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I am looking for study questions for this class .PU 505 BEHAVIOR HEALTH FINAL EXAMS.
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5 years ago
Does the final assignment help? For example:
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I am looking for study questions for this class .PU 505 BEHAVIOR HEALTH FINAL EXAMS.
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5 years ago
I am looking for study questions for this class .PU 505 BEHAVIOR HEALTH FINAL EXAMS.

OK, so was there a textbook assigned for your course?
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5 years ago
Title: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH BEHAVIOR THEORY
Edition: 2nd (2013)
Author: Hayden
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
Book ISBN: 978-1-4496-8974-2
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5 years ago
Do you know these terms? You'll be required to know them

Controllability
The extent to which a person can willfully change the cause

Transtheoretical Model
Behavior change is a process that occurs in stages

Diffusion of Innovation
Behavior changes as innovations are adopted

Health Belief Model
Personal beliefs influence health behavior

Ecological Model
Factors at many levels influence health behavior

Attribution Theory
There is a cause or explanation for thing that happen


Social Cognitive Theory
behavior, personal factors, and environmental factors interact with each other, and changing one changes them all

Theory of Reasoned Action
Health behavior results from intention influenced by attitude, norms, and control

Self-Efficacy Theory
People will only try to do what they think they can do, and won't try what they think they cant do

Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Community-Level
Types of theories

Mastery Experience
Prior success at having accomplished something that is similar to the new behavior

Vicarious Experience
Learning by watching someone similar to self be successful

Verbal Persuasion
Encouragement by others

Somatic and Emotional States
The physical and emotional states caused by thinking about undertaking the new behavior

Attitude
A series of beliefs about something that affects the way we think and behave

Subjective norms
The behaviors we perceive important people expect from from us and our desire to to comply to those expectations

Volitional Control
The extent to which we can decide to do something, at will

Behavioral Control
The extent of ease or difficulty we believe the performance of a behavior to be

Perceived susceptibility
An individuals assessment of his or her chances of getting a disease

Perceived benefits
An individuals conclusion as to whether the new behavior is better than what they are already doing

Perceived barriers
An individuals opinion as to what will stop them from adapting the new behavior

Perceived seriousness
An individuals judgement as to the severity of the disease

Modifying variables
An individuals personal factors that affect whether the behavior is adopted

Cues to action
The factors that will start a person on the way to changing a behavior

Locus of Control
The extent to which a person has control over life events

Stability
The extent to which a cause is permanent or temporary

Stages of change
pre contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

Decisional balance
weighting the pros and cons of the change

Observational learning
learning by watching others

Expectations
the likely outcome of a particular event

Expectancies
The value placed on the outcome of the behavior

Emotional arousal
the emotional reaction to a situation and its resulting behavior

Behavioral capability
The knowledge and skills needed to to engage in a behavior

Reinforcement
the rewards or punishments for doing something

Innovation
the new idea, product, process, etc.

Communication channels
methods through which the innovation is made known to the members of the social system

Social system
the group structure into which the innovation is being introduced
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That's probably the best I can do in terms of exam material
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