Lesson 4 Questions

1. Name four influences that can affect health behavior: Media, advertisements, commercials, technology and culture are influences that can affect health behavior.
2. What is the difference between and advertisement and a commercial? Advertisements have different forms of advertising, such as billboards or flyers, and commercials are only on TV and radios.
3. What six behaviors can result from negative influences? Six behaviors that can result from negative influences are behaviors that are harmful, unsafe, illegal, disrespectful, in disagreement with family guidelines, or demonstrate bad character.
4. What are advertisements designed to do? Advertisements are designed to influence people.
5. Why is important to know how to analyze the influences in your life? It's important to know how to analyze the influences in your life, so you can which influences are beneficial for your health, and which are not.
6. Who are the major influences in your life? The major influences in my life are my parents, because I'm with them almost 24/7. They're role models to me; I look up to everything they do.
7. How can you prevent yourself from negative influences? I can prevent myself from negative influences by isolating myself from bad advertisements.