HSCI 441 - Community Health » Fall 2020 » Quiz 7

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Question #1
A model is a subclass of a theory.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
Social networks can impact health, but the specifics of who is the most impacted and how best to set up and use social networks are well known to health education specialists.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
An individual who has a lower cholesterol level after improved eating habits is experiencing negative reinforcement.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
At the intrapersonal level, theories of health behavior assume individuals exist within and are influenced by a social environment.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Expectancies are values that individuals place on an expected outcome.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
The Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) is a stage model focused on how people come to the decision to take action, and translate the decision into action.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
When a person stops smoking because they recently had close friend die of lung cancer, which construct of the Health Belief Model is this consistent with?
A.   Perceived Susceptibility
B.   Perceived Seriousness
C.   Perceived Barriers
D.   Perceived Benefits
Question #8
When a person exercises to achieve weight loss, prevent heart disease, and lower blood pressure he or she is acting according to which component of the Health Belief Model?
A.   Perceived Barriers
B.   Perceived Susceptibility
C.   Perceived Benefits
D.   Perceived Seriousness
Question #9
According to the Stimulus-Response Theory, reducing health insurance benefits for employees who continue to participate in a health-harming behavior is an example of
A.   positive punishment.
B.   positive reinforcement.
C.   negative reinforcement.
D.   negative punishment.
Question #10
Which theory/model was originally designed to explain the effects of fear appeals on health attitudes and behaviors?
A.   Protective Motivation Theory
B.   Social Cognitive Theory
C.   Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skill Model
D.   Elaboration Likelihood Model
Question #11
For Janice to lose weight, she must believe both that she is able to lose weight and that the weight loss will benefit her health. These beliefs are examples of
A.   positive punishment and locus of control.
B.   positive reinforcement and strategic change.
C.   efficacy and outcome expectations.
D.   self-esteem and efficacy.
Question #12
In the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion (ELM)
A.   elaboration means the amount of cognitive processing that a person puts into receiving messages.
B.   the process has not been successful with message tailoring.
C.   the model specifies how persuasion can have an impact on variables.
D.   there is only one route of attitude change, peripheral process.
Question #13
In attempting to overcome personal barriers to obtaining a colonoscopy, the best theory to use is the
A.   Health Belief Model
B.   Social Power
C.   Theory of Planned Behavior
D.   Cognitive-Behavioral Model of the Relapse Process
Question #14
A basic premise of the _______________ is that people learn not only through their own experiences, but also by observing the actions of others and the results of those actions.
A.   Health Belief Model
B.   Transtheoretical Model
C.   Diffusion of Innovations
D.   Social Cognitive Theory
Question #15
Being tardy is defined as showing up after attendance has been taken.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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