PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Health Psychology, Immune System
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Psychologist believe that behaviors and attitudes are critical in keeping someone"s healthy. Importances on lifestyle factors and physical health. Apply their knowledge of psychological principles to promote health and well-being. Without thinking about health merely as the absence of disease. Well-being: a positive state that includes striving for a optimal health and life satisfaction. Biopsychosocial model: a model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness. Ex: anxiety eating too much gain weight overweight decreased activity slow metabolism gain weight repeat circle. People are most likely to die from causes that stem from their own behaviors, which they can learn to modify. Ex: common death in the us in 2007 was heart disease. Obesity, lack of exercise, smoking, and high-fat diets contribute to this cause of death. Healthy people can also have heart disease but not as much as non-healthy people.
