Use this CAIE Psychology objective to explain strategies for improving health, supported by examined Paper 3 questions and mark schemes.
Mr Sharma is a teacher in a school who is concerned that his students are not washing their hands correctly.
Suggest how Mr Sharma could use fear arousal to encourage his students to wash their hands correctly. Your answer must be ethical.
Mr Sharma is a teacher in a school who is concerned that his students are not washing their hands correctly.
Suggest how Mr Sharma could use fear arousal to encourage his students to wash their hands correctly. Your answer must be ethical.
Award 3-4 marks for a detailed answer with clear understanding of fear arousal linked to help Mr Sharma to encourage his students to wash their hands correctly.
Award 1-2 marks for a basic answer with some understanding of fear arousal with an attempt to link to help Mr Sharma to encourage his students to wash their hands correctly.
Syllabus content:
- Fear arousal: use of fear to improve health, e.g. Janis and Feshbach (1953).
Likely content:
Use minimal fear arousal - occasionally referring to the consequences of not washing hands correctly. For example, reference to how germs are passed through poor hand washing and mild illness.
Example:
Mr Sharma should demonstrate to his students how to wash their hands correctly and get them to practice with him. (1) He should use minimal fear arousal in his demonstration of hand washing. (1) He could also put up a poster in the classroom/hallways that have photographs of the procedure for hand washing as well as showing how germs can spread through poor handwashing. (1) The poster could mention that colds and the flu can be passed through poor handwashing from person to person. (1) Mr Sharma's students will feel minimal fear arousal and will be motivated to wash their hands correctly so that they do not spread germs and/or become unwell. (1)
Other appropriate responses should also be credited.
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Idea = 1 mark e.g. film, slideshow, presentation - doesn't have to be directly linked to fear arousal.
1 mark for elaboration of this idea.
Explain one practical problem that Mr Sharma might have with implementing what you have suggested in part (a).
Award 2 marks for a detailed explanation of the practical problem in the context of implementing this suggestion with students.
Award 1 mark for a basic explanation of the practical problem.
Problems may include:
- Students may not taking it seriously.
- The habit of how the student washes their hands may be difficult to change as it is unconscious and habitual.
- Students will have experienced illnesses in the past and feel they were not very serious and so will not be motivated to change how they wash their hands.
Example:
One practical problem of using this suggestion of minimal fear arousal with Mr Sharma's students is that they already have a technique for cleaning their hands that they have been using for a number of years. (1) They have a habit of washing their hands in a certain way and the poster and demonstration with minimal fear will not be enough for them to break this habit. (1)
Other appropriate responses should also be credited.
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No credit to ethics of what Mr Sharma does but can credit that it might lead to distress if they are unable to wash hands in the future.