Week 8: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Question 1

Explain the difference between Chronic and Acute Pain

Answer 1

Acute pain typically follows an injury and disappears once the injury is healed,

Chronic Pain is enduring and does not decrease over time, also has significant social and psychological factors

Question 2

What is behavioural medicine?

Answer 2

An interdisciplinary approach applying behavioural sciences to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems

Question 3

______________ is when someone has incapacitating exhaustion following only minimal exertion, accompanied by fever, headaches, muscle and joint pain, depression and anxiety

Answer 3

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

Question 4

What is general adaptation syndrome? (GAS)

Answer 4

The sequence of reactions to sustained stress.

The stages are; alamer, resistance, and exhaustion, which may lead to death.

Question 5

The subsdiscipline of Behavioural medicine is ____________ ___________. This studies psychological factors important in health promotion and maintenance

Answer 5

Health Psychology

Question 6

What is the purpose of the immune system?

Answer 6

To identiy and eliminate foreign materials

Question 7

Type A behaviour patterns include what types of behaviour?
VS
Type B behaviour patterns

Answer 7

TYPE A: Excessive competitiveness, time pressured impatience, accelerated speech, anger

TYPE B: Relaxed attitude, indifference to time pressure, less forceful ambition