Share your thoughts about the importance of being able to explain and predict health-related behaviors.
To what extent do models of belief and behavior help to explain actual behavior?
Use what you learned in the readings to support your ideas.
Be sure to discuss the specific readings you are drawing information from.
End your discussion post with one well thought out question related to health psychology from which your colleagues can formulate a response or generate further discussion.
Your Discussion should be at least 150 words in length but not more than 300 words. When you use an informational source, such as the textbook, be sure to share the link to the source you used.
Understanding the predictions in behaviors related to health allows us to to be aware of them and to handle them much better thereby helping said individuals or populations to live better lives. This in turn allows us to predict outcomes from changed or adapted behaviors in individuals or populations. If we can make predictions on behavior, then we can assist in treatment programs, education, and prediction in outcomes that may help said individuals and or populations. Also, if we know what to expect, this can and will help professionals to work out what resources are required for the future of everybody.
Even if models can be predictions to help professionals with policy, how do we predict what to do with the people who exist outside the norm?
- McGonigal, K. (2013, June). How to make stress your friend [Video]. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend
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