Introduction Flashcards
What is Efficacy?
Does an intervention work in ideal circumstances? Sometimes pilot studies, lab-based, internally valid
What is Effectiveness?
Does an intervention work in the real world? Often tested after efficacy has been established
What is Epidemiology?
The study of the frequency, distribution, and causes of diseases in a population
What is Clinical psychology?
It mainly is concerned with mental health (generally) and requires very specific training, certifications and licenses
What is Behavioural Psychology?
That we can change the ‘conditions’ surrounding the performance of a behaviour and the behaviour will change (classical behavourism: reward/punishment)
What is Cognitive Psychology?
What we believe (to be ‘true’) influences both our behaviour and our health - representation of ‘reality’ influence our behaviours
What is Social Psychology
How we interact with others influences our physiological processes, our behaviours, and our health
What is Health Psychology
The goals of health psychology are to promote health and prevent illness. The focus is to understand the causes and relationship between health, illness, and dysfunction. This is based on the biopsychosocial model
What are Beliefs?
Consequential thinking about the relationships between objects or events
What are Values?
Evaluative judgment
Health and illness are influenced by what factors? (3 points)
- Psychological factors
- Social factors
- Biological factors
Factors that can affect health directly… (2 points)
- Autonomic (e.g., changes in blood pressures)
- Hormonal (neuroendoctrine responses)
