Psych

Question 1

Define health behaviour

Answer 1

Activity taken
Believed to be healthy
in order to prevent disease or to detect at an early stage

Question 2

models used in lecture 2?

Answer 2

• health beliefs model (likelihood of behaviour)
• transtheoretical model (the cycle)
• theory of planned behaviour (3 factors affecting intention)
• expectancy value principle

Question 3

4 factors effective self efficacy

Answer 3

Mastery Experience
Encouragement
Social Learning
managing Physiological arousal (you know that stress causes eating, so you avoid stress in the first place)

Question 4

self efficacy definition

Answer 4

Belief that one can execute the behaviour required to produce the outcome ie confidence that we have in ourselves to make the change/lifestyle change

Question 5

Which model assesses likelihood of behaviour change

Answer 5

health beliefs model

Question 6

What was the Nutbeam et al study (1993)?

Answer 6

Study on effect of smoking education in schools:
Educating about smoking increased student’s knowledge but it did not have an impact on the behaviour/habit
(shows that education is not effective for habitual behaviours and more is needed to change these behaviours other than just education)