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Behavioral Competency Flashcards

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T/F: Knowledge changes behavior

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FALSE; knowledge does NOT change behavior

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T/F: Education is necessary, but not sufficient when it comes to changing behavior

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True

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Who is the father of social psychology?

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Kurt Lewin

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What is Lewin’s behavior equation?

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B = f (P, E)

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An individual’s behavior is a function of the person, including their _________, personality, and ____________, and their environment, which includes both their physical and ________ surroundings

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history; motivation; social

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T/F: Behavior does not occur in a vacuum

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True - we behave differently in different environments

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What must be done to change behavior?

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To change behavior, something must change in the PERSON or the ENVIRONMENT or BOTH

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What was one of the first health behavior models?

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Health belief model

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What is the most widely used model that can be interpreted in different ways?

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Health belief model

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What model is difficult to test due to complexity?

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Health belief model

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What are the 3 key variables of the health belief model?

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Perceptions
Modifying factors
Action likelihood

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Which variable of the health belief model?

Perceived susceptibility/severity of the disease

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Perceptions

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Which variable of the health belief model?

Age, Sex, Ethnicity
Socioeconomics
Knowledge

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Modifying factors

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Which variable of the health belief model?

Cues to action:
Education
Symptoms, illness
Media info

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Modifying factors

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Which variable of the health belief model?

Benefits/barriers to behavior change

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Action likelihood

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Events either bodily (e.g., physical symptoms of a health condition) or environmental (e.g., media publicity)
that motivate people to take action

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Cues to action (modifying factors)

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Other variables under modifying factors include diverse demographic, _____________, and structural variables that affect an individual’s perceptions and thus indirectly influence health-related behavior

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sociopsychological

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The believed effectiveness of strategies designed to reduce the threat of illness

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Perceived benefits (action likelihood)

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The potential negative consequences that may result from taking particular health actions, such as physical, psychological, or financial demands

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Perceived barriers (action likelihood)

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What are the 4 theories and models?

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Health Belief Model
Social Cognitive Model – Self-efficacy
Theory of Planned Behavior
Transtheoretical Model: Stages of Change

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Which theory?

A meta-theory composed of both Social
Learning Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory

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Social cognitive theory

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Which theory?

A rather broad theory and suggests that many factors contribute to motivation and behavior

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Social cognitive theory

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What are 2 important components in behavior?

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Outcome expectancy
Self-efficacy

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What brings people in the door?

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Outcome expectancy

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What initiates, but may not maintain, a course behavior?
Outcome expectancy + self-efficacy
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What is this an example of? "I can do this and IF I do it, good things will happen"
Reinforcer
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What is one of the most impactful variables in predicting maintenance of behavior?
Self-efficacy
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An individual’s belief in their ability to complete a task
Self-efficacy
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This belief determines motivation and performance. A strong belief leads to greater motivation. (SIMILAR to Confidence)
Self-efficacy
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Keeps people engaged in the behavior – even when encountering barriers
Self-efficacy
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How do you assess importance (knowledge)?
By asking "“How important is it that you go to the dentist every six months?"
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How do you assess confidence (self-efficacy)?
By asking "How confident are you that you can go to the dentist every six months?"
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What is the following assessing? I’m confident that I can stick to my plan of going to the dentist …. 1. When I have to take time away from work 0------10 2. When I am low on money 0------10 3. When I feel overwhelmed by other responsibilities 0------10 4. When my kids need care 0------10
Barrier self-efficacy
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What theory? Attitude, social normals, perceived control -> intention -> behavior
Theory of planned behavior
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Setting intention must be ___________
specific
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Which part of theory of planned behavior? I like/hate flossing
Attitude about the behavior
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Which part of theory of planned behavior? My friends think I should floss
Social norms
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Which part of theory of planned behavior? I'm confident that I can floss
Perceived control
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Which part of theory of planned behavior is doubly impactful (similar to self-efficacy) because it leads to the intention and the behavior?
Perceived control
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NOT a technique for tricking people into doing what they do not want to do
Motivation interviewing
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A skillful clinical style for eliciting from patients their own good motivations for making behavior changes in the interest of their health
Motivational interviewing
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Motivational interviewing involves: __________ more than directing __________ more than wrestling __________ at least as much as telling
guiding, dancing, listening
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What are the 3 aspects of motivational interviewing?
Collaborative Evocative Honoring of pt autonomy
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Which aspect of motivational interviewing? Partnership between patient and clinician
Collaborative
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Which aspect of motivational interviewing? Active collaborative conversation and joint decision-making process
Collaborative
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Which aspect of motivational interviewing? Seeks to evoke from pts that which they already have, to activate their own motivation and resources for change
Evocative
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Which aspect of motivational interviewing? Clinicians may inform, advise, even warn, but ultimately it is the patient who decides what to do
Honoring of pt autonomy
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Which aspect of motivational interviewing? To recognize and honor this is also a key element in facilitating health behavior change
Honoring of pt autonomy
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Does not involve instructing or directing, agreeing or disagreeing, persuading or advising, warning or analyzing
Good listening
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It has no agenda to achieve other than seeing and understanding the world through the other’s eyes
Good listening
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How many communication styles are there?
Guiding Directing Following
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When communicating with pts, it is important to remember to resist the _________ reflex
righting
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Which communication style communicates, “I know how you can solve this problem. I know what you should do."?
Directing
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Which communication style? The expected complementary role is adherence or compliance
Directing
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A good _______ knows what is possible and can offer you alternatives from which to choose.
guide
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Which communication style communicates, “I can help you to solve this for yourself.”?
Guiding
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T/F: Across the wide range of circumstances you meet in everyday healthcare practice, there is a place for each communication style
True
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T/F: A skillful practitioner is someone able to shift flexibly among communication styles as appropriate to the patient and situation
True
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Which communication style? Informing = highest Asking = middle Listening = lowest
Directing
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Which communication style? Informing, Asking, and Listening are all equal
Guiding
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Which communication style? Listening = highest Asking = middle Informing = lowest
Following
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What is the stage of change in the theory of planned behavior?
Intention
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T/F: When a patient seems unmotivated to change or to take the sound advice of practitioners, it is often assumed that there is something the matter with the patient and that there is not much one can do about it. These assumptions are usually false. No person is completely unmotivated
True
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Transtheoretical Model is currently conceptualized in terms of several major dimensions. The core constructs, around which the other dimensions are organized, are the _____ stages of change
5
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The 5 stages of change represent ordered categories along a continuum of ___________ ____________ to change a problem behavior
motivational readiness
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Name the 5 stages of change
Pre-contemplation Contemplation Preparation for action Action Maintenance
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Which stage of change? Individual has the problem (whether he/she recognizes it or not) and has no intention of changing
Pre-contemplation
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Which stage of change? Individual recognizes the problem and is seriously thinking about changing
Contemplation
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Which stage of change? Individual recognizes the problem and intends to change the behavior within the next month
Preparation for action
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Which stage of change? Some behavior change efforts may be reported, such as inconsistent Oral Hygiene. However, the defined behavior change criterion has not been reached
Preparation for action
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Which stage of change? Individual has enacted consistent behavior change (i.e., consistent Oral Hygiene) for less than 6 months
Action
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Which stage of change? Individual maintains new behavior for 6 months or more
Maintenance
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T/F: The 5 stages of change are a linear process
FALSE, it is NOT linear, you can go backwards at any time
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What is the entry point for the 5 stages of change?
Pre-contemplation
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