Health Related Behaviours Flashcards
What is health related behaviour?
Anything that may promotes good health or lead to illness
What is a learning theory vs a social cognition model?
Learning theories = behaviours learned/maintained through association, positive consequences, and observation of others.
Social cognition models = beliefs/attitudes, social norms, and perceptions of control play an important part in behaviour
What is classical conditioning?
Pairing of a behaviour to an unrelated stimuli = smoking/drinking unconsciously paired with environment.
cue can trigger behaviour
Treatment = pair behaviour with unpleasant response
What is operate conditioning?
Shape behaviour through reinforcement = behaviour increases if rewarded, behaviour decreases if punished.
Disadvantage = unhealthy behaviours are immediately rewarding
Outline the social learning theory?
We learn what behaviours are rewarded and how likely it is we can perform behaviour, from observing others.
Advantages = peer modelling/education
What is the health belief model?
Beliefs about health threat
beliefs about health-related behaviour shape the individuals response to it
What is the theory of planned behaviour?
persons behaviour is determined by their intension to perform the behaviour and that this intention is in turn a function of their attitude toward the behaviour and their subjective norm
e.g. may not believe it can help
others don’t do it
may not feel they can
Describe the stages of change model
5 stages which people may pass through over time in decision making
precontemplation = not considering change contemplation = considering preparation = planning action action = making attempts maintenance
What is the COM-B model?
capability (physical/psychological) and opportunity (physical/social) effect motivation which goes onto effect behaviour
