Health behaviour Flashcards
1
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Health behaviour
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Anything that promotes good health or leads to illness
2
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Classical conditioning
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- Emotional or environmental cues cause expectation of drug or alcohol
- These cause relapse
- Cues to be avoided or change association w cues to change health behaviour
eg. Disulfirim so when drink alcohol feel sick
3
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Operant conditioning
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- Reasons behind behaviour shaped by reward or punishment
- Behaviour reinforced if there is a reward or reduced if their is a punishment
- But humans driven by short term rewards and avoid short term negative consequences
4
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Social learning theory
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- People learn through observation
- Perform behaviours if they are valued or have self efficacy for
5
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Limitations of conditioning theories
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- Based on simple stimulus response associations
- Don’t take into account beliefs, knowledge or memory
6
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Cognitive dissonance theory
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Discomfort when actions and events don’t match beliefs
Change behaviour to reduce discomfort
Health promotion - uncomfortable info to change behaviour
