Deck 9: Risky Health Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the four major types of risk behaviors discussed in the text?

A) Substance use
B) Texting while driving
C) Risky sexual behavior
D) Gender-based violence
E) Cyberbullying

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Most of the research on risky health behavior among adolescents has been conducted within which metatheoretical paradigm

A) Scientific paradigm
B) Interpretive paradigm
C) Critical-cultural paradigm

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The personality trait that makes someone more likely to seek out adrenaline rushes or other intense feelings is often called:

A) Arousal
B) Self-efficacy
C) Risk attraction
D) Excitation transfer
E) Sensation seeking

Answer 3

E

Question 4

The activation model of information exposure says that each individual person has an optimal level of _____ at which they feel most comfortable.

A) Arousal
B) Self-efficacy
C) Risk attraction
D) Excitation transfer
E) Sensation seeking

Question 5

Research that assesses the "match" between a person's need for novelty and sensation and a message's "sensation value" illustrates which theoretical model?

A) Activation Model of Information Exposure
B) SENTAR
C) Theory of reasoned action
D) Social cognitive theory

Question 6

Research that segments the audience based on sensation seeking, conducts focus groups to determine what messages appeal to high sensation seekers, develops PSAs for television based on this input, and airs these PSAs during programs that appeal to high sensation seekers illustrates which theoretical model?

A) Activation Model of Information Exposure
B) SENTAR
C) Theory of reasoned action
D) Social cognitive theory

Question 7

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

A) Activation Model of Information Exposure
B) SENTAR
C) Theory of reasoned action
D) Social cognitive theory

Question 8

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?

A) Activation Model of Information Exposure
B) SENTAR
C) Theory of reasoned action
D) Social cognitive theory

Question 9

"I am confident that I could stop someone from being verbally abusive to me" is an example of:

A) Arousal
B) Self-efficacy
C) Risk attraction
D) Excitation transfer
E) Sensation seeking

Question 10

Zimmerman et al. (2008) increased the sensation value of an HIV prevention curriculum by including novel and exciting videos as well as classroom prizes and games so that high sensation seeking youth would be more impacted by the program. Their research illustrates which theoretical model?

A) Activation Model of Information Exposure
B) SENTAR
C) Theory of reasoned action
D) Social cognitive theory

Question 11

Surveys of youth show that 20-40% report having been cyberbullied.

Question 12

Gender-based violence is a worldwide epidemic.

Question 13

Sensation seeking has a biological basis.

Question 14

Sensation seeking has no relationship to risky behavior.

Question 15

What is the difference between the Activation Model of Information Exposure and SENTAR, and how has each been used in research?

Question 16

What are the four components of the theory of reasoned action?

Question 17

What is self-efficacy, what theory does it originate from, and what communication strategies improve self-efficacy?

Question 18

What is the keepin' it Real program, and what are the outcomes of this program?

Question 19

What is an evidence-based intervention, and why is it important?

Question 20

What are the three broad purposes of theories guiding research in risky behavior prevention?