Health Psychology

Question 1

What are the stages of the TTM?

Answer 1

Pre-Contemplation: No thought
Contemplation: Thinking
Preparation: Preparing
Action: Making the change
Maintenance: Enforcing change
Termination: Full form

Question 2

What is aids and what is the incubation period?

Answer 2

Immunodeficiency virus that can have an incubation period of up to 10 years

Question 3

How many people will have an STI?

Answer 3

1:5

Question 4

How can sexual risk be managed?

Answer 4

Longer relationships make you less likely to use protection
Awareness of prior sexual behaviour
drinking makes you less likely to use condoms
Expectation: if you expect you will protect
Availability: keep condoms around and you will use them

Question 5

What is the #1 preventable cause of death in Canada?

Answer 5

Smoking

17% of deaths in Canada

Question 6

What groups are high risk of smoking?

Answer 6

Men, Low SES, Aboriginals on res., Inuit, College Students (30-40%)

Question 7

Can smoking cause cataracts?

Answer 7

yup

Question 8

What are the 4 kinds of smokers?

Answer 8

Positive Affect: Smoking to be happy
Negative affect: smoking to reduce anxiety
Habitual: Start to be happy/reduce anxiety now it is habit
Addicted smoker: psychological dependance.

Question 9

What is binge drinking?

Answer 9

5 or more drinks, 3x week, for over 2 weeks

Question 10

Who’s most likely to binge drink?

Answer 10

Men, High Income, and Aboriginals (6x)

Question 11

What is Alcohol Myopia?

Answer 11

• Decreased ability to engage in insightful cognitive processing
• Hangovers, vomiting, blackout

Question 12

How many deaths are a tribute to violence from alcohol?

Answer 12

6000

Question 13

What are techniques physiologists may use to help with health?

Answer 13

Motivational Interviewing: convincing someone of a bad behaviour
Multimodal treatments
Relapse prevention: avoid triggers
Harm reduction: don’t blame yourself, try to reduce overall hard (clean needles as opposed to quitting cold turkey)