According to protection motivation theory, people behave in a way that protects them from a threat to health if:
a. the threat is perceived as severe
b. the threat is perceived as personally relevant
c. the behaviour seems effective
d. they have a sense of personal efficacy
e. all of the above
Ans: e
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a. Yes. Reduction in anxiety for the experimental groups would prove the effectiveness of the treatment. b. No. There are many possible reasons why patients would show reduced anxiety, so the only way to know if the cause was the treatments would be to use a control group that did not get a treatment. c. Yes, but only if one of the groups had a greater reduction in anxiety than the other. d. No. To conclude that the treatments were effective, they would need to see if the effects last for many years afterwards.
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a. alleles c. heritabilities b. genotypes d. canalizations
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a) beta b) delta c) sigma d) alpha
_________________ relies on ego strength and conviction to do the right thing, particularly when the consequences are predicted to be uncomfortable (Narvaez & Rest, 1995; Rest & Narvaez, 1991)
a) Emotional intelligence b) Moral character c) Multiple intelligences d) Problem solving