Journal 3

Question 1

engagement

Answer 1

encouraging interest or interaction

Question 2

normative beliefs

Answer 2

perceptions about what others are doing or thinking about a health behavior or issue. part of the integrative model (IM), along with behavioral beliefs and control beliefs

Question 3

control beliefs

Answer 3

an individual’s belief that they have some control over their life and especially their health issues; a positive factor in improving health behavior

Question 4

self-efficacy

Answer 4

one’s belief in one’s ability to succeed in specific situations or to accomplish a task. one’s sense of self-efficacy can play a major role in how one approaches goals, tasks, and challenges

Question 5

social marketing

Answer 5

“the design, implementation and control of programs aimed at increasing the acceptability of a social idea”

Question 6

vicarious/observational learning

Answer 6

the learning of various attitudes, feelings, beliefs, and emotions, not through direct exposure to a stimulus but through observing how others react to it

Question 7

barriers

Answer 7

hindrances to desired change. these may be factors external or internal to audience members themselves

Question 8

behavioral beliefs

Answer 8

the subjective probability that an object has a certain attribute, for example, a person may believe that physical exercise (the object) reduces the risk of heart disease (the attribute)