Health related behaviours, beliefs and attitudes

Question 1

What are the three of health behaviours

Answer 1

Risky, promoting, illness related

Question 2

Give an example of how health behaviours can be independent and unstable

Answer 2

Independent (running + smoking)

Unstable (start smoking, stop running)

Question 3

What are the determinants of health behaviour

Answer 3

Social factors
Reinforcement value
Symptoms
Emotional factors
Cognitive factors

Question 4

How are social factors determinants of health behaviour

Answer 4

Observational learning at home
Culture/legistlation (taxation)
peer pressure

Question 5

How is reinforcement value a determinant of health behaviour

Answer 5

Risky behaviours have immediate positive reinforcement

Started at a time when healthy

Question 6

How are symptoms determinants of health behaviour

Answer 6

Positive reinforcement (feeling social)
Negative reinforcement (wanting to avoid withdrawal)
Can act as cues for behaviour cessation (cough for smoking)

Question 7

How are emotions determinants of health behaviour

Answer 7

Negative reinforcement = want to avoid negative emotions

Positive reinforcement = exercise in response to stress

Question 8

What is the intention behaviour gap

Answer 8

The difference between what we want to do and what we actually do - we aren’t rational, have habits etc.

Question 9

How to overcome the behaviour gap

Answer 9

With an action plan (who, what, where, when, why) - cues behaviour into conscious awareness