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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Which of the following is most important for wise goal setting?
a. giving yourself rewards
b. generally stated goals, avoid specifics
c. all of these
d. setting goals as high as possible
e. accomplishing goals quickly - ANS ✓d. setting goals as high as possible
When trying to adopt new healthy behaviors, it is important to?
a. respect how complex a thorough change can be
b. do all of these
c. be flexible
d. recognize that this involves your whole being
e. be patient - ANS ✓b. do all of these
Behaviourism and operant conditioning work on people but may result in?
a. competition
b. only the body changing
c. manipulation
d. resentment toward authority
e. only the mind changing - ANS ✓d. resentment toward authority
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The behaviour and the value of each individual can be kept distinct from
each other. This is best accomplished by having?
a. any kind of self esteem
b. achievement self esteem
c. high self esteem
d. self acceptance self esteem
e. low self esteem - ANS ✓d. self acceptance self esteem
What % of disease is contributed to lifestyle factors? - ANS ✓80%
Determinism - ANS ✓Determinism is a belief that people and life are the way
they are and there is no freedom to choose to be another way. Determinism acts
as a barrier to change because it can make people believe that who they are is
already determined; they feel that they can do nothing about their situation.
Self efficacy - ANS ✓"The construct self-efficacy is the confidence that people
have that they can be in high-risk situations and not revert to unhealthy
behaviors to cope. It is the confidence that people have that they can adopt a
particular behaviour. This confidence rises through the stages of change."
Principles of goal setting - ANS ✓Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant,
time bound
Difference between self acceptance
self esteem
achievement self esteem - ANS ✓Self acceptance: “choosing to believe in your
own innate worth of your own volition. This is why self-acceptance self-esteem is
so basic to healthy living. It satisfies one of our greatest psychological needs for
positive mental health at the very foundation of our being, a good sense of self
that comes from using our own free will.
Self esteem: "the opinion we hold of the worth or value of our whole being,
mind and body."
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Achievement self esteem: "A good feeling about yourself that comes as a
result of approval from others, money, appearance, competence, or some
other contingency."
What are the psychological needs that result in greater health and
wellness? - ANS ✓autonomy, competency, relatedness.
Functional fitness improves real life movements by
a. teaching lifetime sports skills
b. teaching muscles to work together
c. focusing mainly on muscle bulk
d. strengthening muscles by isolating a muscle
e. focusing mainly on muscle endurance - ANS ✓b. teaching muscles to work
together
Functional fitness helps correct dysfunction by
a. exercising the cardiorespiratory system
b. orthopedic surgery
c. creating a solid foundation
d. doing weight training
e. participating in a sport - ANS ✓c. creating a solid foundation
Good posture is the
a. balance of the left and right shoulders
b. proper alignment of the head and back
c. proper alignment of the musculoskeletal system
d. proper alignment that feels stiff
e. balance of the left and right hips - ANS ✓c. proper alignment of the
musculoskeletal system
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EXSC 221 ONLINE HAGER MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Which of the following is most important for wise goal setting?
a. giving yourself rewards
b. generally stated goals, avoid specifics
c. all of these
d. setting goals as high as possible
e. accomplishing goals quickly - ANS ✓d. setting goals as high as possible
When trying to adopt new healthy behaviors, it is important to?
a. respect how complex a thorough change can be
b. do all of these
c. be flexible
d. recognize that this involves your whole being
e. be patient - ANS ✓b. do all of these
Behaviourism and operant conditioning work on people but may result in?
a. competition
b. only the body changing
c. manipulation
d. resentment toward authority
e. only the mind changing - ANS ✓d. resentment toward authority
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The behaviour and the value of each individual can be kept distinct from
each other. This is best accomplished by having?
a. any kind of self esteem
b. achievement self esteem
c. high self esteem
d. self acceptance self esteem
e. low self esteem - ANS ✓d. self acceptance self esteem
What % of disease is contributed to lifestyle factors? - ANS ✓80%
Determinism - ANS ✓Determinism is a belief that people and life are the way
they are and there is no freedom to choose to be another way. Determinism acts
as a barrier to change because it can make people believe that who they are is
already determined; they feel that they can do nothing about their situation.
Self efficacy - ANS ✓"The construct self-efficacy is the confidence that people
have that they can be in high-risk situations and not revert to unhealthy
behaviors to cope. It is the confidence that people have that they can adopt a
particular behaviour. This confidence rises through the stages of change."
Principles of goal setting - ANS ✓Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant,
time bound
Difference between self acceptance
self esteem
achievement self esteem - ANS ✓Self acceptance: “choosing to believe in your
own innate worth of your own volition. This is why self-acceptance self-esteem is
so basic to healthy living. It satisfies one of our greatest psychological needs for
positive mental health at the very foundation of our being, a good sense of self
that comes from using our own free will.
Self esteem: "the opinion we hold of the worth or value of our whole being,
mind and body."
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Achievement self esteem: "A good feeling about yourself that comes as a
result of approval from others, money, appearance, competence, or some
other contingency."
What are the psychological needs that result in greater health and
wellness? - ANS ✓autonomy, competency, relatedness.
Functional fitness improves real life movements by
a. teaching lifetime sports skills
b. teaching muscles to work together
c. focusing mainly on muscle bulk
d. strengthening muscles by isolating a muscle
e. focusing mainly on muscle endurance - ANS ✓b. teaching muscles to work
together
Functional fitness helps correct dysfunction by
a. exercising the cardiorespiratory system
b. orthopedic surgery
c. creating a solid foundation
d. doing weight training
e. participating in a sport - ANS ✓c. creating a solid foundation
Good posture is the
a. balance of the left and right shoulders
b. proper alignment of the head and back
c. proper alignment of the musculoskeletal system
d. proper alignment that feels stiff
e. balance of the left and right hips - ANS ✓c. proper alignment of the
musculoskeletal system
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