PSY333H1 Lecture Notes - Good And Evil, Fetus, Tuberculosis

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7 Jun 2012
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Syllabus: recent news stories (peaks interest, a page deliver main message. Has to have a thesis/focus (bring points back to thesis: multiple choice, short answer, fill in the blanks. Short answer and fill in the blanks (lecture), multiple choice (textbook) What is health psychology: understanding psychological influences on: How they respond when they do get ill. In 1948, the w. h. o. defined health as a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Not only physical but can be a problem elsewhere (there is a mental aspect of being. Good relationships with others (social support, information that you are cared for and healthy) that you are important: four main points in health psychology, focus on health promotion and maintenance (study all the issues surrounding this) How to get children to develop good health habits (wash hands after washroom: prevention and treatment of illness (cutback bad habits)