PSYC 3170 Chapter 8: ch 8 new

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3170
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

Part 4; chapter 8: the patient in the treatment setting--using health service. As a form of treatment-related behaviour, the use of health services is initially influenced by how people recognize and interpret the symptoms they experience. Whether or not a symptom is noticed is influenced by a variety of socio-cultural and psychological factors including personality, culture, context, and mood. The detection of symptoms, their interpretation, and use of health services are all heavily influenced by psychological processes. Personality and culture, focus of attention, the presence of distracting or involving activities, mood, the salience of illness or symptoms, and individual differences in the tendency to monitor threat influence whether a symptom is noticed. The interpretation of symptoms is influenced by prior experience and expectations about their likelihood and meaning. Women not more likely to men to report symptoms. Neuroticism: pervasive dimension of personality- negative emotions, self-consciousness, concern for bodily process--affects perception; recognize and report quickly.