PSY 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mediterranean Diet, Transtheoretical Model, Motivational Interviewing

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 383
• Professor: O' Connor

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Identify the characteristics of diets that can cause the rate of adherence to a new diet to fall off over time. Restrictive and expensive: pediatricians incorporate safety training into visits with new parents to increase child safety in homes, match the stages of non-rapid eye movement sleep with its characteristic features: Stage 1: sounds are tuned out around us, although one can be easily awakened by any loud sound. Stage 2: breathing and heart rates even out, body temperature drops, and brain waves alternate between short bursts called sleep spindles and large k-complex waves. Identify the factors that are critical to developing a healthy diet: knowledge about dietary issues and family support: people who perceive themselves as athletic are more likely to exercise than others. Physician"s recommendations: identify the most common causes of death and disability among children under the age of five.