Unit 3 - LAA3 - Health Belief Model

Question 1

What approach does the health belief model use?

Answer 1

Cognitive

Question 2

What are the 6 ‘concepts’ of the health belief model known as?

Answer 2

Constructs

Question 3

Name all 6 constructs

Answer 3

• Perceived seriousness
• Perceived susceptibility
• Perceived barriers
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Demographic variables
• External/internal cues

Question 4

Name 3 demographic variables

Answer 4

Age
Gender
Cultures

Question 5

What do the 6 constructs do?

Answer 5

Predict health behaviours

Question 6

Perceived _____ is the individuals assessment of their risk of getting the condition

Answer 6

Susceptibility

Question 7

Perceived _____ is an individuals assessment of the seriousness of the condition

Answer 7

Seriousness

Question 8

A cost-benefit analysis, is an individuals assessment of the _______ of adopting a behaviour

Answer 8

Outcomes

Question 9

What would be a benefit of ‘stopping smoking’?

Answer 9

Saving money, increase in health etc

Question 10

Perceived _________ are what an individual see as things which discourage them from doing a behaviour

Answer 10

Barriers

Question 11

____________ variables affect whether someone will change their behaviour

Answer 11

Demographic

Question 12

AO3: What is a weakness of the health-belief model?

Answer 12

Fails to take into account a persons personality affecting their behaviour

Question 13

Which psychological approach does the health-belief model use?

Answer 13

Cognitive

Question 15

According to the health-belief model, younger people will be more or less to engage in unhealthy behaviours

Answer 15

More

Question 16

AO3: Why is the health-belief model useful?

Answer 16

Can predict likelihood of keeping up with using an inhaler

Question 17

Cues to action refer to ______ that remind the individual to change their behaviour

Answer 17

Triggers

Question 18

What are some examples of demographic variables?

Answer 18

Age
Education
Culture