HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Health Belief Model, Junk Food, Unimodality
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Traditions in psychology: key figures, emphasis or principal focus, source of evidence, questions posed, core assumptions (e. g. , rational decision makers, etc. ) Models: show relationships between concepts; represents reality but are (cid:374)ot (cid:858)pro(cid:448)e(cid:374)(cid:859) Theory: used to analyze, predict, or explain the nature/behaviour of a set of phenomenon. Behaviourism: theories based on research & laboratory studies: both ask how people think, behave, what shapes/(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges ho(cid:449) people thi(cid:374)k . Sub-discipline of psychology, positive when focuses on health behaviour instead of illness. Relies on psychosocial/behavioural model of health -> focus on psychological factors. Offers insight into how people think and behave -> health behaviours. Behaviours is a determinant of health, interventions-> behaviour change: lifestyle choices-> people are rational decision makers; can be + or impacts on health. Decision based- behaviour that results from a conscious decision making process, quit smoking. One-time likely to only be carried out once, vaccination. Routine (habit) something people do on a regular basis, teeth-cleaning.
