PSYC 365 Chapter Notes -Psychosomatic Medicine, Canadian Psychological Association, Cancer

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 365
• Professor: David Cox

Document Summary

Psych 365- ch1: the development of the field. The development of health psychology as a discipline: neal miller"s 1983 article on behavioural medicine marks arrival of health psychology, the early stages of health psychology"s dev (applying behaviourism principles to health) Germ theory= based on discovery that many illnesses were caused by activity of mico-organisms (ie bacteria) These 2 resulted in changing profile of previously life threatening diseases (germs replaced by lifestyle as number one killer) and emphasis on technical aspects of medicine to replace consideration of emotional factors in health. Think: big problems of adherence to tx (non-compliance as identified by miller, gradient of reinforcement= lag time b/w behaviour and a reinforce; the greater the lag time the weaker the behaviour. Noncompliance b/c reinforcement for following medical regimen often delayed (ie exercise don"t suddenly get fit) Delayed gratification= to describe lag time b/w behaviour and reinforce: asymptomatic= conditions not accompanied by palpable symptoms/sensations.