PSY333H5 Lecture 1: PSY333H5 – Lecture #1(May 8th, 2017)
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Will be asked to evaluate the messages of media. Not just needing happiness all of the time, do we thrive in perfect happiness state. Field of measuring behaviours and cognitive processes (what is happening in your mind, thought process) It used to be the case that your genes are set in stone, whatever you get is what you have to deal with: we find that even social and psychological process effect how your genes are expressed. Important to understand the mechanism (i. e. how do you explain how you get from a to c?) How does health psych address social justice issues: ho(cid:449) does the st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e of a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t people"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) resources. E. g. social relationships important for health, consistently ruminating, maybe leads to social anxiety, depression etc. Even within a wealthy nation, even when you do have access to health care your place in society effects how you put on weight, early mortality etc.
