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Core Concepts in Health Brief, 9/e

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

Taking Charge of Your Health

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	An out-of-date definition of health is:
		A)	fulfillment of personal potential.
		B)	personal wellness.
		C)	absence of disease.
		D)	multidimensional.


2	All of the following are dimensions of wellness described in the book EXCEPT:
		A)	planetary wellness.
		B)	emotional wellness.
		C)	interpersonal wellness.
		D)	socioeconomic wellness.


3	Self-acceptance is most representative of:
		A)	physical wellness.
		B)	emotional wellness.
		C)	intellectual wellness.
		D)	spiritual wellness.


4	The leading cause of death among Americans is:
		A)	heart disease.
		B)	infection.
		C)	cancer.
		D)	stroke.


5	The Healthy People 2010 report includes all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	a goal of increasing quality and years of healthy life.
		B)	a goal of eliminating health disparities among Americans.
		C)	specific objectives in different focus areas related to wellness.
		D)	specific budget goals for all federally funded health programs.


6	The most important contributor to wellness for most people is:
		A)	health behavior.
		B)	health care.
		C)	heredity.
		D)	environment.


7	Which of the following behaviors is linked with the greatest number of the leading causes of death in the United States?
		A)	overconsumption of alcohol
		B)	poor diet
		C)	cigarette smoking
		D)	physical inactivity


8	A target behavior may best be described as:
		A)	a risky behavior of a loved one that you would like to see changed.
		B)	a risky behavior of your own that you would like to change.
		C)	the thing you do that is most risky.
		D)	a risky behavior of yours that your family or physician tries to get you to change.


9	Probably the least effective health behavior change strategy is:
		A)	changing several behaviors at once.
		B)	charting health behaviors.
		C)	setting up short-term reward systems.
		D)	selecting the easiest-to-change behavior as the first target for change.


10	Parts of a plan of action for making a behavior change include all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	modifying your environment.
		B)	designing a health journal.
		C)	setting up a system of rewards.
		D)	involving the people around you.

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