Core Concepts in Health, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Taking Charge of Your Health

True False Quiz


1	Intellectual wellness and emotional wellness are essentially the same thing.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The concept of wellness is relatively new.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Increasing every American's access to expensive, life-extending medical treatments is one of the broad national health goals.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Possessing a personal wellness profile is defined primarily by a high level of cardiovascular fitness.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	The first stage of Prochaska's stages of change model is precontemplation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Internal locus of control might be described as a high level of perceived personal control of events that happen in a person's life.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Personal health contracts tend to set people up for failure by creating expectations that cannot be fulfilled.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Some health behaviors are difficult or impossible to change without outside assistance.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	A single person's influence over planetary wellness is so insignificant that it doesn't really matter what individual choices people make related to the environment.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Research shows that three out of four people succeed the first time they try to change a behavior.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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