PBSI 300 STATISTICS/ NAMES

Extensive attention to raise awareness and stimulate research for breast cancer creates…

misleading impression that breast cancer is more common and more deadly than it is

Are breast exams, either from a medical provider or self-exams, recommended?

No

Bernadine Healy

First women to head NIH (National Institute of Health) and also was president of the American Heart Association.

Smoking increases the chances of lung cancer more for ______ than for ____

women; men

Women are more likely to ____ and ______; Men are more likely _______ or _______

Tend, befriend; aggression, escape

About ____ of american adults will suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder this year

1/4

Nearly ___ of all Americans will suffer from a psychological disorder sometime in their life

50

What defines a psychological disorder?

Dysfunction

Girls with autism may be able to hide their _________ for longer (________)

symptoms; masking

Is this a compliment: “Have you lost weight”

No

____-____% of college students have panic attacks

20-25%

What are the risk factors for panic attacks?

smoking and drinking

Whos more likely to get panic attacks?

Women are 2.5 times more likely

Do you need both of these symptoms to have depression? Depressed mood most of the day, nearly everyday AND markedly diminished interests in activities

No, you only need one with some other characteristcs

What is a biological difference that contributes to depression?

Low serotonin

Women when that are worried, are more likely to have a _________ _____ of thinking than men which can lead to depression

Ruminative Style

In America alone, more than __ million men have depression each year

6

Older white and asian men are more susceptible to _______ because their identity diminishes after retirement

depression

___% of women will get pregnant in one year if not on birth control

85

The percentage of US pregnancies that were unintended declined from ____ in 2010 to _____ in 2019 (~40)

43.3; 41.6

Is this myth or fact: Life is over for parents once children leave the home?

Myth

Older women have ______ so they are not “weak, dependent, and senile”

neuroplasticity

Marian Diamond

found neuroplasticity and that enriched environments lead to best cognitive output (brains will be more dense)

Women’s psychological health tends to _____ as they age

improve

About ___% of ever-partnered women througout the world have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner at some point in their lives

30

one in ____ girls has been sexually abused during childhood, with estimates from some countries placing that proportion closer to one in three

five

Shere Hite

Concluded that women were more likely to get orgasms through masterbation than penile thrusting

Vagina

Very little sensitive and has very few nerve endings

Clitoris

Only known function is sexual arousal/excitement

U.S. women’s life expectency age is __ while men are __

79; 73

internal anatomy of vag

ovarian tube