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| what is the biomedical model? | The dominant veiw of twentieth century medicine that maintains that illness always has a physical cause. | |
| What are the assumptions of the biomedical model? | first is that disease is the result of a pathogen, second the biomedeical model is based on the Crtesian doctrine of mind-body dualism that is that mind and body is separte and autonomous that interact minimally. Last is that is health is nothing more than the absence of disease. | |
| What is the Health Belief Model ( HBM)? | non- stage theory that identifies three beliefs that influence decision making regarding health behavior percieved susetibility to a health threat, percieved severity of the dieseas or condition, and perceived benefits of and barriers | |
| What is the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB | A theory on the important role that peoples infections and self efficancy play in their practice of health behavior. | |
| What are the three factors of Theory of Planned Behaviors? | 1) personal attitude towards behavior, 2) the subject norm regarding the behavior 3) the perceived degree of control over the behavior | |
| What is the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) | A widley used stage theory that contends that people pass through five stages in altering health related behaviors | |
| What are the 5 stages of Transtheoretical Model? | 1) Precontemplation- people are not seriously thinking about changing their behaviors- 2) Contemplation= people acknowledge the existence of a problem and are seriously considering changing their behavior 3) Preparation- This stge includes both thoughts and actions 4) Action- During this stage people have actually changed their behavior 5) Maintenance- People in this stage continue to be successful in their efforts to reach their final goal. | |
| what is behavioral intention- | The rational decision to engage in a health related behavior or to refrain from engaging in the behavior | |
| What is behavioral willingness? | the reactive, unplanned motivation involved in the decision to engage in risky behavior | |
| What is the Utility theory? | theory of planned behvior- Behavioral Intentions- guide behavior towards a particular goal dosnt say much about emotioin- dose not take into account how we feel | |
| what r the 3 components of intentions? | 1) Attitudes - beliefs that a behavior will have pos/neg. outcomes 2) Subject Norms- evaluation of behavior by importance others 3) Perceived Control- belief in ability to engage in behavior (self efficacy) | |
| What is self-efficacy? | perceived ability to take action necessary to achieve desired outcomes - efficacy predicts the pursuit of goals and behavior- research suggests that building effecacy results in prolonged effort, greater effort, and greater success | |
| What is the basic historical development of health psychology? | prehistoric medicine- illness is caused by evil, greek and roman medicine- advances in public health, (hippocrates) first to argue that dieses is natural phenomenon, middle ages and the renassance- disease was divine punishment | |
| what was the Framingham study? | first study of heart disease found out three top reasons high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking a bps study of a small town of people of 2000 | |
| what r the basic methodologies employed by health psychologist? | Descriptive studies, Experimental studies, Epidemiological studies, Meta- analysis | |
| what is descriptive studies data collection? | case studies, surveys and interviews, naturalistic observation | |
| what is experimental studies data collected? | statistical comparison of experimental and control groups | |
| epidemological studies | statistical compariosons between groups exposed to diffrent risk factors | |
| Meta- analysis- | statistical combination of the results of many studies | |
| What is cardiovasculat disease- | disorder of the heart and blood vessel system including stroke and coronary heart disease | |
| What is primary prevention? | health enhancing effors to prevent disease or injury from occuring | |
| what is secondary prevention? | actions taken to identify and treat an illness or disabilities early in its course | |
| What is Terriary prevention? | actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has progressed beyond its early stages | |
| framing study | begin to see something that is biopsycho. to medical psychology model, taking a look at our whole enviorment rather then just the problem (classical longtidual correlations. | |
| goal hierarchies and goal conflicts | usually a list of fear from most fearful to unfearful, to get to the unfearful | |
| what r the three primary components of self regulation? | 1)Self-observation. Deliberate attention to specific aspects of one's own behaviors. 2) Self-judgment. Comparing one's current progress toward a goal with a standard. 3) Self-reaction. Making evaluative responses to judgments of one's own performance. |
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