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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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 Benefits
C.   Perceived Seriousness
D.   Perceived Barriers
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 Seriousness
B.   Perceived Susceptibility
C.   Perceived Benefits
D.   Perceived Barriers
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.   negative reinforcement.
B.   positive reinforcement.
C.   negative punishment.
D.   positive punishment.
Question #10
Which theory/model was originally designed to explain the effects of fear appeals on health attitudes and behaviors?
A.   Social Cognitive Theory
B.   Elaboration Likelihood Model
C.   Protective Motivation Theory
D.   Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skill 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.   self-esteem and efficacy.
D.   efficacy and outcome expectations.
Question #12
In the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion (ELM)
A.   the model specifies how persuasion can have an impact on variables.
B.   the process has not been successful with message tailoring.
C.   there is only one route of attitude change, peripheral process.
D.   elaboration means the amount of cognitive processing that a person puts into receiving messages.
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.   Cognitive-Behavioral Model of the Relapse Process
D.   Theory of Planned Behavior
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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