NTRI 3750 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Identifying important factors that influence our diets - CORRECT ANSWER first
major task of nutrition education
Determining how these factors can be addressed to improve our diets - CORRECT
ANSWER second major task of nutrition education
Information dissemination approach - CORRECT ANSWER view of nutrition
education that says you should simply give information about foods and nutrients to audience
members, then they choose their diets for themselves based on that information
Help make possible behaviors that enhance health and well-being - CORRECT
ANSWER view of nutrition education that says it is more than just giving information
to the audience and focuses on personal motivations and competence, interpersonal
interactions, and environmental factors; run into issue of empowerment
Focusing primarily on the environment - CORRECT ANSWER view of nutrition
education that says healthy dietary behaviors are more common in an environment that
supports and reinforces sound choices-both the physical environment and the social
environment
Audiences for nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER school systems, parents,
diabetics, seniors, pregnant women, health professionals, sports teams
Places where you find nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER schools, hospitals,
sports teams, nursing homes, gyms, work places, churches, hair salons
Tools and channels used for nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER media,
brochures, food and serving size models, posters, presentations, technology and electronics,
billboards, federal guidelines, publications, textbooks, games
Tools for a healthy diet provided by the federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER USDA's and HHS's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA's myplate,
IOM's Dietary Reference Intakes, FDA's Food Label, USDA's National Nutrient Data Bank
Educational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER a branch of psychology that
specializes in understanding teaching and learning in educational settings
, 8,000 - CORRECT ANSWER number of food items in the USDA National Nutrient
Data Bank
150 - CORRECT ANSWER number of food components in the USDA National
Nutrient Data Bank
Effective teaching - CORRECT ANSWER made up of professional knowledge and
skills and commitment, motivation, and caring
Educational psychology's knowledge base - CORRECT ANSWER broader theory and
research in psychology; theory and research created and conducted by educational
psychologists and the teacher's personal experience
Research provides you with - CORRECT ANSWER valid information about the best
way to teach children; allows you to be objective about knowledge you get from personal
experience, and lets you make sense of experts who don't always agree on the "best way" to
educate students
Objective, systematic, stable - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific research approach
Scientific research approach - CORRECT ANSWER conceptualize the problem,
collect information, draw conclusions, and revise research conclusions and theories
Descriptive research - CORRECT ANSWER observations (laboratory, naturalistic,
participant), standardized tests, interviews and questionnaires, case studies, ethnographic
studies, focus group, personal journals and diaries
Correlational research - CORRECT ANSWER measures strength of a relationship
between two variables; does NOT equal causation
Random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER participants assigned to a group by
chance; helps us overcome some factors that may be affecting things already
Experimental - CORRECT ANSWER group whose experience is manipulated
Control - CORRECT ANSWER comparison group with no manipulation; baseline
against which effects of manipulated condition can be compared
Independent - CORRECT ANSWER variable that is manipulated, the influential
experimental factor
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Identifying important factors that influence our diets - CORRECT ANSWER first
major task of nutrition education
Determining how these factors can be addressed to improve our diets - CORRECT
ANSWER second major task of nutrition education
Information dissemination approach - CORRECT ANSWER view of nutrition
education that says you should simply give information about foods and nutrients to audience
members, then they choose their diets for themselves based on that information
Help make possible behaviors that enhance health and well-being - CORRECT
ANSWER view of nutrition education that says it is more than just giving information
to the audience and focuses on personal motivations and competence, interpersonal
interactions, and environmental factors; run into issue of empowerment
Focusing primarily on the environment - CORRECT ANSWER view of nutrition
education that says healthy dietary behaviors are more common in an environment that
supports and reinforces sound choices-both the physical environment and the social
environment
Audiences for nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER school systems, parents,
diabetics, seniors, pregnant women, health professionals, sports teams
Places where you find nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER schools, hospitals,
sports teams, nursing homes, gyms, work places, churches, hair salons
Tools and channels used for nutrition education - CORRECT ANSWER media,
brochures, food and serving size models, posters, presentations, technology and electronics,
billboards, federal guidelines, publications, textbooks, games
Tools for a healthy diet provided by the federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER USDA's and HHS's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA's myplate,
IOM's Dietary Reference Intakes, FDA's Food Label, USDA's National Nutrient Data Bank
Educational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER a branch of psychology that
specializes in understanding teaching and learning in educational settings
, 8,000 - CORRECT ANSWER number of food items in the USDA National Nutrient
Data Bank
150 - CORRECT ANSWER number of food components in the USDA National
Nutrient Data Bank
Effective teaching - CORRECT ANSWER made up of professional knowledge and
skills and commitment, motivation, and caring
Educational psychology's knowledge base - CORRECT ANSWER broader theory and
research in psychology; theory and research created and conducted by educational
psychologists and the teacher's personal experience
Research provides you with - CORRECT ANSWER valid information about the best
way to teach children; allows you to be objective about knowledge you get from personal
experience, and lets you make sense of experts who don't always agree on the "best way" to
educate students
Objective, systematic, stable - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific research approach
Scientific research approach - CORRECT ANSWER conceptualize the problem,
collect information, draw conclusions, and revise research conclusions and theories
Descriptive research - CORRECT ANSWER observations (laboratory, naturalistic,
participant), standardized tests, interviews and questionnaires, case studies, ethnographic
studies, focus group, personal journals and diaries
Correlational research - CORRECT ANSWER measures strength of a relationship
between two variables; does NOT equal causation
Random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER participants assigned to a group by
chance; helps us overcome some factors that may be affecting things already
Experimental - CORRECT ANSWER group whose experience is manipulated
Control - CORRECT ANSWER comparison group with no manipulation; baseline
against which effects of manipulated condition can be compared
Independent - CORRECT ANSWER variable that is manipulated, the influential
experimental factor
