PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Aids, Body Mass Index, Adrenal Gland

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Psych 101 chapter 14 (health psychology) notes. Health psychologist studies both the positive and negative impacts that our behaviour and decisions have on our health and survival. Lifestyle factors leading causes of death in industrialized nations such as canada in modern times. Best evidence that viewing smoking in movies plays a causal (rather than correlational) role in influencing people"s perception of smoking and willingness to try smoking: Long-term trends that show that increased or decreased incidence of smoking by adolescents follows increases or decreases in rates of smoking in movies. Body mass index (bmi) statistic commonly used for estimating a healthy body weight given an individual"s height. < 18 = underweight (may be at risk of having an eating disorder) Set point a hypothesized mechanism that serves to maintain body weight around a physiologically programmed level. Both involve staring at bright rectangular screen.