Communication Is Central to Establishing and Maintaining Good Mental Health

question 9

True/False

Communication is central to establishing and maintaining good mental health and preventing and treating mental illness.

Understand the role of the nervous system in emotion and physiological arousal.

Recognize the biological and potential prenatal influences on sexual orientation.

Understand the impact of societal and psychological factors on sexual behavior and orientation.

Distinguish between components of emotion (expressive behaviors, physiological arousal, and conscious experience).

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Definitions:

Carrying Capacity

The maximum population size of a biological species that an environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available.

Environmental Resistance

A set of factors in an ecosystem that limits the growth of a population.

Biotic Potential

The maximum reproductive capacity of a species under optimal environmental conditions.

Critical Nutrients

Essential substances required for growth and maintenance of life that the body cannot synthesize in sufficient quantities and must be obtained through the diet.