PSYC 3110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: World Health Organization, Biopsychosocial Model, Pineal Gland
2 Oct 2018
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Renaissance: christendom, a shift in thinking has to do with christianity, there is a lot of supernatural thinking. Ignores mental health: assumes that every disease is cause biologically, neglects social and psychological aspects of individual, very disease oriented (illness over health, biopsychosocial model, health & illness arise from these three factors, biological, psychological, social. Social: viruses, bacteria, hormonal, cerebral lesions, genetics, class, ethnicity, education, employment, social support, behaviour beliefs, pain. Level 1: lifestyle factors (smoking, drinking, eating, sexual health) Level 4: socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental conditions: 5 characteristics, holistic (looks at the whole environment, concerned with all determinants. How should the practice of health psychology be understood: health is not settled- different approaches lead to different consequences. Individual thought is embedded in cultural context: every culture has their own way of thinking about health and illness. Name the two more serious, and rare cases of.
