There Are Two Things That Motivate Individuals to Participate in Healthy

question 17

Multiple Choice

There are two things that motivate individuals to participate in healthy behaviors. According to Pender, the first is "using behaviors towards increasing the level of well-being and actualizing the health potential of individuals, families, communities, and society." The second is:

• A) Reducing health risk by examining concepts of family risk to each individual
• B) The desire to protect health using behaviors directed toward decreasing the probability of specific illness or dysfunction
• C) Using the Neuman Systems Model to define family health in terms of systems stability
• D) Realizing that health can be defined in many ways and within many cultures

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Definitions:

Framing

The way in which information is presented to influence perceptions, decisions, and judgments; often used in contexts of communication and psychology.

Nudge

A framing of choices by which governments and companies can, without coercion or altered incentives, encourage people to make choices that support their health, retirement savings, and well-being.

Choices

The act of selecting between two or more possibilities when faced with a decision.

Belief Perseverance

The phenomenon wherein individuals maintain their beliefs even in the face of contradictory evidence.