Just answer to each question carefully.
1. Using the various theories outlined in Chapter 3, identify what factors would be most likely to influence you to wear sunscreen. Be sure to identify the various predictors/theories in your answer (and to use at least three different approaches from the textbook). Next, what is the difference between the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior? Do you think the revision helps to better predict behavior? Finally, what does Armitage (2005) recommend based on his article to predict the maintenance of physical activity? Did the model work in his experiment? This article is available under Content.
2. Weinsteins precaution adoption process model includes various stages when deciding whether to adopt a health-related behavior. How does the optimistic bias play a role? Do you think certain types or groups of people are more likely to demonstrate an optimistic bias? What factors lead people to Stage 4 instead of Stage 5? Can you identify specific influences
that might affect how people proceed at this stage?
3. Chapter 13 deals with adherence to medical advice. Based on the reading, you should develop a plan to improve compliance for a hypothetical person from a particular demographic (e.g., how to get an affluent teenage to take his/her antibiotics or how to get an elderly person from a disadvantaged background to check his or her blood sugar). You can create a scenario but be sure to apply the concepts from the text when you develop your plan.
4. Your brother has smoked for nearly five years but gave up smoking as his New Years resolution two weeks ago. What four pieces of advice could you give him to help him to stick to this goal?
5. Sandra Aamodt describes why dieting does not work in her TED talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work). What reasons does she give for the difficulties that people have losing weight and maintaining that weight loss? Does she offer any hope or advice on how to adhere to a healthier lifestyle?