rate that occurs when engaging in a challenging or stressful task.
Chronic illness
Disease or condition characterized by persistent health problems that may be treated or controlled but not cured.
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Treatment for heart disease in which arteries taken from a person’s leg or chest are used to bypass blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
Fixed role obligations
Responsibilities specific to one’s defining role that are structured and difficult to reschedule.
Gynoid obesity
Extra weight around the hips.
Health behaviors
Activities that either promote good health
(e.g., preventive health care, exercise, healthy diet)
or contribute to bad health (e.g., smoking, alcohol, and drug use).
Illness Behavior
Condition of labeling a symptom as illness and responding to it as such; adopting the “sick role.”
Morbidity
Presence of illness or disease.
Mortality
Death rate
Nurturant role hypothesis
Supposition that women’s roles require them to attend to the needs of others, which results in fatigue, exposure to illness, and not taking care of oneself when sick.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
Procedure in which a catheter with a balloon attached to it is inserted into a diseased blood vessel. As the balloon is inflated, the plaque is pressed against the walls of the artery allowing for improved blood flow.
Sick role hypothesis
Suggestion that sex differences in using medical care are due to women’s greater tendency than men to adopt the “sick role.”
