Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychosomatic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Sarah Khan

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C h apt e r 1: h ist o r y. As you will discover in this course, psychological factors are always involved in health-related behavior. If you have ever tried to diet, exercise, quit smoking, or make some other significant and lasting change to your lifestyle, it is likely that you encountered some psychological barriers along the way. Even if your beliefs would appear to predict a certain behaviour, that behaviour will not follow unless you value the outcome of the behaviour. For example: continuing to smoke, despite knowledge of its harmful effects, could be maintained by your high value on gro(cid:35)(cid:30)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:30)(cid:34)(cid:16)(cid:28)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:1)(cid:21)(cid:29)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:28)(cid:22)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:18)(cid:29)(cid:29)(cid:26)(cid:5)(cid:42)(cid:1)according to albert bandura [(2006). Perspectives on psychological science, 1, 164-180](cid:4)(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:24)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:1)(cid:24)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:43)(cid:33)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:24)(cid:18)(cid:16)(cid:18)y is a key motivational factor in personal development and change. Unless you believe that you can produce desired effects by your actions, you will have little incentive to act, or to persevere in the face of setbacks.