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Ph 144 Midterm 1 Comprehensive
Questions And Answers
What is not a powerful motivator? - correct-answer -Knowledge
Anything a person does that affects that person's health status or risk - correct-
answer -Health Behavior
Preventative Behavior,
Illness Behavior
Sick Role Behavior - correct-answer -3 categories of health behavior
The behavior a person does to avoid sickness - correct-answer -Preventative
Behavior
The behavior someone does to define illness and discover remedy - correct-
answer -Illness Behavior
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The activities done by someone to get better from an illness - correct-answer -Sick
Role Behavior
Theories that are created based on the knowledge at hand and is made by
"making-sense" of a situation. We invoke this on a daily basis - correct-answer -
Commonsense Theories
More elaborate, defined purpose, uses concepts/constructs, variables,
statements. This uses a deductive systems - correct-answer -Scientific theories
Interrelated propositions that create a parsimonious system for explaining and
predicting human behavior, present a systematic view of situations in order to
explain and predict situations - correct-answer -Scientific Health Behavior Theory
Abstract ideas that logically build a theory; ideas or notions typically
"unobservable or latent" - correct-answer -concepts/constructs
Concepts/constructs are defined into "measurable" & "observable" terms -
correct-answer -variables
Ph 144 Midterm 1 Comprehensive
Questions And Answers
What is not a powerful motivator? - correct-answer -Knowledge
Anything a person does that affects that person's health status or risk - correct-
answer -Health Behavior
Preventative Behavior,
Illness Behavior
Sick Role Behavior - correct-answer -3 categories of health behavior
The behavior a person does to avoid sickness - correct-answer -Preventative
Behavior
The behavior someone does to define illness and discover remedy - correct-
answer -Illness Behavior
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The activities done by someone to get better from an illness - correct-answer -Sick
Role Behavior
Theories that are created based on the knowledge at hand and is made by
"making-sense" of a situation. We invoke this on a daily basis - correct-answer -
Commonsense Theories
More elaborate, defined purpose, uses concepts/constructs, variables,
statements. This uses a deductive systems - correct-answer -Scientific theories
Interrelated propositions that create a parsimonious system for explaining and
predicting human behavior, present a systematic view of situations in order to
explain and predict situations - correct-answer -Scientific Health Behavior Theory
Abstract ideas that logically build a theory; ideas or notions typically
"unobservable or latent" - correct-answer -concepts/constructs
Concepts/constructs are defined into "measurable" & "observable" terms -
correct-answer -variables
