Peers and Health

Description: This quiz is designed to assess your knowledge about the influence of peers on health behaviors and outcomes.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can influence health behaviors?

  1. Through social norms

  2. Through social support

  3. Through social comparison

  4. Through genetic inheritance


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can influence health behaviors through social norms, social support, and social comparison, but not through genetic inheritance.

What is the term for the process by which individuals adopt the health behaviors of their peers?

  1. Peer contagion

  2. Peer influence

  3. Peer pressure

  4. Peer socialization


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peer socialization is the process by which individuals adopt the health behaviors of their peers.

Which of the following is NOT a factor that can contribute to peer influence on health behaviors?

  1. Age

  2. Gender

  3. Race/ethnicity

  4. Socioeconomic status


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Age, gender, and race/ethnicity can all contribute to peer influence on health behaviors, but socioeconomic status is not a factor.

What is the term for the process by which individuals select friends and peers who are similar to themselves in terms of health behaviors?

  1. Homophily

  2. Heterophily

  3. Social selection

  4. Social network formation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Homophily is the process by which individuals select friends and peers who are similar to themselves in terms of health behaviors.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can promote healthy behaviors?

  1. By providing social support

  2. By modeling healthy behaviors

  3. By creating a sense of belonging

  4. By encouraging unhealthy behaviors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can promote healthy behaviors by providing social support, modeling healthy behaviors, and creating a sense of belonging, but they cannot encourage unhealthy behaviors.

What is the term for the process by which individuals change their health behaviors in order to conform to the norms of their peer group?

  1. Social conformity

  2. Social influence

  3. Peer pressure

  4. Social learning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Social conformity is the process by which individuals change their health behaviors in order to conform to the norms of their peer group.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can negatively influence health behaviors?

  1. By encouraging unhealthy behaviors

  2. By providing social support for unhealthy behaviors

  3. By creating a sense of isolation

  4. By modeling healthy behaviors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can negatively influence health behaviors by encouraging unhealthy behaviors, providing social support for unhealthy behaviors, and creating a sense of isolation, but they cannot model healthy behaviors.

What is the term for the process by which individuals learn health behaviors from their peers?

  1. Social learning

  2. Observational learning

  3. Imitation learning

  4. Peer modeling


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Social learning is the process by which individuals learn health behaviors from their peers.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can provide social support for healthy behaviors?

  1. By providing information and resources

  2. By offering emotional support

  3. By providing instrumental support

  4. By encouraging unhealthy behaviors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can provide social support for healthy behaviors by providing information and resources, offering emotional support, and providing instrumental support, but they cannot encourage unhealthy behaviors.

What is the term for the process by which individuals compare their health behaviors to those of their peers?

  1. Social comparison

  2. Upward comparison

  3. Downward comparison

  4. Lateral comparison


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Social comparison is the process by which individuals compare their health behaviors to those of their peers.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which social comparison can influence health behaviors?

  1. By motivating individuals to improve their health behaviors

  2. By discouraging individuals from improving their health behaviors

  3. By creating a sense of satisfaction with one's health behaviors

  4. By creating a sense of dissatisfaction with one's health behaviors


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Social comparison can motivate individuals to improve their health behaviors, discourage individuals from improving their health behaviors, and create a sense of dissatisfaction with one's health behaviors, but it cannot create a sense of satisfaction with one's health behaviors.

What is the term for the process by which individuals change their health behaviors in order to avoid being different from their peers?

  1. Social conformity

  2. Social influence

  3. Peer pressure

  4. Social learning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Social conformity is the process by which individuals change their health behaviors in order to avoid being different from their peers.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can create a sense of belonging?

  1. By providing social support

  2. By modeling healthy behaviors

  3. By creating a sense of community

  4. By encouraging unhealthy behaviors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can create a sense of belonging by providing social support, modeling healthy behaviors, and creating a sense of community, but they cannot encourage unhealthy behaviors.

What is the term for the process by which individuals select friends and peers who are different from themselves in terms of health behaviors?

  1. Homophily

  2. Heterophily

  3. Social selection

  4. Social network formation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Heterophily is the process by which individuals select friends and peers who are different from themselves in terms of health behaviors.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which peers can influence health outcomes?

  1. Through social norms

  2. Through social support

  3. Through social comparison

  4. Through genetic inheritance


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peers can influence health outcomes through social norms, social support, and social comparison, but not through genetic inheritance.

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