Describe how a negative outlook derails motivation and success in behavior change.

What will be an ideal response?


By approaching behavior change with a negative outlook, you set up an inner resistance to the task at hand, which makes achieving your goal harder and more stressful (and ultimately less productive). In contrast, approaching your goal with a positive outlook makes things easier by reducing inner resistance and improving effort.

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Cancer of the bladder and kidney accounts for about ________ new cancer cases each year.

a. 50,000 b. 10,000 c. 5000 d. 100,000 e. 25,000

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Peripheral neuropathy causes all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A. tingling B. bleeding C. numbness D. pain

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The patient went to a(n) ________, a nonmedical specialist that performed a routine eye examination.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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