Exam II Flashcards

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Types of ______ Theories:
-Social cognitive theory
-Social network theory

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Behavioral Theories

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Theory:
-Diffusion of innovation
-Social marketing

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Social Process Theories

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Theory:
Learning by observation of others (Vicarious Learning)

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Social Cognitive Theory

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Theory: Behavior, individual factors, and environmental factors interact with each other

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Social Cognitive Theory

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Individual Characteristics (SCT Constructs)
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-Behavioral Capability
-Expectations
-Expectancies
-Managing Emotional Arousal
-Self-Control of Performance
-Self-Efficacy

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Environmental Factors (SCT Constructs)
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Situation
Observational Learning
Reinforcement
Reciprocal Determinism

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Confidence in performing a behavior

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Self-Efficacy

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Level of knowledge and skill related to a behavior

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Behavioral Capability

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What might happen if behavior is done (changed)

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Expectations

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Is the expected outcome good or will be rewarded

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Expectancies

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Control over making a behavior change

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Self Control

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Ability to deal with emotions involved in a behavior change

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Emotional Coping

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Observing behavior of others and consequences of that behavior

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Observational/Vicarious Learning

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Social/Physical environment in which the behavior takes place and a person’s perception of those factors. Situation may raise barriers and opportunities.

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Situation

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Positive or negative responses to behavior

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Reinforcement

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Iterative process making a change based on individual characteristics and social/environmental cues, receives a response, and makes adjustments to the behavior

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Reciprocal Determinism

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the network of relationships surrounding a person, or larger networks involving the person.

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Social Network

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This theory is used primarily for small or defined group interventions

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Social Network Theory

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New Technology or behavior

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Innovation

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Process by which innovation is communicated

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Diffusion

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Behavior Changes as innovations are adopted

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Diffusion of Innovations

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DOI- Process
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Innovation Development
Dissemination
Adoption (Decision)
Implementation
Maintenance

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The development of the innovation itself – planning, formative research, testing, etc.
-Technology
-Behavior
-Program

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Innovation Development

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Process by which the innovation is communicated or “active knowledge transfer from the resource system to the user system”

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Dissemination

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The “uptake” of the innovation by the target population or intended audience.

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Adoption

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Decision to adopt is said to be influenced by three types of knowledge:

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awareness knowledge
-Innovation exists
procedural knowledge
-How to use
principles knowledge
-Understanding how the innovation works

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Initial use of the new product (practice or technology).

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Implementation

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Focus on sustainability, keeping adoption of the behavior.

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Maintenance

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A specific approach to health communications and behavior change to achieve health aims using the principles of commercial marketing.

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Social Marketing

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Social marketing campaigns are built around the “FOUR Ps”:
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P
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Product: The behavior, program, technology
Price: Cost of adoption (not necessarily financial)
Place: Where product available
Promotion: How to promote the first three “Ps”

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process of transmitting, receiving, and processing information important for behavior.

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Communication

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32
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The key components of communication include

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Sender
Message
Receiver

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Communication Theory Key concepts
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Sender: Who stands in some relationship to the intended receivers

Encoding: To package the message in text or symbols of some kinds

Message: The information to transmit

Channel: The means through which the message is transmitted

Receiver: The target

Decoding: Interpret the information received

Noise: Any interference which may influence the accuracy of transmitted information

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refers to the MEDIUM through which you transmit the information

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Communication Channel

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A One-way transmission of information from one sender to receiver

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Action Model

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a two-step transmission of information from sender to receiver with feedback from receiver back to sender

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Interaction Model

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an Interactive model with continuous feedback loops between sender and receiver

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Transaction Model

38
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involve collective action by groups and community members to increase awareness about the problem, advocate for policy change, and engage in other activities to address the ecology of a health problem.

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Community mobilization efforts

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-An important result of community action
-the community takes charge of the issue, defines what the goals are, and takes the necessary action.

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Empowerment

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a philosophy and an approach to organizational change that view organizations as systems of human beings.

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Organizational development

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understands and explains health behavior as part of a pattern of living that integrates action with meaning, symbols, and values, as these are connected to a larger social structure.

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Cultural Anthropology

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focuses on health behavior as a species adaptation to (or interaction with) an environment.

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Biological Anthropology

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solutions to health problem must address the social relationships (e.g., economic patterns, relationships of ethnicity, etc.) that contribute to the problem.

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Political Economy Perspective

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Stages of Organizational Systems change
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-Assessing and improving group dynamics within the organization/system (the way people work together)

-Encouraging shared goals and missions

-Identifying organizational impediments to change, and “unfreezing” the organization or system to make changes

-Involving the organization or system (Transition) in identifying and implementing new policies and practices

-Refreezing stage

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__________ _______ of communication and dissemination that are relevant to a particular population or group and working through those channels to provide information.

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Identifying channels

46
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_________ ________ to health care/prevention access that are important for a particular population or group and working collaboratively to resolve those barriers.

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Identifying barriers.

47
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_______ ___ ________of cultural knowledge and practice systems (ethnomedical systems) related to health that might be shaping health behavior.

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Identifying the Elements

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__________ ____ ___ ________ __ ______representing these cultural practices in order to identify and implement health promotion approaches that fit the population.

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Collaborating with key individuals or groups

49
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What Systems are within the BRONFENBRENNER’S ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY

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The Microsystem
The Mesosystem
The Exosystem
The Macrosystem
The chronosystem

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Relationships and structures most direct, immediate to a child, such as:
Family
School
Neighborhood

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Microsystem

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Relationships and structures that connect different components (or parts) of a child’s microsystem (“connective tissue”). These include connections between:

-a child’s teacher and parents
-an organization like the YMCA, parents, and the neighborhood
-faith organizations, families and neighborhoods, etc.

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Mesosystem

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The social system surrounding the first two systems. A child may not interact directly with this system, but his/her development is directly affected because the ________ includes

-workplaces
-social services
-health services that have an impact on the child’s well-being.

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Exosystem

53
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Underlying context integrated with other system levels. Includes

-policy
-economy
-cultural values
-customs and laws

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Macrosystem

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-the factor of time added to the other system levels.
-Multiple systems, operating over time.

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Chronosystem

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interaction of multiple systems with individual biological processes (i.e. psychological, cognitive, and genetic elements).

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Biological Element

56
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What processes occur between an individual and his/her immediate environment.

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Proximal

57
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What processes occur within that environment, eventually affecting the immediate or proximal interactions?

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Distal processes

58
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Which interactive process is why we have included Social Cognitive Theory as a
social/environmental theory rather than an individual-oriented theory?

A) Self-efficacy
B) Value expectancy
C) Decisional balance
D) Reciprocal determinism

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Reciprocal determinism

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Which of the f ollowing is a broad area of theory whose implications range from
sociological and health-related applications to communications, political opinion, esoteric mathematical
and systems theory applications, and others?

A) Social Cognitive Theory
B) Social Network Theory
C) Diffusion of Innovations
D) Social Marketing

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Social Network Theory

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The health promotion goal of which of the f ollowing is to have people voluntarily
adopt the health behavior or health technology because they come to view the behavior (or technology)
as in their interest?

A) Social Cognitive Theory
B) Social Network Theory
C) Diffusion of Innovations
D) Social Marketing

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Social Marketing

61
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Which of the following refers to the “uptake” of the behavior or technology by the
intended audience?
A) Diffusion
B) Dissemination
C) Adoption
D) Implementation

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Adoption

62
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The first step in the innovation-decision process of Diffusion of Innovation is:
A. determining the cost of the innovation
B. having knowledge of the innovation
C. identifying need for the innovation
D. trying the innovation

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having knowledge of the innovation

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Your innovative exercise program will become mainstream and part of the social culture as soon as which of the following groups on the adoption curve begin to use it?

A. Innovators
B. Early majority
C. Laggards
D. Early adopters

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Early Majority

64
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You are planning a comprehensive, year-long lead poisoning prevention
program for the small rural community of ABC Village. Your first intervention must be a communication
campaign to increase awareness of the problem. Which of the following theories would be most appropriate to use as the framework for the whole program?

A. Transtheoretical Model
B. Self-Efficacy Theory
C. Diffusion of Innovation
D. Social Cognitive Theory

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Diffusion of Innovation

65
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Which of the following is NOT a construct of Social-Cognitive Theory
(SCT)?
A. Self-efficacy
B. Expectations
C. Behaviorism
D. Vicarious learning

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Behviorism

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True or False? Social Cognitive Theory is very complex, and because it includes so many constructs that are said to be related to behavior, it can be viewed as less of a theory than a
generally related “grab-bag.”

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T

67
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True or False? Social Cognitive Theory has gone through several evolutions, yet all of the components ever included in the theory are still “hanging around.”

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T

68
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Essentially, which of the f ollowing is both a philosophy and an approach to
organizational change that views organizations as syst ems of human beings?
A) Community mobilization
B) Organizational development
C) Dissemination science
D) Communications theory

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Organizational Development

69
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Which model below suggests that information transmission is based on a two-step transmission of information from sender to receiver with feedback from receiver back to sender?

A) Transaction Model
B) Interaction Model
C) Action Model
D) Transtheoretical model

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Interaction Model

70
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Who is a communicator in transactional model?
(a). The sender.
(b). The receiver.
(c). Both a and b.
(d). None of the above.

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Both

71
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The whole enterprise of encoding something as gossip aims to utilize the
medium of a peer group or community to send part of the message.

True or False

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True

72
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Just like in political campaigns, the use of media and communications in public
health aims to affect the agenda of what people are concerned about in order to set the stage for or to prompt action.
T or F

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T

73
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There will always be a political-economic context that has an ef f ect on what people do and what they can or cannot do.

True or False

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True

74
Q

Although an individual child does not interact directly with the
__________, the child’s development is directly affected because this system includes structures
and units such as the workplace, social services, and health services that have an effect on the
child’s well-being.
A) mesosystem
B) exosystem
C) macrosystem
D) chronosystem

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Exosystem

75
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Which of the following came out of a view that the most commonly used
theoretical approaches and resulting health promotion interventions address only pieces of the
puzzle?
A) The CDC/WHO Model
B) Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence
C) The Integrated Behavior Model
D) The Adolescent Well-Being Framework

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Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence

76
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n Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, interactions between parents and teachers occur
in the ______.

A) The mesosystem
B) The chronosystem
C) The microsystem
D) The exosystem

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Mesosystem

77
Q

In an effort to address the childhood obesity epidemic, you have been
assisting the school board, parents’ association and town council to develop initiatives that will
encourage parents to allow their children to walk to and from school. This is an example of
influencing behavior at which ecological level?

A) The chronosystem
B) The microsystem
C) The exosystem
D) The mesosystem

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Mesosystem

78
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20-year-old Ross lives in a country with very low governmental standards for public education. As
a result, he is barely literate. The public policies that impact Ross’s education are part of the ______

A) mesosystem
B) macrosystem
C) microsystem
D) exosystem

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Macrosystem

79
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According to Bronfenbrenner, the environment _______.

A) negatively impacts the breakdown in exosystem activities.
B) is a static force.
C) is an effective substitute for lack of parental involvement.
D) is an ever-changing system.

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Ever changing system

80
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The Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence assumes that the trail of a behavior is determined by one’s
decisions or intentions. It is organized in a 3 × 3 framework with three levels influence (causation)
and three streams of influence. Accordingly, all statements below are correct EXCPET:

A) The levels of causation include ultimate, immediate, and proximal.
B) The levels of causation include ultimate, distal, and proximal.
C) The streams of causation include Intrapersonal, Social, and Cultural-Environmental Influences
D) The streams of causation include Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Cultural -Environmental
Influences

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A) The levels of causation include ultimate, immediate, and proximal.

81
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The chronosystem is really just the factor of time added to the other
system levels—the multiple systems, operating over time.
T or F

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T

82
Q

According to Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence, streams and sub-
streams of influence flow from the most distant causes to causes closest to the behavior of concern
in a cascade of multiple interacting influences.

T or F

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T

82
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According to Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence, streams and sub-
streams of influence flow from the most distant causes to causes closest to the behavior of concern
in a cascade of multiple interacting influences.

T or F

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T

83
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Distal processes are those that occur within an environment and do NOT impact an individual.
T or F

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F

84
Q

The Flay’s Theory of Triadic Influence only considers major influences of behavior as those
within the three streams but does not considers the interactions between stream paths and
behavioral experience feedback loops.

T or F

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F