Chapter 7

A group facilitator providing positive verbal feedback to a participant is an example of ________.

direct reinforcement

An individual who has a lower cholesterol level after improving his eating habits is experiencing negative reinforcement.

False

At the intrapersonal level, theories of health behavior assume individuals exist within and are influenced by a social environment.

False

Program planners have a much better chance of success if they select one behavior change theory and use it exclusively, rather than trying to use two or more.

False

Program planning models help explain how behavior change takes place

False

Social networks can impact health, and 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.

False

________ are the first group of individuals to adopt a new program.

Innovators

According to the Theory of Reasoned Action, which one of the following concepts is true?

Intention is an indication of a person's readiness to perform a behavior.

The Ecological Perspective recognizes multiple levels of intervention, including all of the following except which of these?

Interracial

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 ________.

negative punishment

What are the primary elements or the building blocks of a theory?

Concepts

Which concept is true in the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion (ELM)?

Elaboration means the amount of cognitive processing that a person puts into receiving messages.

In what stage of the Transtheoretical Model does a person actively plan change?

Preparation

All of the theories that are commonly used to design interventions for health promotion programs have limitations.

True

An ex-smoker who believes she can turn down a cigarette after a meal is said to have high self-efficacy.

True

Expectancies are values that individuals place on an expected outcome.

True

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.

True

According to the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skill Model, prevention motivation includes ________ motivation.

personal and social