Chapter 16 Motivational Interviewimg Flashcards
1 What term best describes the support of a person regardless of what they say or do, and the belief that each client is trying their best?
Collaboration
Unconditional positive regard
Compassion
Empathy
Unconditional positive regard
2 Which of the following is defined as all of the brain processes used to energize and direct behavior?
Intention
Self-efficacy
Attitude
Motivation
Motivation
3 Which of the following is the theory that proposes that motivation lies on a continuum from amotivation, to extrinsic motivation, to intrinsic motivation?
Social-cognitive theory
Self-determination theory
Motivational interviewing
Self-efficacy theory
Self-determination theory
4 Which of the following terms refers to a client who eats healthy food because eating food is connected to their identity?
External regulation
Introjected regulation
Integrated regulation
Intrinsic motivation
Integrated regulation
5 Which of the following is defined as the seemingly paradoxical state where a client wants to change but also does not want to change?
Precontemplation
Ambivalence
Behavior paralysis
Relapse
Ambivalence
6 How many basic psychological needs are there in self-determination theory?
5
3
4
2
3
7 Which of the following is defined as being the source of one’s behavior?
Competence
Autonomy
Relatedness
Self-efficacy
Autonomy
8 Which of the following is consistent with motivational interviewing?
Argumentation
Telling the client what to do
Confronting denial
Supporting self-efficacy
Supporting self-efficacy
9 In motivational interviewing, ambivalence is seen as which of the following?
A sign of resistance
A trait of difficult clients
A roadblock to change
A normal part of the change process
A normal part of the change process
10 Which of the following is true in regards to motivational interviewing?
It is a client-centered approach for enhancing intrinsic motivation.
It is a directive approach for enhancing autonomous motivation.
It is a confrontational approach for enhancing external motivation.
It is a consequence-driven approach for enhancing controlled motivation.
It is a client-centered approach for enhancing intrinsic motivation.
11 How many motivational interviewing strategies are there?
4
7
3
5
5
12 Which of the following allows for empathetic listening to occur?
The Nutrition Coach respects and accepts the client.
The Nutrition Coach provides conditional support.
The Nutrition Coach provides generic compliments.
The Nutrition Coach is judgmental.
The Nutrition Coach respects and accepts the client.
13 Self-efficacy is mediated by how many sources?
2
5
3
4
4
14 A client improves their self-efficacy by successfully food prepping. Which of the following are they using to improve their self-efficacy?
Performance accomplishments
Vicarious experience
Verbal persuasion
Physiological states
Performance accomplishments
15 What can help a client define the best version of themselves?
Values
Goals
Attitudes
Change talk
Values
16 Changing because of outside pressures is a controlled motive; however, changing because an individual wants to change is considered to be which one of the following?
Integrated motive
Self-determined motive
Autonomous motive
Extrinsic motive
Autonomous motive
17 A coach summarizes and restates what a client has just told them by saying, “This is the third time you have made a serious effort at losing weight in the last two years. The goal is personally important to you for health reasons, but you are also worried about staying committed to the goal over the long haul.” Which of the following is the coach expressing?
Accurate empathy
Positive feedback
Listening skills
Change talk
Accurate empathy
18 Discrepancies drive behavior change most of the time. That being said, which example of a discrepancy would likely be the most demotivating rather than motivating?
A client who weighs 160 pounds and wants to weigh 155 pounds
A client who weighs 180 pounds and wants to weigh 150 pounds
A client who weighs 180 pounds and wants to weigh 160 pounds
A client who weighs 220 pounds and wants to weigh 140 pounds
A client who weighs 220 pounds and wants to weigh 140 pounds
19 When a coach argues that a client’s behavior needs to change, the client may respond by doing which of the following?
Accepting the need for change
Moving from contemplation to action
Defending their behavior
Asking for more advice
Defending their behavior
20
21
22
23
24 With which of the following does motivational interviewing start?
Collaboration
Rolling with resistance
Giving the client advice
A 24-hour dietary recall
Collaboration
25 A client is not sure that they can reduce their intake of snacks at work, but their Nutrition Coach reminds them that they felt the same way when they thought they could not reduce their alcohol intake. The coach is using which of the following to increase this client’s self-efficacy for the specific task of reducing snacks?
Performance accomplishments
Vicarious experience
Verbal persuasion
Physiological states
Verbal persuasion
26 Which of the following reframes the idea of failures as ineffective solutions?
Self-esteem
A process mindset
Affirmations
Self-determination theory
A process mindset
27 Which of the following can be described as a lack of harmony in the client-coach relationship?
Dissonance
Resistance
Sustain talk
Change talk
Dissonance
28 Which stage of change describes people who have no intention to act, and what might a Nutrition Coach do to progress them?
Precontemplation; empathetic and reflective listening
Action; make plans
Contemplation; enhance self-efficacy
Maintenance; empathetic and reflective listening
Precontemplation; empathetic and reflective listening
29 Which construct is the least subject to change?
Attitudes
Values
Intentions
Goals
Values
30 Which of the following is taken away if a Nutrition Coach tells a client what to do and does not ask for their opinion?
Autonomy
Goals
Motivation
Excuses
Autonomy
31 Clients should feel as if their own unique change experience is truly understood by the coach. Doing which of the following can accomplish this?
Expressing empathy
Helping clients make a plan
Helping them reach their goal
Exploring values
Expressing empathy
32 In which stage of change might a Nutrition Coach help clients develop feasible plans for action?
Contemplation
Termination
Preparation
Precontemplation
Preparation
33 Which of the following varies along a continuum and is reflective of the level to which a behavior is integrated into an individual’s values or identity?
Motivational regulation
Self-efficacy
Intentions
Behavior
Motivational regulation
34 A competing demand between a client’s desire to lose weight and their desire to eat chocolate characterizes which of the following?
Ambivalence
Change talk
The contemplation stage of change
Sustain talk
Ambivalence
35 Which of the following is not a motivational interviewing strategy?
Creating arguments
Enhancing self-efficacy
Expressing accurate empathy
Identifying discrepancies
Creating arguments
