THEME 1: WHAT IS HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY?

Question 1

What is health (according to WHO)?

Answer 1

Complete: physical+mental+social wellbeing
Disease absence

Question 2

Define health psychology

Answer 2

Psychological and social factors study=enhance health+ prevent illnesses +evaluates health policies.

Question 3

What does a health psychologist do?

Answer 3

Promote illness intervention
Health promotion focus
Improve health care system
Study issues

Question 4

Describe the Mind-Body relationship.

Answer 4

Mind + Body unit
Disease= evil spirits

[Middle Ages]:
Mysticism= God’s punishment
Treatment=Torture body rid spirits+ prayer

[Renaissance]
Disregarded humoural theory
Medical focus=labs+ bodily factors
Instead: church

Question 5

What was Freud’s contribution?

Answer 5

Founder psychoanalysis
Work conversion hysteria
Unconscious conflicts= physical manifestations
Dream interpretation
The id, ego and superego

Question 6

What are the criticisms of the psychosomatic movement?

Answer 6

Formulated methodologies= no reflect scientific standards

Disease onset = factor interaction (genetic weakness) instead 1 personality type

Medical problem range restricted = sectioned disease caused psych

Question 7

Biophysical model

Answer 7

Illness= Bio+ social+ psychological factors
Macro+Micro process level
Mind+Body connected

Question 8

Biophysical model

Answer 8

Illness=chemical+physical factors
Mind+Body separate
Single factor model (illness=bio malfunction)

Question 9

Contrast the biopsychosocial model and biomedical health models.

Answer 9

Biopsy Biomed
Illness= all factors vs Illness= chem+ physical factors
Mind+Body connected vs Mind+Body separated

Question 10

Disadvantage of biomedical model

Answer 10

Disregard: social + psycho factors

Question 11

Advantages of biopsychosocial model

Answer 11

Micro+ macro level processes
Mind+ body connected
Bio+ social+ psycho factors=illness

Question 12

Explain the clinical implications of the biopsychosocial model

Answer 12

Diagnosis process= Bio+ psych +social factors: health assessment
Treatment recommendation examine all factors
Practitioner + patient explicit relationship

Question 13

Describe changing illness patterns

Answer 13

Acute-Chronic illnesses
Advances technology+research
Epidemiology impact

Question 14

What are acute disorders?

Answer 14

Curable short term medical illnesses: virus

Question 15

What are chronic illnesses?

Answer 15

Uncurable slow developing disease= live long time

Question 16

Describe the advances in technology and research

Answer 16

Identify disorder gene contribution
Identify deadly fetus diseases= abortion decision
Prong life treatment=compromise life quality

Question 17

Describe the role of epidemiology

Answer 17

View disease distribution
Study disease frequency
Observe disease cause

Question 18

What is meant by morbidity ?

Answer 18

No. disease cases at given time

Question 19

What is meant by mortality ?

Answer 19

No. deaths due causes

Question 20

Describe the role of health psychologists in the distribution of health care services.

Answer 20

Prevention= mod health behaviors b4 ill-reduce treatment cost

Patient satisfaction research= user friendly system

Large No. people variety jobs=direct healthcare contact

Question 21

Describe correlation studies

Answer 21

Measure: variable change=change another
Con: Impossible determine causality direction ambiguously
Pro: adaptable

Question 22

Describe experiments

Answer 22

2/more researcher created conditions=reaction measure
Random people assigned
Measure reactions
Cause-effect relationship

Question 23

Describe prospective designs

Answer 23

Look forward time + Predict how change
Understand risk factors=health conditions

Question 24

Describe theory

Answer 24

Analytic statements=phenomenia
Research guidlines
Specific predictions

Question 25

Describe retrospective research

Answer 25

Look back in time=reconstruct conditions led current situation

Question 26

Describe the research methodologies employed by health psychologist’s experiments.

Answer 26

Retrospective research
Experiments
Correlation studies
Prospective designs
Theory

Question 27

What are the different occupations that employ health psychologists.

Answer 27

Community Health advocate
Educator
Dietitans
Health researcher