PSY 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Belief Model, Social Cognitive Theory, Transtheoretical Model

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 605
• Professor: Trevor Hart

Document Summary

Want to increase health behaviours (good and positive health behaviours) Trying to eliminate aversive behaviours (i. e. less doctor appointments, taking a pain medication to alleviate pain (the aversive stimulus)) Do not use punishment because it does not help with increasing health behaviour: punishment is not as effective at increasing behaviour, ethical problems with punishment. Self efficacy- defined as peoples beliefs in their capacity to exercise some measure of control over their own functioning and over environmental events. Basi(cid:272)all(cid:455), people"s (cid:271)elief of if o(cid:396) if (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out a (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) situatio(cid:374) o(cid:396) p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) Commonly used to guide treatments to increase health behaviours. Need to use a combination of these to increase self-efficacy. States that there are 3 types of behaviours/beliefs. If you do not see something, you are less likely to do it (i. e. never see sunscreen sold in the winter, less likely to use it: modifying factors.