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Which of the following is an example of primary prevention? |
| | A) | Once prescribed, taking high blood pressure medication consistently |
| | B) | Exercising daily once medical personnel diagnose obesity. |
| | C) | Never starting to smoke because of the anticipated health problems. |
| | D) | At the first sign of a problem, seeking immediate medical attention |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a teachable moment? |
| | A) | Talking with school-aged children about the importance of not smoking. |
| | B) | Deciding that a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease hasn't changed her behavior before and therefore is not likely to change now. |
| | C) | Presenting the facts about harmful effects of smoking to pregnant women. |
| | D) | Teaching the importance of healthy habits to high school aged students, even though you are not certain that they are listening in class. |
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Research suggests that the best way to persuade people to modify their behavior is to |
| | A) | suggest that people begin to modify their behavior a small amount during the week, rather than recommending immediate daily changes. |
| | B) | promote an extreme message. |
| | C) | promote the latest health fades as they are just as effective at changing people's behavior as experts. |
| | D) | suggest people read between the lines and therefore, there is no need to insult the audience by restating the message. |
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The health belief model is a good predictor of people's health behavior because |
| | A) | perceptions of personal health threat is easy to interpret by watching a person. |
| | B) | people will modify their risky behaviors once a health psychologist informs them of the health belief model. |
| | C) | perceptions of health threat are not a part of this model. |
| | D) | understanding what a person thinks about their chances of getting a disease can help predict a person's behaviors. |
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The theory of planned behavior can be described as an attempt to |
| | A) | link health attitudes to health related behaviors. |
| | B) | link research results to people's actual health behaviors. |
| | C) | connect attitudes toward health behaviors to a person's genetics. |
| | D) | connect actions of control issues in work to health related behaviors at home. |
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One of the main drawbacks to the theory of planned behavior and behavior modification is that |
| | A) | people do not usually do what they say they will do. |
| | B) | people do not understand the complicated techniques of behavior modification. |
| | C) | people do not possess the skills to change bad lifetime habits. |
| | D) | people with bad lifetime habits and new information may not be able to maintain the positive behavioral changes. |
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy has focused on people's |
| | A) | cognitions. |
| | B) | behaviors. |
| | C) | actions. |
| | D) | genetics. |
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Which approach to changing health behaviors focuses on involving the patient as a cotherapist in the behavior intervention design? |
| | A) | behavior modification |
| | B) | assertive training |
| | C) | classical conditioning |
| | D) | cognitive-behavioral |
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Contingency contracting is more effective than punishment because |
| | A) | when people punish themselves, they tend to punish too severely and can continue to become too aggressive in their health modifications. |
| | B) | when people make contracts with another person, such as a therapist, the rewards and punishments are more likely to be adhered to. |
| | C) | when people use classical conditioned responses, the target behaviors change more quickly. |
| | D) | when people self-punish, they get tired of the punishments and advance to the next step called contingency contracting. |
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Abstinence violation effect means that |
| | A) | imposed rules from health care providers have been violated, and the person must make major changes in their behavior . |
| | B) | the person was following their health care plans when someone else caused the violated behavior to occur. |
| | C) | a self-imposed rule has been violated, and the person sees their resolve weaken. |
| | D) | it is a normal consequence of health care providers who expect too much from their patients. |
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