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:

behavioural beliefs and outcome evaluations correct incorrect

control beliefs and perceived power correct incorrect

motivation to comply and belief in medical science 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?

preparation correct incorrect

maintenance correct incorrect

contemplation correct incorrect

precontemplation correct incorrect

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. Social cognitive theory regarding health focusses on:

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

the individual as the agent correct incorrect

the importance of media in changing beliefs about health correct incorrect

classical conditioning correct incorrect

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

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

mental arithmetic leads the individual to incorrect conclusions 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

classical conditioning correct incorrect

perception of symptoms correct incorrect

mental arithmetic correct incorrect