Answers and glossary for chapter 6

Reading Analysis (p. 120—124)

1. a. fallacies b. “Scientists want to separate the facts from the fallacies.” c. 3. d. elements 2. a. 2 b. 2 c. 1 d. 2 e. cigarette smoking, drinking, and reckless driving f. Life expectancy is a measure of how long a person may live based on the year of their birth.

3. a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. 3 e. 1

4. a. 3 b. 1 c. 2 d. 1

5. a. 3 b. 1 c. psychosocial factors d. 2

6. a. relationships b. 2 c. 3 d. 1, 2, 3, 5

7. a. 1 b. 1 c. 3

8. a. stress and job satisfaction b. 1 c. 3 d. 3 e. 2

9. a. 3 b. environment c. 1 d. 3

10. b

 

Vocabulary Skills (p. 125—126) Part 1

1. reduced; reduction

2. integration; do not integrate

3. separate; separation

4. determines; determination

5. will satisfy/satisfies; satisfaction 6. destruction; do not destroy

Part 2

1. sound

2. hostility

3. fallacy

4. hypothesis 5. advanced

6. profound 7. autonomy 8. instituted 9. link

10. factor 

Vocabulary in Context (p. 127)

1. moderately 2. demands 3. key

4. Enhance       5. ties  

6. generate    7. reversed 8. landmark 9. maintain 10. Extension

 

Information Recall (p. 129)

1. Fixed factors are factors you are born with and can’t be reversed. Changeable factors are factors that you can control.

2. The most important factor is to eat less and cut calories. The expert is Byung P. Yu.

3. Answers will vary. Students may choose any two of the following:

Social integration – People who are socially integrated with family and friends and have good relationships with them live longer.

Autonomy – People who feel in control of their lives have a sense of well-being and satisfaction.

Stress and Job Satisfaction – Some say that a satisfying job adds years to a man’s life, while volunteer work increases a woman’s longevity.

Environment: There’s a 40% higher mortality rate among people who live in a poverty area compared to those in a non-poverty area.

Socioeconomic Status: People with higher incomes, more education and high-status occupations tend to live longer.

4. To live longer you should institute sound health practices and expand your circle of acquaintances and activities.

 

 

Chapter 6   a ripe old age (phrase) living a long time advanced (adj.) proposed area (n.) environment autonomy (n.) independence coronary (adj.) related to the heart demands (n.) claims others make on you destruction (n.) devastation determine (v.) influence enhance (v.) improve extension (n.) an increase factor (n.) element fallacy (n.) untruth fixed (adj.) unchangeable generate (v.) produce having a say (phrase) having an opinion hostility (n.) anger hypothesis (n.) theory ingredients (n.) components instituted (v.) established integrate (v.) to put different groups together key (adj.) significant landmark (adj.) important life expectancy (n.) how long something is expected to live link (n.) connection moderately (adj.) reasonably mortality rate (n.) death rate profound (adj.) deep reduce (v.) to make smaller in size reversed (v.) changed back separate (v.) to move something apart or away sound (adj.) strong ties (n.) relationships