PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Body Mass Index, Genetic Predisposition, Stressor
28 Sep 2017
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Health psychology integrates research on health and on psychology. Study of behaviour and social systems affecting health and how ethnic and sex differences in uence health outcomes. > well-being: positive state that includes striving for optimal health and life satisfaction. A model of health that integrates effects of biological, behavioural, and social factors on health and illness. Social conditions: cultural in uences, family relationships, social support. > body mass index (bmi): a ratio of body weight to height, used to measure obesity. Does not take into account age, sex, one structure, or body fat distribution. Stress is a type of response that typically involves an unpleasant state, such as anxiety or tension. Stressor is something in the environment that is perceived as threatening or demanding and therefore produces stress. Coping response is any attempt made to avoid, escape from, or minimize a stressor. Small, day-to-day irritations the central areas of people"s lives.
