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Alcohol use/dependence among adolescents increases their risk of suicide 30-fold in comparison to those not using any substance
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FALSE
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More than 5,000 college students die annually from alcohol related injuries
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FALSE
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A lower prevalence of early substance use results in a reduced rate of dependence as an adult
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FALSE
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The reduced risk of coronary heart disease is due more to healthy lifestyle habits than to drinking wine
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Evidence for BOTH
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A study of alcohol use among students in this class would be considered by an epidemiologist as a
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convenience sample
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What is the penalty (roughly) for being caught as an underage drinker in the state of Florida?
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approximately $500 and a 6 month license suspension
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Major depression has been reported to precede Alcohol Abuse or Dependence
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Evidence for BOTH
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Prenatal exposure to moderate drinking is significantly associated with cognitive deficits among Caucasian children
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FALSE
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A woman's risk for Estrogen Receptor Positive breast cancer is not affected by her alcohol consumption
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FALSE
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A cohort study of more than 1 million women in the U.K. recently reported that the largest increase in RATE among newly diagnosed women was found for cancer of the larynx
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FALSE
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Alcohol has which of the following effects: a. raises your blood pressure b. increases your heart rate c. you breathe more rapidly
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ALL
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Possible sociological trends that are leading to more of today's youth seeking out extreme sports rather than more traditional "team" sports include which of the following? a. Attractiveness of the extreme subculture b. Competing primarily with oneself to overtake previous accomplishments c. Increased risk taking behavior d. Stress on individual participation
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ALL
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When evaluating mountain biking as an extreme sport, which of the following are true?
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It is the second most popular extreme sport
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Why are classes in sexual education not offered in Florida Middle Schools?
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Florida has to teach "abstinence only" in order to receive Federal Funding
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Consider that incidence refers to newly diagnosed cases expressed as a proportion of the population and prevalence to all existing cases expressed as a proportion of the population. For which scenarios would the prevalence most clearly be much greater than the incidence?
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Disease that is not curable but not rapidly fatal
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Safe Sex is...
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total abstinence
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What percentage of unintended pregnancies are due to contraceptive failure?
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At least 50%
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Teen childbearing in the U.S. ( 2004 ) cost taxpayers more than $9 billion
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TRUE
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Unintended pregnancies among teens account for more than a quarter ( 25+% ) of all unintended pregnancies
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FALSE
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Emergency Contraception is available without prescription only to women 18 years of age or older
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FALSE
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Research indicates that Herpes Simplex 1 is increasingly found below the waist in college students because
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oral sex is often mistakenly thought to be safe and unlikely to spread STIs
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Approximately 5 million persons in the U.S. have eating disorders
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TRUE
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Sports Supplements are regulated by the U.S. FDA
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FALSE
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Eating disorders are associated with food preferences
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FALSE
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Approximately five 5% of people with eating disorders are males
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FALSE
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Fewer than 10% of anorexic females will die of their illness
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FALSE
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Body fat percent among POST-PUBERTAL females is approximately 25 %
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TRUE
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Body fat percent among post-pubertal males is approximately 10%
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FALSE
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According to Gardner, what is the major problem with having a lot of participants dropping out of a diet study?
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The people who drop out are usually those who aren't sticking to the diet and aren't losing weight, so the study results that are seen are not a true picture of the real results.
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Gardner says that since people under-report calories, "all you can do is hope they under- report consistently." What does he mean by this?
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If participants under-report calories equally on all diets, the comparison between the diets will still be valid.
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Which of the four diets studied does NOT differentiate between fat and protein?
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Atkins
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Which of the four diets puts NO limits on the amount of calories consumed per day?
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Atkins and Ornish
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What was true with respect to results pertaining to physical activity in Gardner's study? a. Participants on the LEARN increased their physical activity significantly more than those on other diets. b. Participants on the Ornish diet increased their physical activity significantly more than those on other diets. c. Participants on the Atkins diet increased their physical activity significantly more than those on other diets.
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NONE
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African Americans had the lowest prevalence of substance use during early adolescence
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TRUE
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Moderate drinkers have better cognitive functioning than did nondrinkers, occasional drinkers, and heavier drinkers.
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TRUE
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Moderate Drinking May Lower the Risk of Ischemic Stroke
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TRUE
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Artificial Wall Climbing has _____ million participants
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7.7
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Wakeboarding has ___ million participants
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3.5
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is the total of our physical, emotional and spiritual responses, thoughts and feelings.
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sexuality
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Gender Genetics Reproduction Physical appearance Growth and development
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Biological dimension of sexuality
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Emotions Experiences Motivation Expressiveness Learned attitudes and behaviors Body image
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Psychological dimension of sexuality
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Religious influences Multicultural influences (income, education) Ethical influences
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Sociocultural dimension of sexuality
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An inner sense of oneself as a sexual being, including one's identification in terms of gender and sexual orientation
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Sexual identity
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One's erotic, romantic, and affectional attraction to the same sex, to the opposite sex, or to both
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Sexual Orientation
