Lisa Ruhlen

Friday, June 22, 2007

EAP1 Final Exam Study Guide

2.3 Exercise
*Aerobic exercise
*What are the health benefits of exercise?
*How does exercise reduce the risk of heart disease?
*3 factors to help someone adhere to an exercise program
*How can we incorporate exercie into our daily lives?

2.4 Wellness
*"being well" vs. "not ill"
*Wellness- what does it mean?

3.1 Defining Adolescence
*Adolescence
*Puberty
*3 approaches/perspectives to define adolescence
*Stereotypes of teenagers

3.2 Physical Change in Adolescence
*Growth spurt (definition, men vs. women)
*Why is the growth spurt difficult for boys
*Early/Late bloomers (definition, advantages & disadvantages)
*Why is adolescence called "second birth"

3.3 Cognitive and Social Development in Adolescence
*How/why do adolescents experiment?
*Identity crisis
*Identity formation
*Role confusion
*Adolescent Egocentrism (imaginary audience and personal fables)
*3 parenting styles
*results of too strict or too lenient parenting

3.4 Teenage Suicide
*Give examples of Predisposing Factors
*Give 3 Predictors
*Define and give examples of clustering, independent traumatic events, and nonindependent variables
*How can we stem the tide of teenage suicide?

4.1 Early Adulthood
*Adulthood
*Factors that influence career choice

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

EAP1 Midterm Exam Study Guide

1.1 What Is Stress?
*Examples of stressors
*General adaptation syndrome & the three steps
*Emotions caused by stress
*Questions we ask ourselves in stressful situations

1.2 Stress and Illness
*When is stress good?
*What are the positive effects of stress?
*Diseases from stress (caused directly or less directly)
*Being "sick" and stress

1.3 Coping with Stress
*Know the experiments and what they proved
*Degree of control
*Predictibility & the effect on stress
*Personality & the effect on stress
*Stress resistant personality (3 aspects)
*Why is it bad to avoid stress?

1.4 Psychology and Cancer
*Carcinogens & behaviors that cause cancer
*Effect of emotions on cancer- positive & negative
*Women with breast cancer who improved...
*Psychoimmunology
*What does prolonged stress do to the immune system?
*What effect does depression have on people with cancer?
*What do doctors recommend to improve patients' prognosis?

2.1 Heart Disease
*What factors lead to heart disease? (there are at least 6)
*Qualities of Type A and Type B personalities
*How do the different types react to stress?
*Men are more likely than women to develop heart disease. Why?

2.2 Smoking
*#1 behavior risk
*How people start smoking
*Why people can't stop smoking
*2 aspects of addiction: physiological & psychological
*2 methods/techniques for quitting
*What factors increase the likelihood that someone will stay off cigarettes?
*2 preventative programs
*Do you think smoking will be more or less popular in the future? (this is your own opinion)

Monday, April 16, 2007

AE1-A Midterm Exam Vocabulary

senses:
hearing (hear)
sight (look/see)
smell (smell)
taste (taste)
touch (feel)

survey
first impression
blind date
matchmaker
advantage
disadvantage
by chance
background
personality
appearance
interests
politely
apologize
criticize
opinions
interrupt
direct
indirect

Friday, March 02, 2007

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE!!!!

Here are some questions to help you study. I may think of more later...

What is immigration?
What are some reasons people immigrate?
What can happen as a result of immigrating?
What kinds of feelings do immigrants experience?
How did some people view the 19th century European immigrant?
Know questions from Task 10, p. 98
Know questions from Task 11, p. 99
Who are the “old immigrants” and the “new immigrants”?
What technologies or advancements helped make it easy for people to immigrate?
What is “chain migration”?
From paragraph 6, p. 100: What kinds of European, Irish, Jewish immigrants came?
Where did many Mexican immigrants from the early 20th century work?
Why did they come to the US?
Why did many Asians come to the US?
What kinds of jobs did many Chinese immigrants do?
Why did Jewish people come to the US?
Understand the meaning of the poem “The New Colossus.”
Where are the “storied lands?”
Who are the “tired, poor, huddled masses?”
What does it mean that they are “yearning to be free?”
Etc. (look at task 17 and Task 18, p. 105)
Why was the Statue of Liberty Made? (not for immigrants!)
How did immigration change from the late 19th century to the early 20th century?
Not everyone came to America; what other options/choices did Eastern European Jews and Slavic peasants have?
Review Task 20, 107
What is behavioral assimilation? Can you think of an example?
What is structural assimilation? Can you think of an example?
Think of an immigrant group in your country. How are they assimilated?
Where is Ellis Island?
What happened on Ellis Island?

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Helpful (I hope) Advice for the EAP1-A Midterm...

25% = Listening
25% = Pure, never-before-seen reading (similar to reading quizzes)
50% = True/False & short answer questions about Unit 1 : Folk Material Culture

Here are some questions you might want to quiz yourself with:
What is material folk culture?
What is a folklorist?
What's wrong with this sentence: It's a wooden, beautiful, small square box.
How does someone learn to make folk objects?
What are the characteristics of folk objects?
What are the funtions of folk objects?
What folk objects are mentioned in "My Navajo Home in LA"? What does each signify?
How do folk objects reflect changes over time in a culture's worldview?
What is a worldview?
What can we learn by studying other cultures' gravemarkers?
Describe an American headstone (gravemarker) from the 17th century.
Describe an American headstone (gravemarker) from the 18th century.
Why are 17th c. and 18th c. grave markers different?
What do you know about the 17th and 18th century view of a the divine being, death, and the afterlife?
Why do the Xhosa people use circles in much of their folk art and in the shape of their homes?
Describe the Croatian, Japanese, and Hispanic sections of the graveyard.
How do people personalize objects?
What is "yard art"?
Why do people use "yard art"?

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Auld Lang Syne




Or, if you are a fan of soul music, like me, listen to Aretha Franklin sing it.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

10 Points for Your Midterm- Vocab from Chapter 5

Your 10-point opportunity will be on Thursday. Do not be late to class.

embarrassing
elderly
source
mention
prominent
criticism
rumor
stock up
influence
emphasize
involved
accused
proximity
factor
unambiguous
coverage
audience
amount
extensive
ranging from
reveal
advertising
warnings
hazards
deliberate