Final

Question 1

Define: Social Detriments of Health

Answer 1

Health inequities from the societal conditions from which one is born, lives, work, and age.

Question 2

List several factors that influence health relating to individuals:

Answer 2

Knowledge, genetics, attitude, demographics, ability

Question 3

List several factors that influence health relating to social:

Answer 3

Peer group, family, support group

Question 4

List several factors that influence health relating to cultural:

Answer 4

Cultural beliefs, attitude, acceptability

Question 5

List several factors that influence health relating to socioeconomic:

Answer 5

Poverty, education, resources, social stress

Question 6

List several factors that influence health relating to structural:

Answer 6

Access to healthcare, geography, roads, infrastructure

Question 7

List several factors that influence health relating to political:

Answer 7

Policies, health insurance, regulations

Question 8

List several factors that influence health relating to environmental:

Answer 8

Natural disasters, environmental risk, climate, disease vectors

Question 9

Define: Theory

Answer 9

A set of interrelated constructs and propositions that present a systematic view of phenomena.

Question 10

What are the four concepts that theory is predicated upon in western society?

Answer 10

• Order and Regularity
• Predictability
• Progress and Perfectibility
• Empirical Data

Question 11

Define: Order and Regularity

Answer 11

Natural order of things with the practical application of that knowledge to human ends

Question 12

Define: Predictability

Answer 12

Prediction of what will happen

Question 13

Define: Progress and Perfectibility

Answer 13

The idea that true knowledge is a journey

Question 14

Define: Empirical Data

Answer 14

Epistemology refers to ideas about how we know what we know.

Empiricism, rationalism, and theology are the three trends we use all the time. Generally, empirical data comes to us from our senses.

Question 15

What are the four predecessors of public health theory?

Answer 15

Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Ecology

Question 16

Define: Psychology

Answer 16

Brain, operant Conditioning, Ivan Pavlov, behaviorist, humanistic, BF Skinner, classical conditioning, individual agency

Question 17

Define: Sociology

Answer 17

Social Structure, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, group norms and conformity, Pierre Bourdeau

Question 18

Define: Anthropology

Answer 18

Comparing cultures, Frank Boaz, Margaret Mead, life patterns, symbols, language

Question 19

Define: Ecology

Answer 19

Biology, complex systems, connected systems, interdependent systems

Question 20

What are the four PSYCHOLOGY approaches that are predecessors to public health theory?

Answer 20

Behaviorist, Cognitive, Humanistic, and Social

Question 21

Define: Behaviorist Psychology

Answer 21

Behavior is said to be learned or conditioned through action of stimulus-response to mechanisms.

Ex. Ivan Pavlov and the salivating dog

Classic and Operant Conditioning

Question 22

Define: Cognitive Psychology

Answer 22

Focuses on the thinking process such as perception, memory, decision making, interpretation, reasoning.

Ex. Jean Piaget assimilation and accommodation. Cognitive psychology is an important part of HBM, SCT, and TPB

Question 23

Define: Humanistic Psychology

Answer 23

Focuses on individual agency, the capacity of people to make choices and determine their future.

Question 24

Define: Social Psychology

Answer 24

Concerned about how individuals interact with their social environment- groups, relationships, and other social units.

Question 25

Which psychology approach do the Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior fit under?

Answer 25

Cognitive

Question 26

Milligram Experiment:

Answer 26

Shock experiment