Exam 6: Models of Behavior Change

A major part of a person's belief in the effectiveness of changing a behavior is:

In the 1950's,the most common advertisements to change behavior tried to:

One of the most important priorities of the Healthy People 2010 Program is to:

Prevention programs for eating disorders attempt to simultaneously prevent new occurrences,and encourage students who already have symptoms to seek early treatment.This type of intervention uses both primary and secondary prevention,and can be at risk of being incompatible goals.

Personality plays a big role in health.For example,people high in the trait of _____ report more medical problems and more visit to the doctor.

The biggest benefit to using a theory to base an intervention on is:

What aspect of the Health Beliefs Model is particularly useful in explaining cultural differences in health behaviors?

The main components/ideas for the Health Belief Model is:

_____ attempts to close the gap between what is known about optimal health practices and what is actually done.

The ultimate goal of health psychological interventions is to decrease the number of deaths due to preventable diseases,delay the time of death,and

Which of the following is not a major component of the Health Beliefs Model? Belief in:

Individuals will follow a positive health behavior if the behavior outweighs its "costs".The definition of "costs" for all participants is the following:

What factors can predict relapse?

Relapsing,or falling back into performing unhealthy behaviors,is the biggest problem in the Transtheoretical Model stage of:

Kyle is working on maintaining a healthy weight set for him of 155 lbs.Since he is actively exercising and watching his eating habits,Kyle is in the maintenance stage of the Transtheoretical Model.

Healthy behaviors can be defined as behaviors that:

The specific field that stresses the relevance of political,economic,and social factors in health is:

As a testament to the biological basis for some unhealthy behaviors,research has found evidence for a gene related to alcoholism.It is known as:

If you believe that you can successfully execute the behavior required to produce the outcome,you are demonstrating:

Discuss health care changes that you have personally accomplished or would like to accomplish in the future,and explain the stages of progression toward this goal using the Transtheoretical Model.