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-being, relating to, or involving relations between persons
-Involves considering the “others” directly or perceptions of what the others think.
-The environment, social systems, etc. |
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Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (1960’s)
Understanding the relationship between |
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Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (1960’s)
A person’s intention is determined by |
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| two antecedents, one comprising personal factors and the other social influence. |
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| Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (1990’s) |
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| Adds a 3rd predictor, control over the behavior |
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-Assumes that people are rational and that reasoning is the primary determinant of behavioral intent
-Distinguishes between attitude toward an object and an attitude toward behavior, e.g., object of breast cancer versus behavior of seeking mammography
-It doesn't take into account the elements of fear or irrational thought |
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-Includes measures of attitudes and social normative perceptions that determine behavior
-Addresses relationships between beliefs (behavioral and normative), attitudes, intentions, and behavior
-Attitudes toward a particular behavior and beliefs about subjective norms can be highly predictive of behavior (30–40%) |
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-Behavior
-Behavioral Intention
-Attitude Toward Behavior
-Behavioral Beliefs
-Evaluation of Behavioral Outcome
-Subjective Norm
-Normative Beliefs
-Motivation to Comply |
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-being, relating to, or involving relations between persons
-Involves considering the “others” directly or perceptions of what the others think.
-The environment, social systems, etc. |
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Term
Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (1960’s)
Understanding the relationship between |
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Definition
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Term
Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (1960’s)
A person’s intention is determined by |
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Definition
| two antecedents, one comprising personal factors and the other social influence. |
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| Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (1990’s) |
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| Adds a 3rd predictor, control over the behavior |
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-Assumes that people are rational and that reasoning is the primary determinant of behavioral intent
-Distinguishes between attitude toward an object and an attitude toward behavior, e.g., object of breast cancer versus behavior of seeking mammography
-It doesn't take into account the elements of fear or irrational thought |
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Term
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Definition
-Includes measures of attitudes and social normative perceptions that determine behavior
-Addresses relationships between beliefs (behavioral and normative), attitudes, intentions, and behavior
-Attitudes toward a particular behavior and beliefs about subjective norms can be highly predictive of behavior (30–40%) |
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-Behavior
-Behavioral Intention
-Attitude Toward Behavior
-Behavioral Beliefs
-Evaluation of Behavioral Outcome
-Subjective Norm
-Normative Beliefs
-Motivation to Comply |
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| Usually this is a single action performed by an individual that is observable |
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| Behavior should be defined in terms of its |
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| Target, Action, Context, and Time (TACT) |
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| Perceived likelihood of performing the behavior |
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| proximal measure of behavior |
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| Behavioral Intention measurement |
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| Measured on a bipolar scale of extremely improbable (–3) to extremely probable (+3) |
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| Among the most important determinants of beahvior |
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| Behavioral intention Both ________ and _______, influence one's intention to perform a behavior. |
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| A person's positive or negative feelings toward performing the defined behavior. |
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| This attitude is an index of the degree to which |
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| a person likes or dislikes an object, where "object" is used in the generic sense to refer to any aspect of the individual's world. |
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| Attitude towards behavior: two components |
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Behavioral beliefs
Evaluation of behavioral outcomes (outcome evaluation) |
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| Beliefs that behavioral performance is associated with certain attributes or outcomes |
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| Evaluation of behavioral outcomes (outcome evaluation): |
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| Values associated with a behavioral outcome or attribute |
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| Belief that behavioral performance is associated with certain attributes or outcomes |
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| Behavioral Belief is measured |
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| on a bipolar scale of unlikely (–3) to likely (+3) |
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| Value attached to a behavioral outcome or attribute |
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| Outcome Evaluations are measured |
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| on a bipolar scale of bad (–3) to good (+3) |
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| Outcome evaluations interacts with |
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| behavioral belief to determine the attitude toward the behavior |
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| Attitude Toward Behavior is made of two things |
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-Behavioral beliefs
-Evaluation of behavioral outcomes |
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| Subjective norm refers to one’s belief that most of the significant others in one’s life think whether one should or should not perform the behavior. |
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| Two components of subjective norm |
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-Normative belief
-Motivation to comply |
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| Beliefs about whether each referent approves or disapproves of the behavior |
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| Motivation to adhere to what each referent thinks the person should do |
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| Belief about whether each referent approves or disapproves of the behavior |
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| Normative belief is measured by |
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| a bipolar scale of disagree (–3) to agree (+3) |
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| Motivation to adhere to what each referent thinks the person should do |
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| Motivation to comply measured |
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| Measured on a unipolar scale of unlikely (1) to likely (7) |
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| TRA is what kind of process |
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| Changes in an individual's behavioral and normative beliefs will ultimately affect |
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| the individual's actual behavior |
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| The attitude and norm variables can exert |
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| different degrees of influence over a person's intention |
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| Perceived Behavioral Control |
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| Perceived Behavioral Control |
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| How much a person feels he or she is in command of enacting the given behavior |
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| Two components of Perceived Behavioral Control |
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-Control beliefs
-Perceived Power |
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| Perceived likelihood of occurrence of facilitating or constraining conditions |
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| Perceived effect of conditions in making behavioral performance difficult or easy |
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| Beliefs about internal and external factors that may inhibit or facilitate the performance of the behavior |
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| Control belief is measured |
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| on a scale of unlikely (–3) to likely (+3) |
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| Perception about how easy or difficult it is for performing the behavior in each condition identified in control beliefs. |
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| Perceived power is measured |
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| on a scale of difficult (–3) to easy (+3) |
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-Factors such as personality and demographic variables are not taken into consideration.
-Ambiguity regarding how to define perceived behavioral control, creates measurement problems.
-Assumption is made that perceived behavioral control predicts actual behavioral control. This may not always be the case.
-Focuses only on rational thoughts and does not take into account irrational thoughts or fears. |
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