chapter 1: what is health psychology? Flashcards
what is health psychology?
the study of how psychological influences contribute to health, illness, and reaction to illness
health psychology
holes in the skull treatment for illness caused by evil spirits
trephination
holes in the skull treatment for illness caused by evil spirits
trephination
greek theory that circulating fluids in the body are balanced in a state of wellness and illness comes from imbalances
four humours theory
humoral imbalances were also thought to be associated with ________
personality types
what are the four humours in the greek theory of illness?
black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm
what was the believed cause of illness in the middle ages?
god’s punishment
the concept that unconscious conflicts produce physical illness
conversion hysteria
the model comprising that illness can be caused by psychological distress
psychosomatic medicine
who shaped the model of psychosomatic medicine?
dunbar and alexander
model that focused on objective and clinically relevant interventions to demonstrate mind-body connection
behavioural medicine
the biomedical model’s view of health
default state
all levels of organization within an entity are linked to one another, and change in one level will result in change in the others
systems theory
short-term illnesses, viral or bacterial
acute disorders
study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of disease based on the physical/social environment
epidemiology
number of new cases or total number of cases
morbidity
number of deaths due to a particular cause
mortality
number of new cases of a disease
incidence
total number of cases of a disease
prevalence
