Manipulation Flashcards
Descriptive vs. injunctive norms
Descriptive = percieved behavioural prevelance
Injunctive = commonly (dis)approved behavioural conduct
Focus theory of normative conduct
Norms do not influence behaviours in the same ways at all times (context dependent)
Behavioural economics
Applies psychology to economic models of decision making:
- Cognitive model (system 2)
- Context model (system 1)
MINDSPACE framework of behaviour change
- Messenger
- Incentives
- Norms
- Default
- Salience
- Priming
- Affect
- Commitment
- Ego
Personality & Health
Big five:
- extraversion
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- conscientiousness
- openness to experience
Conscientiousness (positive) and openness (negative) are predictive of health
Nudges
Choice architecture that alters people’s behavior in a predictable way without
forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives.
- Perserves autonomy
- Reduces error and bias
Types of Nudges
- Overt nudge: more open, perceived as more authentic
- Covert nudge: opposite
- Transparent nudge: individual understands the meaning of the nudge
- Non-transparent nudge: less likely to recognize the meaning
- Pro-self nudge: e.g. health
- Pro-social: e.g. recycling
Nudges & Liberal Paternalism
Liberal: autonomy/freedom of choice
Paternalism: people’s choices are guided for the benefit of society
Snack position & food choices
More availability & variety of healthy food choices meant more consumption of these
Poverty & health
Social capital impacts social exclusion, including reduced access to various health facilities.
Social Networks Typologies
- Network of solidarity
- Socially EXcluded network
- Heterogenous network
- HOmogenous network
- Traditional network
Solidary SEX is HHot
Stress-exposure disease framework
Differentiates community and individual levels of stress and vulnerability. Also explains why ethnicity is correlated with health-risks (based on location segregation).
Includes:
- Structural factors (societal infrastructure)
- Community stressors (physical & psychosocial)
- Individual stress (situation appraisals & baseline health)
Autonomy and social inclusion
Feeling socially included (residents of drug/alcohol rehabilitation center) increased personal autonomy and self-efficacy
Area-based SES and health
Measured STI’s, tuberculosis, and violence. Areas with economic deprivation and high crowding had higher rates of STI’s and TB
Socioeconomic inequalities in Europe
Lower SES/education corresponded to higher death rates and lower self-assessment of healthcare. Need better education and income distribution might
Social belonging intervention
Increased academic performance (GPA), sense of belonging, happiness, and (unconscious) self-efficacy