UCI PH 144 Midterm 1 Questions and
Answers Verified 2024
3 Principles of Change - ANSWER-Decisional balance, self-efficacy, temptation
Action - ANSWER-(~6 months)
- Recent specific overt modifications to change behavior
To move to maintenance:
- Helping relationships/social support: Trusting others and accepting their support in
changing
- Counter-conditioning: Replacing behavior with more positive behaviors
- Reinforcement management: Rewards for staying "quit" of problem behavior
Behavioral Beliefs consists of: - ANSWER-- Beliefs of the CONSEQUENCES of
performing that behavior
- EVALUATION of behavioral outcomes: Value attached to behavioral outcomes,
positive/negative judgement of behavior
Contemplation - ANSWER-(~6 months)
- No intention to change behavior in near future
- *** Considering pros and cons of modifying the behavior
- Traps: Magic moment, wishful thinking, premature action/self-sabotage
How to move to preparation:
- Self re-evaluation: Affective and cognitive re-experiencing of one's self and problems
Control Beliefs - ANSWER-Factors that may hinder or facilitate performance of behavior
(barriers)
Cues to Action - ANSWER-Prompts needed to move a person into state of readiness to
take prescribed actions (ex: marked calendars, e-mail reminders)
Health Belief Model - ANSWER-Behavior is based on
- Perceived susceptibility
- Perceived severity
- Perceived barriers
- Cues to action
- Self efficacy
How do you move from action to maintenance? - ANSWER-- Helping
relationships/social support: Trusting others, accept their support in changing
- Counter-conditioning: Replacing problem behavior with more positive behaviors
- Reinforcement management: Rewards for staying quit of the problem behavior
, How do you move from contemplation to preparation? - ANSWER-- Self re-evaluation:
Affective and cognitive re-experiencing of one's self and problems
How do you move from pre-contemplation to contemplation? - ANSWER--
Consciousness Raising: Increasing information about yourself and the problem behavior
- Dramatic Relief: Experiencing a STRONG emotional reaction to events associated
with problem behavior
- Environmental re-evaluation: Becoming aware of impact of problem around others
around you
How do you move from preparation to action? - ANSWER-- Social liberation: Noticing
and using social conditions that support personal changes
- Self liberation: Self belief your ability to change, acting on that belief
Illness behavior - ANSWER-Activity undertaken by individual who perceives himself to
be ill, to define the state of health and to discover a suitable remedy.
Intention - ANSWER-Cognitive representation of a person's readiness to perform
Internally Consistent - ANSWER-Doesn't make predictions that contradict one another
Limitations of Health Belief Model - ANSWER-- Doesn't take into account person's
attitudes, beliefs, or other individual determinants
- Doesn't take into account habitual behaviors--may inform decision-making process to
accept action
- Doesn't take into account behaviors performed for non-health reasons (social)
Maintenance - ANSWER-- Sustained modifications in lifestyle, working to prevent
relapse
How to move to termination:
- Avoiding or countering the stimuli that elicit problem behavior
- Continuous positive reinforcement and social support/helping relationships
Normative Beliefs consists of: - ANSWER-- Whether referents approve/disapprove the
behavior
- Motivation to comply: Motivation to do what referents think an individual should do
Parsimonious - ANSWER-Broadly relevant without being too complicated
Perceived barriers - ANSWER-Person's perceptions of difficulties they would encounter
in taking proposed actions--including physiological and psychological barriers
Perceived Behavioral Control - ANSWER-People's perceptions of their ability to perform
a given behavior
Answers Verified 2024
3 Principles of Change - ANSWER-Decisional balance, self-efficacy, temptation
Action - ANSWER-(~6 months)
- Recent specific overt modifications to change behavior
To move to maintenance:
- Helping relationships/social support: Trusting others and accepting their support in
changing
- Counter-conditioning: Replacing behavior with more positive behaviors
- Reinforcement management: Rewards for staying "quit" of problem behavior
Behavioral Beliefs consists of: - ANSWER-- Beliefs of the CONSEQUENCES of
performing that behavior
- EVALUATION of behavioral outcomes: Value attached to behavioral outcomes,
positive/negative judgement of behavior
Contemplation - ANSWER-(~6 months)
- No intention to change behavior in near future
- *** Considering pros and cons of modifying the behavior
- Traps: Magic moment, wishful thinking, premature action/self-sabotage
How to move to preparation:
- Self re-evaluation: Affective and cognitive re-experiencing of one's self and problems
Control Beliefs - ANSWER-Factors that may hinder or facilitate performance of behavior
(barriers)
Cues to Action - ANSWER-Prompts needed to move a person into state of readiness to
take prescribed actions (ex: marked calendars, e-mail reminders)
Health Belief Model - ANSWER-Behavior is based on
- Perceived susceptibility
- Perceived severity
- Perceived barriers
- Cues to action
- Self efficacy
How do you move from action to maintenance? - ANSWER-- Helping
relationships/social support: Trusting others, accept their support in changing
- Counter-conditioning: Replacing problem behavior with more positive behaviors
- Reinforcement management: Rewards for staying quit of the problem behavior
, How do you move from contemplation to preparation? - ANSWER-- Self re-evaluation:
Affective and cognitive re-experiencing of one's self and problems
How do you move from pre-contemplation to contemplation? - ANSWER--
Consciousness Raising: Increasing information about yourself and the problem behavior
- Dramatic Relief: Experiencing a STRONG emotional reaction to events associated
with problem behavior
- Environmental re-evaluation: Becoming aware of impact of problem around others
around you
How do you move from preparation to action? - ANSWER-- Social liberation: Noticing
and using social conditions that support personal changes
- Self liberation: Self belief your ability to change, acting on that belief
Illness behavior - ANSWER-Activity undertaken by individual who perceives himself to
be ill, to define the state of health and to discover a suitable remedy.
Intention - ANSWER-Cognitive representation of a person's readiness to perform
Internally Consistent - ANSWER-Doesn't make predictions that contradict one another
Limitations of Health Belief Model - ANSWER-- Doesn't take into account person's
attitudes, beliefs, or other individual determinants
- Doesn't take into account habitual behaviors--may inform decision-making process to
accept action
- Doesn't take into account behaviors performed for non-health reasons (social)
Maintenance - ANSWER-- Sustained modifications in lifestyle, working to prevent
relapse
How to move to termination:
- Avoiding or countering the stimuli that elicit problem behavior
- Continuous positive reinforcement and social support/helping relationships
Normative Beliefs consists of: - ANSWER-- Whether referents approve/disapprove the
behavior
- Motivation to comply: Motivation to do what referents think an individual should do
Parsimonious - ANSWER-Broadly relevant without being too complicated
Perceived barriers - ANSWER-Person's perceptions of difficulties they would encounter
in taking proposed actions--including physiological and psychological barriers
Perceived Behavioral Control - ANSWER-People's perceptions of their ability to perform
a given behavior
