Please complete the following using complete sentences. Your work should be your own work in your own words. Please make certain that you are providing citations for all material. Each question is worth 25 possible points.

1. Please read the following article found on page 151 in your course text and respond to the corresponding questions:

Determinants of skin cancer preventive behaviors among rural farmers in Iran: an application of protection motivation theory.

A. Briefly in no less than 250 words explain the article.

B. Based on your reading of the article please explain how threatening farmers perceive skin cancer.

C. Based on your reading of the article please discuss the farm's views on the severity/seriousness of skin cancer, their own vulnerability to skin cancer, and the rewards associated with their behavior.

D. Utilizing the PMT constructs of threats and coping appraisal, please discuss suggestions the authors made regarding the focus of interventions to reduce skin cancer prevalence.

2. Please read the following article found on page 180 in your course text and respond to the corresponding questions:

Reducing bullying; application of social cognitive theory.

A. Briefly in no less than 250 words explain the article.

B. Using constructs of the Social Cognitive Theory, explain how bullying is a learned behavior.

C. Using the concept of reciprocal determinism as the basis for your discussion, please explain the environmental and personal factors that contribute to bullying behaviors.

D. What suggestions do the authors offer when developing an effective bullying intervention?