Test 6 Flashcards
Behaviourist approach
Focuses on determining the forces in someone’s life that support unhealthy behaviour
•goal is to GRADUALLY replace bad behaviour with good
Internal influences
Personal factors (age sex income personality) Psychological factors (motivation perception etc)
External influences
Cultural factors (social class culture etc) Social factors (family reference group status etc)
Health psychology
Study of how behaviour, thought, emotions can influence someone’s physical health / how our physical health influences our behaviour thoughts emotions
Learned psychological behaviour
Ex smoking - more likely to smoke if members of family/ friends smoke
Body mass index (BMI)
Weight in kilograms/ height in meters (squared) = BMI
What % of Canadians are obese on BMI scale?
25%
What is the heritability of body size?
0.5-0.9 (very high)
Set point
Biological forces work to keep your body weight at some genetically determined level
What is the most critical factor for weight loss?
Physical activity
Kids who watched food commercials ate what % more food than kids who didn’t?
45%
Social contagion
Phenomenon by which behaviours spread through interaction
Cognitive appraisal theory of stress
Primary appraisal: think something is wrong, get stressed
Secondary appraisal: think if it’s something we need to worry about
Mood disorders
Related I severe disruptions in someone’s emotional state resulting in “maladaptive” behaviour & thought patterns
Depression
And LENGTHLY, chronic period of deep sadness, feeling worthless, belief nothing will get better
Anxiety disorders
Fear responses that are out of proportion to the true threat
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Intense fear to normal daily stressors/ life changes
Panic disorder
State of anxiety that is NOT constant but occurs in extreme bursts called “panic attacks”
Social phobias
Chronic concerns of being overly judged negatively / scared of being publicly humiliated
Schizophrenia
A severe disruption in someone’s thoughts & perceptions of reality