health_q3

The term terrorism is correctly applied to situations in which

violence is used to achieve political aims.

Jet lag occurs because travelers take frequent naps while flying.

False

Naps are most effective for improving alertness if they are longer than 30 minutes.

False

Seasonal affective disorder is much more common in the summer than in the winter.

False

Somnolence is a synonym for sleep deprivation.

False

The disruption of which factor results in jet lag?

circadian rhythm

Successful community strategies for preventing violence include all of the following EXCEPT

discouraging family planning programs.

Violence directed at others and based on prejudice and discrimination is

ethnoviolence.

The vast majority of stalkers are

known to their victims.

A factor commonly seen in women who become victims of intimate partner violence is

low self-esteem.

Light traveling through the retina of the eye is a key factor in the regulation of

melatonin.

Which of the following statements about child sexual abuse in the United States is true?

An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before age 18.

Students who begin to doze off during a lecture are usually in which stage of sleep?

1

According to a major U.S. consensus statement, most adults should get how many hours of sleep per night for optimal health?

7 or more

What role does exposure to sunlight during the day play in improving sleep?

It helps to regulate the circadian rhythm.

Which of the following is TRUE about ethnoviolence and hate crimes?

Prejudice and discrimination are always at the base of hate crimes and ethnoviolence.

Hate crimes sometimes occur because the perpetrator is retaliating for a perceived insult, unfairness, or slight.

True

Having to get up frequently during the night to urinate is known as nocturia.

True

Pearl confides that, at a frat party, she was forced to have sex and did not consent; this is an example of

sexual assault.

The willful, repeated, and malicious following, harassing, or threatening of another person is

stalking.