Exam 8: Applying Social Psychology to Health

Health promotion and ______ share the goal of keeping people free of disease.

A top-40 band makes a series of public service announcements touting the benefits of regular cardiovascular exercise and encouraging teenagers to exercise regularly.This could be called an example of ______.

According to the window of vulnerability model (Lau,Jacobs Quadrel,& Hartman,1990),

Research on the effectiveness of fear appeals suggests that inducing moderate levels of fear works better than inducing high levels of fear.According to the text,the explanation for this is that

Explain the theory of planned behavior,and list the components of the model.

Which is true with respect to the transtheoretical model?

Define the term social support,and describe two forms of support cited in the text.

Research has examined how involved the parents of adolescent girls are in their daughters' education and the relationship between this involvement and the girls' use of contraceptives.This research suggests that the more involved the parents are,

In a study by Lafreniere,Ledgerwood,and Docherty (1997),gender was found to moderate the effect of family support on students,such that ______ who lived at home reported the least amount of stress regardless of level of ______.

Sandra's grandmother is consumed with fear that she will be set upon and assaulted by a gang of thugs.According to Chapter 8 ("Health"),this is an example of ______.

According to research by Lafreniere,Ledgerwood,and Docherty (1997),which student is LEAST likely to experience a stressful adjustment to college?

Emotional support refers to getting advice,suggestions,or feedback from others and is especially helpful when we are in a situation or are encountering a problem that is new to us.

In an intervention study,Spoth et al. (2002)found that a Life Skills Training Program significantly reduced the rates of initiating use of alcohol,marijuana,and cigarettes.They also found that the addition of a second intervention,the ______,led to even greater reductions in the use of ______.

Halpern-Fleisher and Millstein (2002)found that after the September 11 terrorist attacks,American adolescents perceived their risk of dying in an earthquake or tornado to be ______ that which adolescents had reported in the years preceding the attacks.

For informational health appeals to be persuasive,they generally should come from a source who is seen by the audience as ______.

Differentiate between health literacy and critical health literacy.

Psychological factors can play a much greater role in helping to prevent ______ than in helping to prevent ______.

You visit a cancer patient in a hospital.According to research,which of the following should you probably avoid doing if you wish to be helpful to the patient?

Self­efficacy refers to our perception of whether or not we actually have the skills or resources to carry out a behavior.

Which model or theory and related research evidence,in particular,suggest the importance of influencing a person's self-efficacy in encouraging him or her to make a healthy lifestyle change?