Quiz Chapter 1 Flashcards
What are the six dimensions of wellness?
Physical wellness, emotional wellness, social wellness, intellectual wellness, spiritual wellness, and environmental wellness.
What was the average life expectancy in 1900?
47
What is a chronic disease?
A disease that that continues and develops over a long period of time, usually caused by life style choices.
What are the Behaviors that contribute to wellness? Hint:there are six
Be physically active Choose a healthy diet Maintain a healthy body weight Manage stress actively Avoid tobacco and drug use Don't take unnecessary risks
What are the steps to getting serious about our health?
Examine current health habits: you really start looking at these habits when you hit a crisis.
Choose a Target Behavior.
What’s a target behavior?
A target behavior is a behavior you genuinely want to change
What are the six steps to building motivation to change?
Evaluate the pros and cons
Boost self-confidence
Identify and overcome key barriers to change
What is locus of control?
Figurative place a person designates for responsibility in his/her life.
What are the two types of locus of control and explain them.
External locus of control: blames anything besides themselves on who they are who they are today.
Internal Locus of Control: taking responsibility and no matter what the situation takes control and does what is good in their life.
What are the key Barrie’s for change?
Perceived failure
- quitting is failure
- relapse is usually part of the process
What is the Transtheoretical Model?
- Pre-contemplation
- Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance
* Relapse
No intention of changing.
Pre-contemplation
Aware that what they’re doing is wrong and they want to change.
Contemplating
Preparing to change and laying the foundation to do
Preparation
Starting to actually change that behavior.
Action
