Psychology 2035A/B Chapter 5: Psychology 2035- Part of Chapter 5 and 14 Notes

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Lifestyle plays a much larger role in the development of chronic diseases than they do in contagious diseases. Three leading chronic diseases exist today: heart disease, cancer, stroke, all account for 60% of all deaths in the us. Traditional view of illness: purely biological phenomenon produced by an infectious agent or some internal physical breakdown in the body. Leads to the development of a new speciality within psychology. Health psychology: concerned with how psychological factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Personas personality demeanour can influence his or her physical health. Personality: made up of unique grouping of behavioural traits that a person exhibits consistently across situations. Heart disease: leading cause of death in na. Accounts for nearly 27% of deaths in us each year. Results from reduction in blood flow through the coronary arteries. Coronary arteries supple heart with blood. Is about 90% of heart related deaths.

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