Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Cardiovascular Disease, Stimulus Control, Abusive Power And Control

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Prologue: the causes of death: healthy benefits, changing unhealthy behaviours (and beliefs, knowing that we are ill, patient-provider communication. Today, few people in north america die from these diseases. Why: less likely to become infected due to: Vaccines that inoculate us: effective drugs to treat infections. Leading causes of death in north america today: Heart disease, cancer, and stroke: chronic diseases (develop slowly; no effective cure; live with them for a long time, preventable (stem from unhealthy behaviours that can be changed. ) E. g. : quit smoking (implicated in all three causes), don"t drink and drive (& don"t speed; wear seatbelts), wear condoms (aids prevention, regular exercise; limit alcohol; use sun screen; get early testing (e. g. , breast cancer; chd) Health psychology offers two answers: encourage healthy beliefs (which will translate into healthy behaviours, directly change unhealthy behaviours. Basic idea: unhealthy behaviours stem from unhealthy beliefs, to change behaviour, must change beliefs (by encouraging healthy beliefs)