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Understanding Models of Healthy Behaviour; and practicing critical thinking in an IB context

Understanding Models of Healthy Behaviour; and practicing critical thinking in an IB context

The goal of psychology is to use the discipline’s body of knowledge to increase human happiness and wellness thus it is important to understand how we can leverage that knowledge to do so. Health Behaviour Models are one way of understanding the elements of human 

How do we help people become healthier? Evaluating health promotion models

How do we help people become healthier? Evaluating health promotion models

Download the learning helper linked here: Understanding Effective Models of Health Promotion  Utilize our class google doc (found on the health psych page) as well as this resource extracted from an Albert Bandura article: Bandura on Health belief model chart  to understand the following two learning outcomes: 

The new science of addiction

The new science of addiction

Check out the study below by Nora Volkow et al. (2011):  http://www.pnas.org/content/108/37/15037.full This research aligns with much of the work Volkow has been doing for much of the past 15 years. Her goal is to treat addicts. Like everything in treatment, treatment is most effective