If a Nutrition Counselor Views Eating Breakfast as Extremely Important

question 12

Multiple Choice

If a nutrition counselor views eating breakfast as extremely important, but the client does not, this may result in

• A) nonadherence.
• B) the client eating breakfast.
• C) other positive behavior changes.
• D) hypoglycemia.
• E) the client perceiving low-quality care.

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Definitions:

Personality Structure

The organized pattern of behavioral and emotional characteristics, traits, and processes unique to an individual.

Instincts

The biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals.

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious strategies used by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Projection

a defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own undesirable feelings, thoughts, or motivations to someone or something else.