Question 1

Research consistently shows that teenagers and college students misperceive and overestimate their peers' use of tobacco.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Boys higher in ______ are more likely to engage in unsafe water activities and start drinking at an earlier age compared to those lower in this personality trait.

Accepted Answer

A) extroversion 
B) neuroticism 
C) agreeableness 
D) openness to experience

Question 3

Healthy behaviors can be defined as behaviors that ______.

Accepted Answer

A) make you feel good 
B) maintain and enhance health 
C) make you look more attractive 
D) decrease stress

Question 4

A critical aspect of the Health Belief Model was added after its initial conceptualization.This new component captures a person's belief regarding his or her ability to successfully perform the behavior.It is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) self concept 
B) self-esteem 
C) self-efficacy 
D) self schema

Question 5

Nico is one of the few former smokers who is no longer tempted to smoke, even when he is around others who are smoking.According to the transtheoretical model, Nico is in ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the high self-efficacy stage 
B) the preparation stage 
C) the success stage 
D) the termination stage

Question 6

The ______ will be used to measure the health of people in the U.S.between the years 2010 and 2020.

Accepted Answer

A) leading health indicators 
B) international clinical factors 
C) critical risk factors 
D) social norms measure

Question 7

The main components/ideas for the Health Belief Model is (are) ______.

Accepted Answer

A) intention to change; attitudes toward action; subjective norms regarding action 
B) beliefs in threat and effectiveness of health change behaviors 
C) person moves from being unaware of issue, to unengaged by issue, to planning to act but not yet acting, to maintenance 
D) six stages from lack of self-efficacy to high self-efficacy that a person must complete

Question 8

Social norming research has shown that people often believe that those engaging in healthy behavior are in the minority when, in fact, they are not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Define and discuss the Social Norms Approach as it relates to research on smoking and college students.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Recent longitudinal research examining the impact of media on smoking among Argentinian students found that exposure to smoking in films ______.

Accepted Answer

A) increased the likelihood of future smoking 
B) decreased the likelihood of future smoking 
C) had no significant impact on the likelihood of future smoking 
D) increased the likelihood of future smoking, but only among males

Question 11

Interventions should be appropriate for the risk group/risk factor.Some ideas to consider while considering the appropriateness of interventions for the group is: ______.

Accepted Answer

A) What type of language/vocabulary does the intended audience use? 
B) If you are targeting a specific group based on their sexual orientation, ethnic group or their age, consider what appeals to that target group. 
C) Are you providing participants with the cognitive and behavioral skills to prevent relapse? 
D) all of these

Question 12

The three major theories of health behavior change (TTM, TPB and HBM) have at least six stages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

The serotonin S2 receptor gene plays a role in alcoholism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Health Belief Model, the Theory of Planned Behavior, and ______ are the most widely cited models of health behavior change in health psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) the Prototype Willingness Model 
B) the Health Action Process Approach 
C) the Precaution Adoption Process Model 
D) the Transtheoretical Model

Question 16

Which of the following major theories of behavior change proposes six stages?

Accepted Answer

A) Health Belief Model 
B) Transtheoretical Model 
C) Theory of Planned Behavior 
D) Health Action Process Approach

Question 17

What is meant by researchers taking a "shot gun" approach to conducting intervention research?

Accepted Answer

A) The health psychologists are forcing participants to finish the intervention process. 
B) It is the most cost-effective approach. 
C) Large numbers of people are exposed to the intervention with the hope that those who need it are included in the exposed group. 
D) The outcomes are more effective because of the care taken to intervene at the appropriate level with the population most at risk.

Question 18

Which of the following is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnic differences are seen in the relative effects of peers and parents on adolescents' substance use. 
B) The relative contribution of the key components, especially the subjective norm factor, differs across ethnic groups in the U.S. 
C) The Theory of Planned Behavior has been used in many settings around the world. 
D) The Theory of Planned Behavior was no longer used in published research after the 1950s.

Question 19

______ attempt(s) to close the gap between what is known about optimal health practices and what is actually done.

Accepted Answer

A) Interventions 
B) Health education 
C) Medical anthropology 
D) Intentions

Question 20

Monae is a fried fast food addict.She knows that behavior is not very healthy, but she does not intend to change.She is in the transtheoretical model stage of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) precontemplation 
B) preparation 
C) contemplation 
D) action

Exam 7: Why Dont We Do What We Need to Models of Behavior Change

Research consistently shows that teenagers and college students misperceive and overestimate their peers' use of tobacco.

Boys higher in ______ are more likely to engage in unsafe water activities and start drinking at an earlier age compared to those lower in this personality trait.

Healthy behaviors can be defined as behaviors that ______.

A critical aspect of the Health Belief Model was added after its initial conceptualization.This new component captures a person's belief regarding his or her ability to successfully perform the behavior.It is known as ______.

Nico is one of the few former smokers who is no longer tempted to smoke, even when he is around others who are smoking.According to the transtheoretical model, Nico is in ______.

The ______ will be used to measure the health of people in the U.S.between the years 2010 and 2020.

The main components/ideas for the Health Belief Model is (are) ______.

Social norming research has shown that people often believe that those engaging in healthy behavior are in the minority when, in fact, they are not.

Define and discuss the Social Norms Approach as it relates to research on smoking and college students.

Recent longitudinal research examining the impact of media on smoking among Argentinian students found that exposure to smoking in films ______.

Interventions should be appropriate for the risk group/risk factor.Some ideas to consider while considering the appropriateness of interventions for the group is: ______.

The three major theories of health behavior change (TTM, TPB and HBM) have at least six stages.

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.

The serotonin S2 receptor gene plays a role in alcoholism.

The Health Belief Model, the Theory of Planned Behavior, and ______ are the most widely cited models of health behavior change in health psychology.

Which of the following major theories of behavior change proposes six stages?

What is meant by researchers taking a "shot gun" approach to conducting intervention research?

Which of the following is FALSE?

______ attempt(s) to close the gap between what is known about optimal health practices and what is actually done.

Monae is a fried fast food addict.She knows that behavior is not very healthy, but she does not intend to change.She is in the transtheoretical model stage of ______.