Exam 2 Review

Racial disparities are often entangled with class-based disparities in health.

• True

• False

Telling an Asian person, "Your English is so good" implies that you might not have expected the person to speak English well in the first place. This is an example of:

• Health disparity

• Othering

• Microaggression

• Weathering

Which dimension of ethnicity describes the unique sociocultural characteristics of groups?

• Relational dimension

• Attributional dimension

• Descriptive dimension

• Sociocultural dimension

In their 2008 study mentioned in the book, scholars Ho and Bylund examined the biomedical, paternalistic, and biopsychosocial models.

• True

• False

Outcomes of the keepin’ it REAL program include: discontinuation and reduced rates of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use.

• True

• Flase

According to your book... Sensation seeking has no relationship to risky behavior. 

• True

• False

Research that focuses on people's beliefs, attitudes, subjective norms, and intentions illustrates which theoretical model?

• Activation Model of Information Exposure

• SENTAR

• Theory of reasoned action

• Social cognitive theory

• Health belief model

Research that assesses a person's sense of self-efficacy based on the self-efficacy modeled by the person's parents illustrates which theoretical model?

• Activation Model of Information Exposure

• SENTAR

• Theory of reasoned action

• Social cognitive theory

• Health belief model

Joe is a smoker, and now that he is a dad, he is thinking that it might be time to quit. According to the transtheoretical model, what stage is Joe in?

• Precontemplation

• Contemplation

• Preparation

• Action

• Maintenance

The goal of an intervention is to change people's attitudes toward a current vaccine. This illustrates which type of intervention outcome?

• Learning

• Yielding

• Behavior