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In one study, researchers recruited single, sexually active student volunteers to take part in a campaign (actually the experimental manipulation) supposedly designed to get other students who were just becoming sexually active to practice safe sex. The volunteers were asked to develop a persuasive speech about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and safer sex that was then videotaped. Researchers found that the students who made the taped speeches were more likely to use condoms, a finding that is consistent with ____.

A) social learning theory
B) the stages of change model
C) the health belief model
D) cognitive  dissonance theory

Experimental Manipulation

An experimental technique that involves changing one variable to determine if there is an effect on another variable.

Persuasive Speech

A form of communication aimed at convincing the audience to adopt a particular viewpoint or take a specific action.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

A theory suggesting that individuals experience discomfort (dissonance) when their beliefs or behaviors are inconsistent, leading them to make changes to reduce this discomfort.

  • Understand the influence of cognitive processes on health-related behaviors.
  • Identify different psychological theories and models that explain health behaviors.
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