1. Which of the following statements is correct?

1. Evidence from a variety of social surveys has confirmed the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of modern society.
2. In 2008, the most common form of occupational and non-occupational physical activity in England was walking.
3. The most common barriers to doing more physical activity identified by adults in England were work commitments and a lack of leisure time.
4. all of these

2. Which of the following scales was used by Cochrane to measure levels of physical activity?

1. International Physical Ability Questionnaire
2. Physical Activity for Everyone Questionnaire
3. Daily Exercise Scale
4. none of these

3. Which of the following diseases have been associated with sedentary lifestyle?

1. colon cancer
2. stroke
3. cardiovascular disease
4. all of these

4. According to Public Health England, what percentage of adults are now classified as obese in England?

1. 10%
2. 15%
3. 20%
4. 25%

5. Which of the following terms is associated with the perspective that we are constantly persuaded in modern consumer society that the key to success is greater consumption of commodities?

1. buy and sell
2. affluenza
3. tokenism
4. none of these

6. Environmental psychologists emphasize the importance of taking which of the following into consideration when examining behaviour?

1. genetics
2. brain structure
3. physical and social context
4. none of these

7. According to a study in Australia (Salmon et al., 2003), which of the following was considered to be the most important environmental predictor of physical activity?

1. accessibility to recreational facilities
2. behavioural control
3. habit
4. all of these

8. Which of the following models propose that behaviour, such as physical activity and exercise, is predicted by intention to engage in such behaviour, which in turn is predicted by the individual’s attitude towards exercise and the perceived social norm?

1. health belief model
2. theory of reasoned action
3. transtheoretical model
4. none of these

9. Extensions of the theory of planned behaviour have investigated the role of a range of other psychological factors such as ______.

1. moral norms
2. affect
3. self-efficacy
4. all of these

10. Which of the following proposes that self-efficacy is the common cognitive mechanism that mediates behavioural responses?

1. health belief model
2. transtheoretical model
3. theory of reasoned action
4. social cognitive theory