Quiz #2 Flashcards
What are some Methodological tools in health psych (4)
- FMRI
-Mobile Watches
-Meta-analysis
-Qualitative RS
What is FMRI (2)? and what are the challenges(2)
FMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)
- shows brain activity (shows any damage and show which part of brain is active when doing tasks)
Challenge: can’t move in it and loud
Mobile watches? Challenges?
You can tracks steps heart beat and set reminders to exercise
Challenge: people are worried you can sell that information to insurance and deny you help because you’re overweight
Meta-analysis ?
is a statistical technique that allows you to take data from different studies and combine results
Qualitative?
lets you interview people and give more in depth answers as oppose to numbers where it doesn’t let them talk about it.
What does Health Promotion mean? ex?
A philosophy that believes good health is a personal and collective achievement
EX: other people impact my sleep schedule because they have different schedules.
Health behavior defined
behavior undertaken by people to enhance/maintain health
Health Behavior: Health habits (def) EX:
firmly established health behavior and then you perform that automatically without thinking
EX: brushing teeth, showering, seatbelt
Primary Prevention definition
goal is to instill good health behaviors and change poor ones
How is primary prevention done through? 2
- changing behavior (diet)
- preventing beh from starting in the first place (smoking)
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior?
S-Social influence
P- Personal control
p- personal goals/values
p- perceived symptoms
A- access to health care systems
K- knowledge and intelligence of behavior
D-demographical factors
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Social Influence
different techniques may work for different health behaviors
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Personal Control
Health locus of control: perception that ones health is under personal control(internally) or controlled by others (externally)
internally: I can change my own outcomes (diet)
externally: no matter what I do im still going to get a heart attack
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Personal values and Goals
some value health behaviors through self affirmation “I value eating healthy”
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Perceived symptoms
people who are more likely to feel symptoms are more likely to change beh
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Access to health care symptoms
if people have insurance they will go to a doc cuz they can afford it. People living in small town may not be near a physician.
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Knowledge and intelligence
knowledge: do you know what a better choice to make
intelligence: are you able to process info or just believe everything from the internet
what are some thing that make it harder or easier to change behavior: Demographic factors - where does the most intervention happen? (4)
- birth to 5: always doing checkups and in school settings
- k-12: space where kids are leaning h.b. and like to teach them and implement them with their family
-65 & older: always interacting with the doctor and always changing their beh.
-younger, educated, and better socioeconomic status have better health habits.
what are some barriers that make it harder to change beh 2
emotional factors
instability of health behaviors
what are some barriers that make it harder to change beh: Emotional factors (2)
bad habits can be pleasurable (choco taste good)
too much information can cause stress (everything is bad for you)
what are some barriers that make it harder to change beh: instability of health beh
-not stable over time (ex: coach pushing you to exercise but once you grad won’t have anyone pushing you)
-different motivation for every beh
Interventions for children and adolescents
Children: they do what they are told to do (dentist, firemen)
Challenge: if parents are not into it will decrease the Childs desire to continue in h.b.
adolescents: want to stop listening to parents and instead do what their peers are doing
Interventions for at-risk individuals benefit and challenge(2)
benefit: they will alter behavior if they are at risk
challenge: don’t perceive the risk correctly
1. overly optimistic
2. sometimes not knowing is best (have the genes for an uncured diseases causes stress)
interventions for older adults & challenge
there are more health problems at this age
challenge: hard to change identity (doesn’t tell kids they had an accident so they won’t take their car away)