[PSYC 3170] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (36 pages long)

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Health psychology devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when they do get ill. Health psychologists promote ways on how to get better when ill or how to stay healthy. For example smoking- why do people continue to do i even though they know it bad fort them. World health organization defines health as complete state of physical, mental and social wellbeing not merely absence of disease or infirmity . Health recognized to be an achievement involving balance among physical, mental and social well being. Health psychologists focus on maintenance and health promotion ex. Help children get good health habits, promote regular exercise, and design media campaigns to improve people"s diets. Health psychology concerned with health and illness across lifespan. They also study prevention and treatment of illness- how to manage stress, coping with a certain illness like cancer and how to follow treatment regimes.

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