ACE Health Coach Chapter 1 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Adherence - ✔✔The extent to which people follow their plans or treatment
recommendation
Cardiovascular disease - ✔✔General term for any disease of the heart,
blood vessels or circulation
Correlates - ✔✔Mutual connection
Decisional balance - ✔✔Number of pros and cons a person perceives
regarding adopting and maintaining an exercise program
Extinction - ✔✔Positive stimuli that once followed a behavior is removed
Extrinsic feedback - ✔✔Extrinsic reinforcement or encouragement
Feedback - ✔✔Verbal or nonverbal info about current behavior
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,Health Belief Model - ✔✔Model to explain health related behaviors based
largely upon persons perception of getting an illness
Health psychology - ✔✔Field of psychology that examines the causes of
illnesses and studies ways to promote & maintain health, prevent and treat
illnesses and improve the healthcare system
Hypokinetic Disease - ✔✔Conditions associated with too little exercise or
inactivity.
Cardiovascular disease.
Obesity.
Diabetes.
Low back pain
Intrinsic feedback - ✔✔Encouraging self, motivating self. Feedback by the
clients themselves to themselves. The most important type of feedback for
long term program adherence
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, Locus of control - ✔✔The degree to which people attribute outcomes to
internal factors, such as effort & ability as opposed to external factors, such
as luck
Negative reinforcement - ✔✔The removal or avoidance of aversive
(negative) stimuli following a desirable behavior
Obesity - ✔✔Body fat 20% above ideal weight.
Over 25% fat for men.
Over 32% fat for women.
BMI above 30.
Waist circumference above 40" for men.
Waist circumference above 35" for women.
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Positive stimuli following a desired behavior
Punishment - ✔✔Aversive (negative) stimuli following an undesired
behavior. Decreases likelihood of behavior happening again, but also
brings fear and decreases enjoyment
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Adherence - ✔✔The extent to which people follow their plans or treatment
recommendation
Cardiovascular disease - ✔✔General term for any disease of the heart,
blood vessels or circulation
Correlates - ✔✔Mutual connection
Decisional balance - ✔✔Number of pros and cons a person perceives
regarding adopting and maintaining an exercise program
Extinction - ✔✔Positive stimuli that once followed a behavior is removed
Extrinsic feedback - ✔✔Extrinsic reinforcement or encouragement
Feedback - ✔✔Verbal or nonverbal info about current behavior
1
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
,Health Belief Model - ✔✔Model to explain health related behaviors based
largely upon persons perception of getting an illness
Health psychology - ✔✔Field of psychology that examines the causes of
illnesses and studies ways to promote & maintain health, prevent and treat
illnesses and improve the healthcare system
Hypokinetic Disease - ✔✔Conditions associated with too little exercise or
inactivity.
Cardiovascular disease.
Obesity.
Diabetes.
Low back pain
Intrinsic feedback - ✔✔Encouraging self, motivating self. Feedback by the
clients themselves to themselves. The most important type of feedback for
long term program adherence
2
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025
, Locus of control - ✔✔The degree to which people attribute outcomes to
internal factors, such as effort & ability as opposed to external factors, such
as luck
Negative reinforcement - ✔✔The removal or avoidance of aversive
(negative) stimuli following a desirable behavior
Obesity - ✔✔Body fat 20% above ideal weight.
Over 25% fat for men.
Over 32% fat for women.
BMI above 30.
Waist circumference above 40" for men.
Waist circumference above 35" for women.
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Positive stimuli following a desired behavior
Punishment - ✔✔Aversive (negative) stimuli following an undesired
behavior. Decreases likelihood of behavior happening again, but also
brings fear and decreases enjoyment
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