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VCE HHD Question Thread!
sunshine98:
Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say, 'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is , cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?
Thank you :) :) :)
Rod:
--- Quote from: purplegiraffe on February 22, 2015, 10:31:35 am ---Under what circumstances might people be socially isolated?
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- Unemployment -> Stress and the lack of money can mean less time to go out
- Disability-> People who are obese usually have low self-esteem and are therefore less confident to go out, and meet new people. They could also often be bullied and left out of groups.
~V:
--- Quote from: purplegiraffe on February 22, 2015, 10:31:35 am ---Under what circumstances might people be socially isolated?
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being an indigenous person-suffer against discrimination, living in rural areas, low socio-economic status- those that don't work or don't go school.
--- Quote from: sunshine98 on February 22, 2015, 10:49:15 am ---Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say, 'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is , cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?
Thank you :) :) :)
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Best to know the scientific names for the exam, you might be able to answer "hardening of the arteries" on a SAC as your teacher might give you the mark. Just know that LDL is the "bad" cholesterol and HDL is "good". Most importantly it is your understand of the impact high cholesterol levels on overall health :)
Rod:
--- Quote from: sunshine98 on February 22, 2015, 10:49:15 am ---Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say, 'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is , cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?
Thank you :) :) :)
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Hmm firstly I always thought atherosclerosis meant the condition where too much plaque (cholesterol) buids up in your blood vessels, often leading to impaired blood flow and hence cardiovascular diseases such as stroke. I don't think 'hardening of the arteries' would be sufficient enough for an answer.
I think it is much better to know the scientific names of certain conditions to use as examples in answers. It's much more safe to use and also saves you from any confusion.
You need to know the difference between LDL and HDL, and how they function. Also what they stand for.
You do indeed need a basic understanding of what high blood cholesterol does (increases the chance of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke)
yearningforsimplicity:
--- Quote from: sunshine98 on February 22, 2015, 10:49:15 am ---Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say, 'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is , cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?
Thank you :) :) :)
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Although it's the hardest thing to spell and pronounce, you should refer to the hardening of arteries (due to fatty LDL cholesterol plaque build-up) as Atherosclerosis. It's just one of those HHD terms you need to be using as it shows you have a deeper understanding of the content :)
And yep, it's essential that you know about Cholesterol, in terms of High density lipoprotein (HDL) "good" cholesterol and Low Density Lipoprotein "Bad" cholesterol - it's especially important to know how they have a role in impacting the Cardiovascular Health NHPA (the role of nutrition questions for the NHPAs will come up in SACs and exams so if you are asked about the role of nutrition in Cardiovascular Health, one of your main points will be about saturated fats and then linking that to build up of LDL cholesterol etc). You need to understand how accumulation of LDL cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis and how this can then restrict blood flow and increase pressure within arteries and vessels and increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease, hypertension, heart attacks or stroke :) You don't really need to know the biology behind every single topic in HHD as a lot of students that do HHD are not Biology students so it won't get extremely complicated so dont worry! :D But yes for the NHPAs, it is important that you know a little bit about how the disease/condition occurs (this is usually covered in the "Key features of each NHPA" part of the subject :) ).
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