PSY 492 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Operant Conditioning, Tracheotomy, Positive Psychology
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Health behaviors include positive behaviors as well as avoiding negative behaviors exist on a continuum, meaning that there can be extremes that are detrimental and an appropriate balance is necessary. Breslow & breslow, 1993 research project researchers started tracking the behaviors of residents in a california county in. 1965 longitudinal model of research: goal was to observe the effects of 7 key health behaviors sleeping 7-8 hours daily. Health belief model: decisions we make about health are influenced by 4 interacting factors, most commonly used theory, basis for educational about health behaviors, consists of: Perceived control transtheoretical model: aka stages of change model, consists of: stage 1- precontemplation, stage 2- contemplation, stage 3- preparation, stage 4- action, stage 5- maintenance. Not always linear, but ideally intervention can occur at any time. Prevention: efforts to not only avoid/prevent an illness or disease, but also to attempt to minimize the impacts or stop the course of a disease, 3 levels of prevention:
