health psychology

Question 1

what is health psychology

Answer 1

• bidirectional relationships between psychology (thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, motivations) and health
• psychological aspects of:
  1. how and why illness develops
  2. how to stay healthy
  3. impact of illness
  4. management of illness
  5. treatment of illness
• applied psychology
  1. touches on perception, social, personality, clinical, neuro, cognitive…

Question 2

pain pathway

Answer 2

• descartes, 1664
• source -> sensation -> signal travels through body -> to brain -> body reacts

Question 3

biomedical model

Answer 3

physical or biological causes and aspects of disease

Question 4

biopsychosocial model

Answer 4

biology
- genetics
- immune system
- endocrine system
- neurochemistry

psychology
- perception
- cognition, memory, attitudes
- emotions, appraisal
- coping styles

social
- social support
- family relationships
- culture
- socio-economic status