Just as Health and Health Behavior Are Affected by Internal

question 11

Multiple Choice

Just as health and health behavior are affected by internal and external variables,so are illness and illness behavior.Which external variables can affect illness and behavior?

• A) Perception of the seriousness of the illness
• B) Patient's coping skills
• C) Cultural background
• D) Social support
• E) Socioeconomic status

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Definitions:

Threat

A threat is any circumstance or event with the potential to cause harm to a system, individual, organization, or country.

Inertia

The resistance to change or the tendency for objects or systems to remain in their current state without external force acting upon them.

Learning Organization

An organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.

Organizational Change

The process through which companies or organizations undergo substantive transformations in their structures, operations, or cultures to adapt to internal or external demands.