Health Psychology Well

Healthy behaviors can be defined as behaviors that ______.

Recent longitudinal research examining the impact of media on smoking among Argentinian students found that exposure to smoking in films ______.

______ attempt(s) to close the gap between what is known about optimal health practices and what is actually done.

The field of ______ existed before health psychology was a field of study in its own right.It stresses the relevance of political, economic, and social factors in health.

The ______ will be used to measure the health of people in the U.S.between the years 2010 and 2020.

Which of the following of the Healthy People 2020 Program is FALSE?

Planning for Healthy People ______ is currently under way.

The neurotransmitter ______ is associated with food addictions and addiction to gambling.

The ultimate goal of health psychological interventions is to decrease the number of deaths due to preventable diseases, delay the time of death, and ______.

The gene found to play a role in alcoholism is ______.

Boys higher in ______ are more likely to engage in unsafe water activities and start drinking at an earlier age compared to those lower in this personality trait.

Agreeableness and ______ in childhood were found to relate to adult health status mediated by healthy eating habits and smoking.

Which of the following is TRUE?

Researchers conducted a focus group with overweight ______ women.These women often used terms such as "stacked," "brick house," "curvy," and "big boned" to describe their bodies.

Which of the following is NOT a major component of the Health Belief Model? Belief in ______.

According to the Health Belief Model, individuals will perform healthy behaviors if ______.

______ has/have been shown to be the most powerful component of the health belief model across studies.

A critical aspect of the Health Belief Model was added after its initial conceptualization.This new component captures a person's belief regarding his or her ability to successfully perform the behavior.It is known as ______.

Melia believes that she can successfully execute her exercise regimen because a new gym just opened near her apartment and her new roommate is a vegan who loves to cook healthy meals.Melia is now confident that she can lose weight and, therefore, demonstrates ______.

Nico is one of the few former smokers who is no longer tempted to smoke, even when he is around others who are smoking.According to the transtheoretical model, Nico is in ______.