PSYC 3110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Health Belief Model, Lifestyle Food, Social Cognitive Theory
5 Apr 2015
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Galen (early roman): felt that health was obtained when there was a balance between black/yellow bile, phlegm and blood. Who defines health: the state of complete physical, social & spiritual well-being. Textbook defines health: a state of well-0being with physical, cultural, psychosocial, economic and spiritual aspects. The foundations theory of health promotion: a person"s health is the same as the state of their conditions which fulfil/enable a person to work at their chosen & biological potentials. Health psychology is currently structured based on the ideology of individualism, should be more communitarian. The vast majority, if not all of the leading causes of death are preventable/behavioural. Human science: a more qualitative science less interested in causality and more so correlation. Body separate from psychological and social processes of the mind. All diseases can be explained by disturbances, lesions, etc. Development of physical treatments (meds, vaccines, surgery) Biomedical model: the dominant way to classify health & illness worldwide.
