Chapter 7 Multiple Choice Questions

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. In the theory of planned behaviour, a person's intentions regarding health behaviour will be the result of interaction between:

motivation to comply and belief in medical science correct incorrect

control beliefs and perceived power correct incorrect

behavioural beliefs and outcome evaluations correct incorrect

attitudes and subjective norms correct incorrect

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. Joan is a pack-a-day smoker. She knows this is bad for her and her family. She wants to quit, and has contacted a government-funded smoking cessation program. Which stage of the change process is Joan most likely to be in?

contemplation correct incorrect

maintenance correct incorrect

precontemplation correct incorrect

preparation correct incorrect

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. Social cognitive theory regarding health focusses on:

the individual as the agent correct incorrect

the importance of media in changing beliefs about health correct incorrect

regulations that mandate healthy behaviour such as mask-wearing correct incorrect

classical conditioning correct incorrect

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. The most general psychological explanation of placebo effects is that:

mental arithmetic leads the individual to incorrect conclusions correct incorrect

the patient's uncertainty about the future is reduced correct incorrect

the individual experiences an increase in circulating endorphins correct incorrect

none of the above: placebo effects are physiological and not psychological correct incorrect

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. The finding that the placebo effect on insomnia of so-called arousal pills is greater than that of sleeping pills would tend to support a psychological theory based on:

validation of health beliefs correct incorrect

mental arithmetic correct incorrect

perception of symptoms correct incorrect

classical conditioning correct incorrect