[PSYC 328] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (43 pages long)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 328
• Professor: barbelknauper-healthpsyc

Document Summary

Look at journals (cid:498)pain(cid:499) (cid:498)science(cid:499) (cid:498)nature(cid:499) (cid:498)pediatrics(cid:499) have high impact. )n health psych (cid:498)(ealth psychology(cid:499) lower impact factors because it"s a less. Look up high impact journal articles for research papers broad field (health psychologists try and publish in science) factors (get cited a lot) Contribution: highlights an issue, follow up design. Issues: could be cohort effect, effect of measurements, hard to generalize (depends on socioeconomic status etc. Movie 127 hours: what does it show health psychologists the power of effect on pain system shows impressive power of our mind on body) Clinical focuses on mental health and disease and health psychology psychological determinants on the body (determination/will power had huge focuses on how mental processes effect the body. Clients: often psychological problems for clinical and body (e. g. chronic pain) for health lack of negative state. W(o (cid:883)(cid:891)4(cid:890): (cid:498)a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity(cid:499) positive state not just.