Eerste blok Master: Bad Habits
, Tutorial 1
- How to define healthy behaviours?
Nonconscious Processes and Health
Health behavior theories focus on the role of conscious, reflective factors in
predicting and changing behavior. Dual-process models, on the other hand,
propose that health actions are guided not only by a conscious, reflective, rule-
based system but also by a nonconscious, impulsive, associative system. Results:
Correlational research on implicit cognitive and affective processes (attentional
bias and implicit attitudes) has recently been supplemented by intervention
studies using implementation intentions and practice-based training that show
promising effects. Studies of implicit motivation (health goal priming) have also
observed encouraging findings. Conclusion: Research on nonconscious processes
holds significant potential that can and should be developed by health
psychologists. Consideration of impulsive as well as reflective processes will
engender new targets for intervention and should ultimately enhance the
effectiveness of behavior change efforts.
→ The dominant theories on health behaviour focus on reflective precursors of action.
More recently, dual-process models of health behaviour have been proposed that draw
upon social psychological accounts of information processing.
Implicit cognition = refers to knowledge (e.g., stereotypical beliefs) or cognitive
, Tutorial 1
- How to define healthy behaviours?
Nonconscious Processes and Health
Health behavior theories focus on the role of conscious, reflective factors in
predicting and changing behavior. Dual-process models, on the other hand,
propose that health actions are guided not only by a conscious, reflective, rule-
based system but also by a nonconscious, impulsive, associative system. Results:
Correlational research on implicit cognitive and affective processes (attentional
bias and implicit attitudes) has recently been supplemented by intervention
studies using implementation intentions and practice-based training that show
promising effects. Studies of implicit motivation (health goal priming) have also
observed encouraging findings. Conclusion: Research on nonconscious processes
holds significant potential that can and should be developed by health
psychologists. Consideration of impulsive as well as reflective processes will
engender new targets for intervention and should ultimately enhance the
effectiveness of behavior change efforts.
→ The dominant theories on health behaviour focus on reflective precursors of action.
More recently, dual-process models of health behaviour have been proposed that draw
upon social psychological accounts of information processing.
Implicit cognition = refers to knowledge (e.g., stereotypical beliefs) or cognitive
