Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Cardiovascular Disease, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Etiology and correlates of health, illness and dysfunction, etiology origins/ causes of illness. Impact of health professionals on people"s behaviour: how behavioural and social factors contribute to health, illness and dysfunction, example of a factor is alcohol consumption. Goals of health psychology include: health promotion/ maintenance, developing good health habits, ex. Designing media campaign for exercise: prevention and treatment of illness, ex. Teaching people in high stress environment how to manage stress effectively: and development of recommendations for improving health care. Health psychology understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they: focus on understanding behaviour in health and finding effective theory and methods to change behaviours to reduce. Study the issues and promote interventions respond when they get ill. risk and optimize health: health behaviours = modifiable factors, ex. Interested in why people continue smoking, knowing that it promotes cancer.