Chapter 3: Basics of Behavior Change Flashcards
Physically Active
Meeting the recommended levels of physical activity.
Readiness to Change
How likely someone is to make a change in behavior based on their current stage of change they are in.
Health Belief Model
A model to explain health-related behaviors that suggests that an individual’s decision to adopt healthy behaviors is based largely upon his or her perception of susceptibility to an illness
and the probable severity of the illness. The person’s view of the benefits and costs of the change also are considered.
Perceived Susceptibility
Someone’s perception of the risk personal vulnerability to illness or disease.
Perceived Seriousness
Someone’s feeling regarding the severity associated with developing an illness or disease.
Blood Pressure
The pressure exerted
by the blood on the walls of the arteries; measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) with a sphygmomanometer.
Metabolic Syndrome
A cluster of factors associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease and diabetes.
Self-determination Theory
A theory suggesting people need to feel competent, autonomous, and connected to others in the many domains of life.
Autonomous Motivation
The capacity of a rational person to make an informed and un-coerced decision.
Controlled Motivation
Doing a task with a sense of pressure, demand, or coercion.
Autonomy
Engaging in an activity out of free will and the desire todo so.
Competence
Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
Relatedness
A sense of belonging and connectedness with others.
Feedback
An internal response within a learner; during information processing, it is the correctness or incorrectness of a response that is stored in memory to be used for
future reference.
Process Goals
A goal a person achieves by doing something, such as completing an
exercise session or attending a talk on stress management.
Outcome Goals
A goal that can be assessed via a measured outcome.
Product Goals
A goal that represents change in a measurable variable, such as increases in strength scores, reductions in resting heart rate, and weight loss.
Social Support
The perceived comfort, caring, esteem, or help an individual receives from other people,
Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
A theory of behavior that examines one’s readiness to change and identifies five stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Also called stages-of-change model.
Stages of Change Model
The TTM model that uses 5 phases of change to progress individuals in their healthy behavior.
Precontemplation stage
The stage of the transtheoretical model of behavioral change during which the individual is not yet thinking about changing.
