PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Allostatic Load, Blood Vessel, Biopsychosocial Model
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Gary stocklaufer: fat man denied the right to adopt because judge claimed that he was in greater risk of illness or death. In 2007, chinese government banned obese foreigners from adopting. Health psychology: research on health and on psychology. Wellbeing: positive state that includes striving for optimal health and life satisfaction. The biopsychosocial model of health incorporates multiple perspectives for understanding and improving health. Biopsychosocial model: a model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness: page 441 figure 10. 2. Behavior contributes to the leading cause of death. Identifying regression to the mean: belief that an unrelated factor is responsible for the return of a more normal state. Belief that the doctor helps make you feel better but in all actuality: an extreme event will most likely be followed by a less extreme event. You would have got better even if you didn"t go see the doctor.
