Author Question: Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook) that people pass through in ... (Read 178 times)

ahriuashd · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook) that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation. Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help) at each stage.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The health belief model discussed in the text proposes that ____.

a. we form our health beliefs on the basis of observational information and our sense of self-efficacy
b. our beliefs about the effectiveness, ease, and consequences of doing (or not doing) a certain behavior determine whether we do (or do not do) that behavior
c. our beliefs about what others are doing vis--vis their health (whether accurate or not) guide our health-related behavior
d. we form our health beliefs by relying too much on what feels good either psychologically or physically

Joy Chen · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a . Notice an event
i. Obstacles: Distractions, personal concerns (e.g., being in a hurry)
b. Identify the event as an emergency
i. Obstacles: Ambiguity inherent to the event and pluralistic ignorance
c. Assume responsibility for providing help
i. Obstacles: Diffusion of responsibility and audience inhibition; concerns about competence
d. Decide how to help
i. Obstacle: Audience inhibition; concerns about competence
e. Render help
i. Obstacles: Audience inhibition; concerns about cost-benefit ratio of helping; concerns about competence

Answer to Question 2

B