PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Infor, Naturopathy, Menopause
22 Jan 2013
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1) individual differences in personality: hypochondriacs are the people who are preoccupied and worries that normal bodily symptoms are an illness. So they basically convert their distress into physical symptoms like back pain, joint pain, etc. women are not more likely than men to be hypochondriacs, but old people generally have these behaviours. Neuroticism is negative emotions, self consciousness, and one"s concern with their bodily pro- cesses. These people recognize their symptoms more quickly or they are simply more sensitive to nothing. Even people who have diagnosed illnesses report fewer or less seri- ous symptoms when they are in a positive mood. When attention is directed outwards, less symptoms are noticed, whereas when symptoms are directed inwards. 3) prior experience: people who have experiences with a medical condition estimate the preva- lence of their symptoms to be greater and regard the condition as less serious.
