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Question 1
Describe how social learning theory accounts for the acquisition of behaviour, using one relevant example.
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Question 2
Describe stress, using one example to illustrate a person's psychological and physiological responses.
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Question 3
Explain why the same situation may produce different levels of stress in different people, with reference to one relevant example.
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Question 4
Using one relevant example, explain how social learning theory accounts for the continued performance of behaviour learned from others.
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Question 5
Context: Health and well-being
A factory replaces predictable working hours with frequently changing shifts, and workers report having less time to rest. During the following year, the factory also introduces confidential health appointments that are available to every worker. Its health team subsequently records a higher prevalence of a health problem among workers.
With reference to one health problem, suggest factors that could explain this change in recorded prevalence.
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Question 6
Context: Health and well-being
New employees at a delivery company notice that experienced colleagues regularly miss breaks and work late into the night. The manager publicly praises these colleagues for their commitment, and the new employees begin following the same routine. Several employees later report a health problem.
Apply social learning theory to explain how the employees' routine could contribute to one health problem.
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Question 7
Context: Health and well-being
Two neighbouring residential districts have different living conditions. Residents in one district face insecure housing and have few affordable places for recreation, while residents in the other have stable housing and accessible recreational facilities. A health service using the same assessment procedures in both districts reports a difference in the prevalence of a health problem.
With reference to one health problem, explain how these circumstances could contribute to a difference in prevalence between the districts.
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Question 8
Context: Health and well-being
Leila has a health problem that was previously manageable. Since becoming responsible for a relative's daily care, she feels that the demands never stop and that little help is available. She sleeps less, sometimes misses her own treatment appointments and notices that her symptoms have become worse.
Apply your knowledge of stress to explain how Leila's circumstances could worsen one health problem.
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Question 9
Discuss the role of measurement in explaining changes in the prevalence of one or more health problems in a population.
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Question 10
In the context of health and well-being, evaluate the use of social learning theory as a perspective for understanding one or more health problems.
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Question 11
With reference to health and well-being, to what extent can causality be established when explaining differences in the prevalence of one or more health problems between populations?
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Question 12
One claim in the psychology of health and well-being is that change is central to understanding the role of stress in health problems. Examine this claim with reference to one or more health problems.
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