PSY-3653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Snoring, Freerunning, James W. Pennebaker

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Chapter 6 staying healthy: primary prevention and positive psychology. Exist on a continuum with both positive and negative health impact: exercise and a healthy diet = beneficial, but hazardous at extremes, alcohol and caffeine = good in moderation, bad if too much. May have an immediate (e. g. , not wearing a seatbelt) or long-term effect (e. g. , eating an unhealthy diet) Additive -> meaning they can have combined and offsetting effects. Survey administered to high school students by the cdc. Health psychologists have developed a variety of theories to explain why people engage (or do not engage) in healthful or unhealthful behaviors. Among the most influential of these theories are: the health belief model (hbm, the theory of planned behavior (tpb, the transtheoretical model (ttm, benefits of high-risk behaviors. Health behavior decisions are based on four interacting factors: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits/barriers, cues to action.

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