Among Challenges for Health Psychologists in Constructing Valid Health Behavior

question 42

Multiple Choice

Among challenges for health psychologists in constructing valid health behavior models, which is most related to the need to reduce complex data to meaningful generalizations?​

• A) ​Balancing automaticity vs. decisions in health behaviors
• B) ​Balancing individual differences vs. theoretical simplicity
• C) ​Balancing personal control vs. large-scale societal barriers
• D) ​Balancing perceptions/beliefs vs. relationships and policies

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Definitions:

Cognitive Map

A mental representation of one's physical environment and spatial orientation.

Prototype

An original model or preliminary version of a product from which other forms are developed or copied.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias in which people judge the probability of events based on how easily examples come to mind, often leading to skewed perceptions of reality.

Base-Rate

The underlying or foundational rate of occurrence for a particular event or outcome within a given population or dataset.