Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness.
Topic: 01-10 Building Motivation to Change
73. Those with an internal locus of control believe that events turn out as they do based on
A. fate.
B. heredity.
C. their actions.
D. luck.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness.
Topic: 01-10 Building Motivation to Change
74. Donna is about 25 kilograms overweight, has tried a variety of diets, and has repeatedly failed to maintain weight loss. She defends her weight with the explanation that almost all of her relatives are overweight, and none has ever been successful with attempts to lose weight. Donna can best be described as
A. being unmotivated.
B. having an external locus of control.
C. having an internal locus of control.
D. being a victim of genetics.
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Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness.
Topic: 01-10 Building Motivation to Change
75. The technique of visualization is one of the best ways to
A. keep an eye on your future.
B. boost your confidence.
C. improve physical strength.
D. heighten your senses.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness.
Topic: 01-10 Building Motivation to Change
76. A strategy to increase your chances of success in the pursuit of a new behaviour is to
A. rationalize temporary setbacks to minimize feelings of failure.
B. stick with the program, without adjustments, even during periods of high stress.
C. find a new behaviour to change if you experience a temporary failure.
D. frequently visualize goal attainment and enjoy its benefits.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 Explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness.
Topic: 01-10 Building Motivation to Change
77. The precontemplation stage is characterized by
A. an awareness of the problem.
B. a modification of behaviour.
C. a belief that there is no need for change.
D. a planning for change.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the steps in creating a behaviour-management plan to change a health-related behaviour.
Topic: 01-11 Enhancing Your Readiness to Change
78. During a "stages of change" behaviour change program, some people may lapse. If this occurs, the best strategy for them is to
A. learn from the lapse as they slip back to an earlier stage.
B. give up.
C. choose a different behaviour for change.
D. start over from the beginning.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the steps in creating a behaviour-management plan to change a health-related behaviour.
Topic: 01-12 Dealing with Relapse
79. The order in which a behaviour change strategy is implemented is to
A. analyze data, monitor behaviour, devise a plan of action, set goals, make contract.
B. monitor behaviour, analyze data, set goals, devise a plan of action, make contract.
C. devise a plan of action, achieve goals, monitor behaviour, analyze data, make contract.
D. make contract, achieve goals, devise a plan of action, monitor behaviour, analyze data.
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Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-06 Describe the steps in creating a behaviour-management plan to change a health-related behaviour.
Topic: 01-12 Dealing with Relapse
80. Entries made into a health journal about a behaviour should note all the following, EXCEPT
A. what the activity was.