PSY333H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neal E. Miller, Psychosomatic Medicine, Delayed Gratification
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Psychological causes: outlook on life, lifestyle, stress level, Sociological causes: nature of employment and social network. Health is best achieved through a partnership between medical and social science. Behavioural medicine: a branch of medicine concerned with the relationship between health and behaviour. The focus is usually on remediation. (integration of biomedical and behavioural approaches) Who promoted the notion that being healthy also means being able to enjoy a desired quality of life in terms of physical, mental, and social functioning. As healthy psychologists we need to restore the sense of someone"s quality of life (addressing fears, changing approach to life, develop conviction. Germ theory: the discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of a micro-organisms, such as bacteria. (1983 neal miller) Gradient of reinforcement: the gradual weakening of behaviour the further it gets in time from the reinforcement of the behaviour. (greater lag time between behaviour and reinforcement , the weaker the behaviour will be)
