PSYC 3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Transtheoretical Model, Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Scale
28 Jan 2013
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Socio-cultural deprivation and ignorance of sexual physiology: not getting enough information about the topic, given psycho-education (myths and fallacies) Sex = not something we do, but something that we are. Children get sex ed from media, not from parents. Should teach it early starting at age 5. Self-awareness: teach values of sharing, cooperating, respecting others" rights/privacy, control emotions. Physiology: teach proper terms of body parts. An idea we have about human, that we think is kind of useful. General and enduring positive/negative feeling about something. Reserve for information that a person has for things. That information in our head can be factual or can be personal opinion. Help get summary of overall beliefs helpful to predict their behaviour. 8th approach (elm) = theory that embraces the preceding 7 theories: elaboration likelihood model (elm) Audience: ability to analyze and motivated to do so. Processing: put cognitive energy (elaboration) come up on their own thoughts.
