Psychology 2036A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Canadian Psychological Association, Cardiology, Antimicrobial Resistance

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Mike Morrison

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Skill: recall: the term health psychology replaced behavioural medicine as the preferred name for a new discipline linking psychology and health. Chapter 1: welcome to health psychology: new the discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of microorganisms, such as bacteria is known as, psychosomatic medicine, germ theory, behavioural medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, biopsychosocial approach. Skill: recall: in 1983 neal miller, a behaviourist, identified non-compliance with medical regimens as an important problem that can be explained in terms of what he called a gradient of reinforcement. By this he meant that the ____________ the lag time between behaviour and the reinforcer, the ____________ the behaviour would be: greater, weaker, greater, stronger, shorter, weaker, shorter, stronger, longer, stronger. Skill: recall: larry went to the physician for an annual physical exam not prompted by any complaint. He was told that his blood pressure was high and that he needed to start an exercise program and to stop smoking.