Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Asthma, Seat Belt

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Health psychology: psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when they get ill. Health psychologists attempt to understand health-related behaviour and design interventions to help with bad habits. Who definition: complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. Wellness: refer to an optimum state of health. Ex/ teach good health habits to children, how to maintain regular exercise + create promotional material about health diets. All of these goals focus on understanding the behavioural factors involved in health and finding effective theory and methods to change behaviour. Referred to as modifiable factors: health behaviours can confer resilience or risk for the development of illness & help ppl maintain their health and manage disease. Represents: educational, scientific, professional contributions of psych. To the promotion and maintenance of health: prevention + treatment of illness. Identification of the causes and correlates of health and illness.