PSY333H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nancy Reagan, Sympathetic Nervous System, Peer Pressure
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A pond that people like to swim in, however it ends up giving people rashes. Primary intervention: don"t tell people to go in: taking necessary precautions to avoid incident before it occurs. Secondary intervention: hire lifeguards to surround pool and handout rash cream: methods aimed at reducing risks and symptoms before they become long-term and hazardous. Tertiary intervention: support groups: alleviating the long term effects. These ads are not as effective because we tend to bring food into it. Not an engaging" sign; for some it reminds them of hospitals because of the picture of the injection. Social support is extremely important for teens: we are in a developmental period where the part of the brain required for social connections is re-wiring, it is important to consider at this age. By giving into this strategy/ad, you are likely to be looked down on by other people.
