A3: Theories of stress, Behavioural And Physiological Addiction

Question 1

What is perceived seriousness?

Answer 1

How serious you think it is

Question 2

What is perceived susceptibility?

Answer 2

The likelihood to get an illness or disease

Question 3

What is cost-benefit analysis?

Answer 3

Weighing up pros and cons of changing a behaviour

Question 4

What is demographic variables?

Answer 4

Characteristics such as age, gender and race

Question 5

What are cues to action?

Answer 5

Information that is presented to an individual that may prompt them to ‘take action’

Question 6

What is internal locus of control?

Answer 6

Success in terms of your own effot

Question 7

What is external locus of control?

Answer 7

Believing that things that happen to them are out of their control

Question 8

What are attributions?

Answer 8

Explaining other people’s and your own behaviour

Question 9

What are personal attitudes

Answer 9

An individuals favourable and unfavourable beliefs about their behaviour e.g. ‘I overeat because I enjoy food’

Question 10

What are subjective norms?

Answer 10

Individuals beliefs about whether the people who matter most to them approve or disapprove of their behaviour

Question 11

What is perceived behaviour control?

Answer 11

How much control we believe we have over behaviour

Question 12

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 12

The belief we have in our ability to carry out an action or task

Question 13

What is having a high self-efficacy?

Answer 13

Believing you will be successful and therefore more motivated to tackle difficult tasks

Question 14

What is having a low self-efficacy?

Answer 14

Believing you will fail and therefore avoid challenges

Question 15

What is mastery experiences?

Answer 15

Mastering something

Question 16

What is vicarious reinforcement in terms of self-efficacy?

Answer 16

Seeing some you identify with doing well so you want to do well (high) or seeing them do bad (low)

Question 17

What is social persuasion in terms of self-efficacy?

Answer 17

Encouragement from people (high) or disencouragement (low)

Question 18

What is emotional states in terms of self-efficacy?

Answer 18

Being sad can cause low self-efficacy and being happy can cause high self-efficacy

Question 19

what are the stages of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 19

per-contemplation, contemplation, prep, action and maintenance

Question 20

what stage are people in pre-contemplation in, in terms of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 20

they aren’t thinking about changing their behaviour and this could be because of denial or demotivation

Question 21

what stage are people in contemplation in, in terms of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 21

thinking about making a change to their behaviour in the next 6 months

Question 22

what stage are people in preparation in, in terms of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 22

they decide to change their behaviour sometime in the next month but haven’t decided how or when

Question 23

what stage are people in action in, in terms of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 23

they’ve done something to change their behaviour in the last 6 months

Question 24

what stage are people in maintenance in, in terms of the trans theoretical model?

Answer 24

they have maintained some change of behaviour for more than 6 months