HED 311 Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
concepts - Answers primary elements of theories
constructs - Answers when a concept has been developed, created or adopted for use with a
specific theory - "key concepts of a theory are its ____"
variable - Answers practical use of a construct - quantitative measure of a construct
model - Answers mixture of ideas or concepts taken from theories and used together
self-efficacy - Answers confidence in one's own abilities to perform a task
5 things theories do - Answers 1. indicate why people aren't doing healthy things
2. identify information needed before developing intervention
3. provide frame to select constructs to develop intervention
4. how to deliver intervention
5. identify measurements to evaluate intervention's impact
intrapersonal - Answers individual affects - knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and personality traits
interpersonal - Answers primary groups, friends, peers, and family
Health Belief Model - Answers addresses the individual's perceptions of the threat posed by a
health problem (susceptibility, severity), the benefits of avoiding the threat, and the factors
influencing the decision to act (barriers); predicts health behavior
Theory of Planned Behavior - Answers an individual's intention to change is a function of their
attitude toward the behavior, their beliefs about what ppl they value think they should do, and
their perception of the ease of the behavior
intention - Answers indication of a persons readiness to perform a given behavior
attitude toward behavior - Answers postive or negative toward quitting
subjective norm - Answers thinking about what other people whom they care about think on
whether they should quit
perceived behavioral control - Answers if they believe they have the ability to quit
actual behavioral control - Answers if they actually have the skills, resources to stop or quit
Transtheoretical Model of Change - Answers proposes that intentional behavior change occurs
in stages; as people attempt to change their behavior, they move through a variety of stages
until desired result is reached
concepts - Answers primary elements of theories
constructs - Answers when a concept has been developed, created or adopted for use with a
specific theory - "key concepts of a theory are its ____"
variable - Answers practical use of a construct - quantitative measure of a construct
model - Answers mixture of ideas or concepts taken from theories and used together
self-efficacy - Answers confidence in one's own abilities to perform a task
5 things theories do - Answers 1. indicate why people aren't doing healthy things
2. identify information needed before developing intervention
3. provide frame to select constructs to develop intervention
4. how to deliver intervention
5. identify measurements to evaluate intervention's impact
intrapersonal - Answers individual affects - knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and personality traits
interpersonal - Answers primary groups, friends, peers, and family
Health Belief Model - Answers addresses the individual's perceptions of the threat posed by a
health problem (susceptibility, severity), the benefits of avoiding the threat, and the factors
influencing the decision to act (barriers); predicts health behavior
Theory of Planned Behavior - Answers an individual's intention to change is a function of their
attitude toward the behavior, their beliefs about what ppl they value think they should do, and
their perception of the ease of the behavior
intention - Answers indication of a persons readiness to perform a given behavior
attitude toward behavior - Answers postive or negative toward quitting
subjective norm - Answers thinking about what other people whom they care about think on
whether they should quit
perceived behavioral control - Answers if they believe they have the ability to quit
actual behavioral control - Answers if they actually have the skills, resources to stop or quit
Transtheoretical Model of Change - Answers proposes that intentional behavior change occurs
in stages; as people attempt to change their behavior, they move through a variety of stages
until desired result is reached
