PSY3306- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3306
• Professor: S H I R L E Y G R I F I T H

Document Summary

Social and psychological factors are not given much attention traditionally. Different emphasis on training between hcp vs psychologists. Analyses health behaviour in terms of various beliefs. Influential model and postulates a readiness to take action for health problems. Health behaviours are explained by our health beliefs. What kind of health beliefs are connected to health issues. Two essential beliefs of the hbm: health threat exists (idea of a threat, course of action that helps with the threat (belief that a given behaviour is going to reduce the threat) Ex: threat: 1 in 3 ppl gets cancer. Ex: if u believe that the benefit of exercise is minor compared to the cost you may not engage in that behaviour. Person a: identifies a health threat/vulnerability: belief = condoms reduce risk of hiv. Person b: not feeling vulnerable, aids not life threatening. Beha(cid:448)iour: (cid:272)o(cid:374)do(cid:373)s do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:449)ork, (cid:272)ost= e(cid:373)(cid:271)arrass(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, less likel(cid:455) to use (cid:272)o(cid:374)do(cid:373)s. Hbm: predi(cid:272)ts health usi(cid:374)g a perso(cid:374)"s spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) (cid:271)eliefs.