Psychology 2065A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Viral Load, Intercession, Voss Solutions

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2065A/B
• Professor: Joel Armstrong

Document Summary

Back (definition: direct/behavioural path - begins with religion schema. Beliefs may dictate exercise, diet, alcohol avoidance: social cognitive path. Goes through social cognitive processes that affect mind-body interactions at macro and micro levels. Religious beliefs = positive outlook on life = physical well-being, cope with negative life effects (can pray and god works, or god"s plan) Could also enhance control over microscopic physiological processes (t cells, nk cells, immunoglobulin a) 2 pathways through which aspects of religiousness might affect physical disease. Healing - for the purposes of this textbook. Not when it doesn"t happen but instead say that spiritual healing occurred. Regularly participating in one"s religious org = good health = not early mortality - social support, reduced isolation. Healthier person = more can be involved in church = more actively involved = more healthy person is likely to be. Mormon women have lower breast cancer rates than others, they abstain from alcohol and tobacco.