PSY3130 Lecture 11: PSY3130 Lecture note 11
15 Sep 2018
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Environment influences health and behaviour by minimising the costs of health behaviours, and increasing costs of unhealthy behaviours. Public transit, subsidies for healthy food, lower health insurance premiums for good behavior. Taxes to increase cost of tobacco, alcohol, sweetened beverages, bans to smoking etc. Comprehensive, varied teaching methods, sufficients dosage, theory driven, positive relationships, appropriately timed, sociculturally relevant, outcome evaluation, well trained staff. Increase anxiety, increase shame and guilt, does not result in behaviour change in most contexts, does not increase knowledge about alternatives. Attempt to resolve the source of the threat, attempt to address the fear/emotions/anxiety. People need to believe they can enact required steps to reduce their own risk. Describe an example of loss framing and fain framing. Loss framing: inadequate exercise leads to weight gain, heart disease and poor functioning; gain framing: regular exercise helps you lose eight, promote heart health and look and feel your best.
