Psychology 2990A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Critical Period, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Fake News
5 Mar 2020
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Health psychology: observation that stresses of life can affect physical health, changing patterns of illness in n. america. Promotion vs prevention: promotion efforts made to encourage people to engage in healthy behaviours, prevention efforts to reduce probability of contracting illness, or reducing severity of illness. Changing health behaviour: theory of planned behaviour (fishbein & azjen, 1975) Certifications from reputable organizations: best predictors of person"s deliberate behaviours are, attitudes towards specific behaviours, perceived behavioural control. Subjective norms: transtheoretical (states of change) model. Maintenance: accounts for relapse, allows for interventions targeted to ppl in different stages. Psychology applied to understanding stress: theories of stress. Stress: negative feelings & beliefs that occur when people feel unable to cope with these events. Stressors: specific events or situations that may or may not threaten a person"s well-being: major life events (more stressful than minor annoyances, minor annoyances (more stressful than major events)
