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PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards

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Who are the ¨fathers¨ of the science of the mind?

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  • Sigmund Freud
  • Wilhelm Wundt
  • Ivan Pavlov
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What is psychology?

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the study of the mind and behavior

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what is a psychologist

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treats patient through psychotherapy, behavioral change, medical doctor, prescribing medication

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clinical psychologist

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different human performance aspects through a persons life, cultures, they use all that to promote their well-being & development

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what is cognitive psychology

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investigates internal mental processes

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developmental psychology

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  • all ages
  • overlaps w/different fields
  • studies the changes that happen in their life span because of their experiences
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evolutionary psychology

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  • human behavior
  • adapting
  • psychological adjustments during evolution
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forensic psychology

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psychology x criminal investigation x law

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health psychology?

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observes how behavior, biology, social illness & health

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neuropsychology

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structure & function of the brain through a psychological process & behaviors

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occupational

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organizational psychologists that help & make recommendations about people at work/training

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social psychology

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methods used for how social influences impact behavior

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cognitive

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1970s theorists believe that we take info & connect it to the ones that are already stored

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becoming a psychologist

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licensed practice w/a doctoral degree in field of psychology from a university, but different states have requirements

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neuroscience (def)

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the systemic study that studies the structure & function of the human brain & nervous system

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neuroscience (uses)

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  • chemistry
  • anatomy
  • biology
  • data
  • physiology
  • x-rays
  • experiments
    (uses the hard sciences to map the human brain & behavior)
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The Libet Experiment: The Unconscious

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the choice was already made by the brain before the person decided to
(brain before human)

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the history of the science of the mind and behavior: psychoanalytic theory & Sigmund freud

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Sigmund believed that mental health was as equal to physical health
(healing the mind = healed our body)

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Who was psychoanalysis founded by

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sigmund freud (1856 - 1930)

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what did freud believed with psychoanalysis

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people could be cured of psychological illness by making conscious their unconscious thoughts & motivations

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what is the aim of psychoanalysis

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this therapy is to release repressed emotions & experiences

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hysteria

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mostly said to women/diagnosed; medical psychiatric condition

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pseudoscience

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anything that pretends to be science but is no

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DSM

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States)

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ICD

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The International Classification of Diseases
(is designed to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification, and presentation of mortality statistics)

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defining hysteria

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behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess

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symptoms of hysteria

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  • paralysis
  • fainting
  • seizures
  • chronic pain
  • blindness
  • loss of sensation
  • hallucinations
  • amnesia
  • histrionic behavior
  • extreme emotions
  • outbursts
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diagnosis of hysteria

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dissociative or somatic disorder

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dissociative disorders

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a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity

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somatic symptom disorder

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diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems functioning

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what are freuds three levels of mind

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1) conscious

2) preconscious

3) unconscious

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what is the conscious mind

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the thoughts and feelings that a person is aware of having at any one time

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precociousness mind

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unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development

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unconscious mind

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a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness

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what are memories created & stored

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the process in which the mind interprets, stores, and retrieves information

The hippocampus, located in the brain’s temporal lobe

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the types of memories

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1) sensory memory

2) short-term memory

3) working memory

4) long-term memory

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psychological unconscious

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the complex of mental activities within an individual that proceed without his awareness

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freuds main ideas

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human behavior is influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges

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The mind has three components

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id, ego, and superego

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repression

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a kind of holding back or holding down

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identification

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the act of finding out who someone is or what something is

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displacement

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the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position

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displacement

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the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position

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projection

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an estimate of future possibilities based on a current trend

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what did the behaviorist believe

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human beings are shaped entirely by their external environment

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what did the behaviorist movement

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environmental stimuli and consequences shape behavior and that learning occurs through a process of operant conditioning.

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types of behaviorism

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methodological behaviorism & radical behaviorism

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types of behavioral learning

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classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning

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doctor freud vs. doctor skinner

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Skinner disagreed with Freud’s idea that childhood plays an important role in shaping our personality

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social health

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our ability to interact and form meaningful relationships with others

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communicable vs. non-communicable

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often transmitted from person to person vs. not typically spread from one person to another

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different schools of psychology

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  • Structuralism
  • functionalism
  • psychoanalysis
  • behaviorism
  • Gestalt
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hummanstic

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focuses on each individual’s potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization

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congnitive

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the branch of psychology dedicated to studying how people think

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Dr. Beck

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father of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and is one of the world’s leading researchers in psychopathology

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psychopathology

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the study of psychological and behavioral dysfunction occurring in mental illness or in social disorganization

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studying depression

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characterized by a low mood or loss of pleasure or interest in activities for long periods of time

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Dr. Becks goal

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to help his depressed patients identify their distorted thoughts about themselves, the world, and the future, along with their automatic thoughts, or surface-level cognitions

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CBT (what it is)

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a type of talking therapy

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CBT (goal)

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to replace dysfunctional constructs with more flexible and adaptive cognitions

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CBT Steps

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efforts to change thinking patterns

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negative psychology

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focuses on solving the problems of others

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positive psychology

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focuses on the positive experiences of others and learning from those experiences to nurture and enrich their lives further

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Christopher Peterson

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the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at all stops in between

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3 maxims

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1) Quality, to be truthful

2) Relation, to say only what is relevant to a conversation

3) Quantity, to provide as much information as required

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martin seligman & his 3 paths to happiness

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1) Pleasure and Gratification

2) Embodiment of Strengths and Virtues

3) Meaning and Purpose.

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what is mental health?

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well being in which the individual realizes their own abilities, cope w/ normal stresses of life, work productively, able to make a contribution to their community

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what is mental illness?

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a wide range of mental health conditions - disorders that affect your mood, thinking a behavior

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what is linguistic relativity?

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language shapes thought

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who created the sapin ~ whorf hypothesis?

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Edward Sapir & Benjamin Lee Whorf

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what does the sapin ~ whorf hypothesis state?

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the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought & behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken

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What are risk factors?

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any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury

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what are some adverse childhood experiences?

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  • growing up in addiction
  • poverty
  • close family passing away
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protective factors…?

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characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that reduce a risk factor’s impact

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what influences our understandings of “normal”?

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  • cultures
  • news & media
  • personal experiences
  • values & prejudices & medicine/science
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diagnosis vs. labels

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diagnosis is an approximation of understanding, which does not, in our current state of knowledge, fully describe the genetic, physiological, biochemical, environmental, and behavioral contributors to a disorder.

A label does not define a complex human being

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def. of the 4D’s?

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could be a valuable tool when assisting traits = mental illness/conditions

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the 4D’s in order?

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1) Deviance

2) Distress

3) Dysfunction

4) Danger

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what is Deviance?

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behaviors/thoughts that are different than society’s idea about proper

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what is Distress?

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behavior or emotion cause someone to feel uncomfy/emotionally hurt

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what is Dysfunction?

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behaviors interfere w/daily functioning (school/having healthy relationships)

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what is danger?

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behavior causing harm to individual or others

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types of mental illness:

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  • anxiety
  • mood disorders
  • personality disorders
  • psychotic disorders
  • substance abuse disorders
  • eating disorders
  • trauma related disorders
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what is health psychology?

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is the application of psychology theory & neuroscience to health, illness & healthcare

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what is health psychology often referred?

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behavioral medicine or medical psychology

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what are the two sub-fields of health psychology included?

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  • behavioral health focuses on prevention of health problems & illness
  • behavioral medicine focuses on treatment
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what are the goals of health?

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understanding behavioral & social factors for physical & mental illness

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what does the biopsychophysiology model view health behaviors & illness as products of what?

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1) biological characteristics (such as genes)

2) behavioral factors (lifestyles, stress, health beliefs)

3) social conditions (cultural influences, family relationships, social support)

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(biopsychophysiology model) getting them on medication…

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looking more at biology

90
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(biopsychophysiology model) getting them out of homelessness…

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looking more at social

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(biopsychophysiology model) mental well-being…

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looking more at psychology

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