PSYC 314- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 75 pages long!)
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Sickness was seen as god"s punishment for doing evil things: cure: priests driving out evil through torture, church came to control the practice of medicine. Psyc 314 unit 1: mind and body are interrelated. (st. Thomas: renaissance: priests treat the mind, physicians treat the body, mind and body are separate entities. From god entered to more human-centerer: body as machine, mind and body communicate through the pineal gland. Health (1948): a complete state of physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease : not de ned by the absence of illness, health is a balance of physical, mental and social well being. Health promotion and maintenance: exercise, health habits. Work with people who are sick to help them adjust and follow treatment. Attempt to improve health care and form health policy. Etiology: refers to origins or causes of illness. (behavioral and social factors that cause health problems)
