Exam 3: Theories of Health Behavior

With respect to health behavior, structure is to process as ______ theories are to ______ theories.

The transtheoretical model recognizes that people may not make changes in a linear fashion.

The oldest continuum theory of health behavior is ______.

The graphic images of diseased lungs and rotten teeth and gums that appear on cigarette packages in Canada and Australia depend for their effectiveness on a learning mechanism called ______.

Fear-based appeals are sometimes effective at producing health behavior change; sometimes, however, they are ineffective. Suggest two ways to improve fear-based appeals, illustrating each with an example from an actual or hypothetical fear-based appeal.

Some years ago, a law enforcement office in Oregon created a visual campaign called "Faces of Meth," comprising striking mug shots of repeat arrestees that showed the damage to one's appearance resulting from methamphetamine abuse. This campaign was MOST likely effective because it ______.

Fear-based appeals are effective as long as they do not make people feel vulnerable.

From the perspective of the biopsychosocial model, continuum models of health behavior may be seen as incomplete.

An individual's belief about whether others will support a new health behavior are a key element of a ______ model of health behavior called the ______.

Anjelica has always been a bit of "control freak" and "micromanager" who wants to know everything, all the time. The same is true for her impending surgery. Based on the textbook's discussion of tailored health-promotion messages, Anjelica is MOST likely to benefit from a(n) ______ intervention to manage the pain related to her procedure.

As compared to generic weight loss messages, tailored messages are ______ effective for obese women with an ______ locus of control.

Including opportunities for self-affirmation in fear-based appeals is ______.

The precaution adoption process model differs from the transtheoretic model of health behavior change in that it ______.

Jenny is a member of Narcotics Anonymous. Her sponsor stresses the importance of regular meeting attendance and continued step work to build clean time and to prevent a relapse. With respect to the stages of change model, this advice is aimed at supporting the ______ stage.

The first stage of the transtheoretical model of health behavior change is ______, and the last stage is ______.