Quiz Questions - Review Flashcards
Bob has not been physically active for years. He recently started thinking about starting to exercise and yesterday he joined a gym. Bob is in the _________________ stage of change according to the Stages of Change Model.
Preparation
Weighing the pros and cons of making a behavior change is:
Ambivalence
An appropriate way to increase perceived susceptibility of a person who is at risk for a disease but who is not practicing appropriate risk reduction behaviors is to:
Provide them with a personal risk factor self-assessment quiz.
Self-efficacy is:
The confidence in one’s ability to engage in a specific behavior
In the health belief model, perceived threat is defined as:
Perceived susceptibility plus perceived severity
According to the article on patient self management in chronic disease, in collaborative care, behavior is changed by:
The patient’s internal motivation
Studies of the Health Belief Model, show the construct that best predicts the adoption of a health behavior is:
Perceived barriers
Central to the Theory of Planned Behavior is the concept that ___________________ are directly associated with behavior change.
Behavioral intentions
Social Cognitive Theory recognizes that:
Factors external to a person can influence behavior
According to the article on why changing health-related behavior is so hard, one of the misconceptions about health behavior change is that:
Knowledge and information alone are usually enough to change behavior
Motivational Interviewing is best described as a:
Communication style
One of the most predictive factors for a client’s success is the:
Relationship with the counselor
The righting reflex reflex refers to the:
Counselor’s desire to correct or fix a client’s behaviors
A client is struggling with binge eating. She tells you that she often tells herself that she is a failure at dieting. An effective counseling approach would be:
Cognitive behavioral therapy to help her recognize and change inaccurate thoughts
Accurate empathy is best described as:
Understanding the feelings and emotions the client is experiencing
Cognitive behavioral therapy recognizes the link between:
Inaccurate thoughts and feelings and behaviors
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is best described as a:
Combination of behavioral therapy and psychotherapy
Reflective listening is key to:
Developing and expressing empathy
Affirmations can be used to:
Increase a client’s self-efficacy
When a client is expressing resistance, an appropriate response might be:
“You feel that right now is not a good time to make this change.”
Negative attitudes towards clients with BMI’s in the obese range could lead to lead to:
Eating more calories and binging behaviors
A large behavioral gap may:
Decrease motivation
The evoking and planning processes of motivational interviewing correspond to the _____________ component of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP).
Intervention
If you are trying to elicit change talk from your client, the best and most used skill is:
Asking open ended questions
If a client is having a hard time coming up with something he or she wants to focus on, you should:
Ask them if it is okay for you to make some recommendations and then discuss which one or ones they would like to try
Engaging and focusing:
At the beginning and throughout the process of change
If clients express weak or moderate change talk counselors should reflect:
At a level of intensity equal to or weaker than what the client has just expressed (undershoot client motivation).
When your client is ready to start planning for change, the first thing you should do is:
Ask permission to discuss possible behavior changes
An example of a behavioral, action-oriented goal is to:
Walk 3 times a week for 15 minutes each time
When your client is ready for planning for behavior change, you should provide advice or information:
Sandwiched between statements or open-ended questions that check in with what the client is thinking and already knows
The best tool to help a client see where their baseline eating behaviors are, where they may be able to make some changes, and also tracking those behaviors is a:
Food Record
A good goal should be set at a:
Achievable to build self-efficacy
_________________________ goals are associated with greater positive emotions and self-evaluation than __________________ goals.
- Approach
- Avoidance
During the goal setting/action plan process, the counselor should:
Help the client anticipate and plan for barriers to achieving the goal.
