PSYC 365 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Health psychology
Psychological principles applied to understand and improve health/healthcare
Behavioural medicine
Branch of medicine concerned with relationship between health and behaviour
Behaviourism (N. Miller)
Traced development of biomedical perspective on illness to germ theory
What can explain medical non-compliance? (2)
1) Gradient of reinforcement 2) Delayed gratification
Cognition and Personality (Krantz et al., 1985)
- Reviewed personality/cognitive factors in health
- Stress and cognitive restructuring
- Psychology of smoking (cardiovascular health+behaviour)
- Eating disorder- biopsychosocial approach
- Adherance- patient physician communication
Coping Styles (Rodin+Salovey, 1989)
- Focus on how people cope with all aspects of illness
- Coping styles (1) monitors (2) blunters
Monitors vs. blunters
, Monitors: Info seekers
Blunters: Info avoiders
Psychoimmunology (PNI)
Study of the relationship between psychological state and immune system functioning
Studies by Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 1987 (2)
- Marital conflict
- Caregiver burnout in Alzheimer's
Focus of psychologists- Preventing diseases through lifestyle changes (2)
1) Learning new behaviours and unlearning new ones
2) Believing one is capable of changing
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
- Encompasses 3 major perspectives: Biological, psychological, sociological
- Clear communication among health care practitioners
- Expectation to understand and share all aspects affecting health and healthcare
What are the 7 theories in health psychology?
1) Health belief model (HBM)
2) Theory of reasoned action
3) Theory of planned behaviour
4) Integrative model of behavioural prediction
5) Common sense model
6) Behavioural enaction models
7) Multi-stage models
What are the two types of behavioural enaction models?
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Health psychology
Psychological principles applied to understand and improve health/healthcare
Behavioural medicine
Branch of medicine concerned with relationship between health and behaviour
Behaviourism (N. Miller)
Traced development of biomedical perspective on illness to germ theory
What can explain medical non-compliance? (2)
1) Gradient of reinforcement 2) Delayed gratification
Cognition and Personality (Krantz et al., 1985)
- Reviewed personality/cognitive factors in health
- Stress and cognitive restructuring
- Psychology of smoking (cardiovascular health+behaviour)
- Eating disorder- biopsychosocial approach
- Adherance- patient physician communication
Coping Styles (Rodin+Salovey, 1989)
- Focus on how people cope with all aspects of illness
- Coping styles (1) monitors (2) blunters
Monitors vs. blunters
, Monitors: Info seekers
Blunters: Info avoiders
Psychoimmunology (PNI)
Study of the relationship between psychological state and immune system functioning
Studies by Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 1987 (2)
- Marital conflict
- Caregiver burnout in Alzheimer's
Focus of psychologists- Preventing diseases through lifestyle changes (2)
1) Learning new behaviours and unlearning new ones
2) Believing one is capable of changing
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
- Encompasses 3 major perspectives: Biological, psychological, sociological
- Clear communication among health care practitioners
- Expectation to understand and share all aspects affecting health and healthcare
What are the 7 theories in health psychology?
1) Health belief model (HBM)
2) Theory of reasoned action
3) Theory of planned behaviour
4) Integrative model of behavioural prediction
5) Common sense model
6) Behavioural enaction models
7) Multi-stage models
What are the two types of behavioural enaction models?
