PH 144 midterm 1 & 2 UCI Exam Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct| 2025|

PH 144 midterm 1 & 2 UCI Exam Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct| 2025| What is defined as "one's opinion of chances of getting a condition"? - ANSWER Perceived susceptibility Perceived Susceptibility: Belief about getting a disease or a condition Perceived Severity: Belief about the seriousness of the condition or leaving it untreated and its consequences Perceived Benefits: belief about the potential positive aspects of a health action Perceived Barriers: Belief about the negative aspects of a health action Cues to Actions: Factors which trigger action (ex: media) Self-Efficacy: Belief that one can achieve the behavior required to execute the outcomes - ANSWER - "Involves ability to anticipate and appreciate consequences observed in others, not experienced oneself" - ANSWER -Vicarious Reinforcement What was added to the Theory of Reasoned Action? - ANSWER -Perceived behavioral control What is defined as "belief about whether referents approve or disapprove of the behavior"? - ANSWER -Normative beliefs Who came up with the Theory of Reasoned Action? - ANSWER -Fishbein Person, behavioral, and environmental factors all operate as "interlocking determinants" of each other. - ANSWER -Reciprocal determinism Factors that influence observational learning: - ANSWER -Characteristics of the model Attributes of the observers Reward consequences Processes involved in Observational Learning: - ANSWER -Attention Retention Motor reproduction processes Incentive and motivation How well we meet our standards. Refers to a feeling of adequacy and efficiency in dealing with life. Includes our sense of self-esteem. Comes from past successful accomplishments of meeting and maintaining our performance standards. - ANSWER -Self-Efficacy Successfully doing something new builds a mastery experience. - ANSWER Mastery experiences TRA (Fishbein): It asserts that the most important determinant of a person's behavior is a person's behavioral intention. - ANSWER - TPB (an extension of TRA by Ajzen): Predict behaviors in which people have incomplete volitional control. - ANSWER - The only difference between TRA & TPB theories is that the TPB includes perceived behavioral control as an additional determinant of intentions and behavior. - ANSWER - Perceived threat is defined as: Perceived benefits - perceived barriers. - ANSWER - Which of the following is NOT a strength of the Health Belief Model? - ANSWER -It has been widely used by researchers since 1950s. A woman with a family history of alcohol abuse...This example demonstrates all of the following except: - ANSWER -action is available to reduce risk of the condition. The Theory of Reasoned Action is based on the premise that the most important determinant of behavior is _______________ - ANSWER -behavioral infection. What are the 4 types of social support? - ANSWER -- Emotional - Informational - Tangible - Belonging T/F: The CATCH Program has a classroom component. - ANSWER -True What health issue was the CATCH program trying to address? - ANSWER Obesity What are the 3 main components of Social Network Theory? - ANSWER -- People/actors take actions based on their network environment - A person's position in a network influences his/her behaviors - Networks have structure and these network properties influence system performance What do you call the person who links two cliques? - ANSWER -bridge/liason Two things that influence the diffusion process are? - ANSWER -- Characteristics of the innovation - Characteristics of the people who are deciding whether to adopt it What was added to the theory of reasoned action? - ANSWER -Perceived behavioral control. What are the three categories of health behaviors? - ANSWER -Preventive health behavior illness behavior sick role behavior Concepts/constructs are operationalized (defined) into "measurable" or "observable" terms are called _________ - ANSWER -Variables The data don't support the model, what do i do? - ANSWER -Refine the model Characteristics of a good theory: - ANSWER -Internally consistent: Doesn't make predictions contradict one another Parsimonious: Broadly relevant without being too complicated Plausible: Fits with existing knowledge