Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Coronary Circulation, Biopsychosocial Model, Health Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Sarah Babcock

Document Summary

Chronic diseases: conditions developing across many years. Leading chronic diseases are heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Contagious diseases: conditions caused by specific infectious agents. Biopsychosocial model: physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Traditionally, illness was thought of as purely biological, but new findings have proven other causes of illness. Physical factors infectious agents, environmental toxins, genetic predispositions, physiological reactivity, immune response. Psychological factors stress, coping tactics, personality, health-related habits, reactions to illness. Social factors social support, health education, pollution control, sanitation, medical care. Health psychology: concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Describe the type a personality and its link to hostility and heart disease. Coronary heart disease: reduction in blood flow through the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood.