Health Psychology

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Read the text in WhatsApp and answer the questions in next slides

​1. What does GAS stand for?

2. What are the stages the body passes through as it adapts to stress and what are they characterized by?

3. What is the incidence of CHD connected with?

4. What does psychoneuroimmunology study?

5. What sort of changes does stress cause in the immune system and how do these changes affect health?

6. What is post-traumatic stress disorder? What kinds of events are most likely to trigger this disorder?

Open Ended

Впишите свой ответ в свободной форме (не нажимайте Enter раньше времени)

​1. What does GAS stand for?

Open Ended

2. What are the stages the body passes through as it adapts to stress and what are they characterized by?

Open Ended

3. What is the incidence of CHD connected with?

Open Ended

4. What does psychoneuroimmunology study?

Open Ended

5. What sort of changes does stress cause in the immune system and how do these changes affect health?

Open Ended

6. What is post-traumatic stress disorder? What kinds of events are most likely to trigger this disorder?

Listening

​Listen to a part of a lecture about ways to cope with stress at college.
Tick those you hear (далее нужно будет ввести правильные цифры:
1. Give yourself a mental hug
2. Listen to your favorite music
3. Pay attention to what you eat
4. Go to the cinema for a change
5. Take exercise you like
6. Be prepared for rain
7. Believe in yourself
8. Plan things beforehand

Fill in the Blanks

Введите правильные цифры без пробелов и запятых

​1 Many colleges and universities provide stress-reduction workshops to help students manage their stress.

2 Students at the University of California at Los Angeles are taught to visualize themselves answering test questions with stress.

3 Students can learn techniques to manage college life pressures even without attending special programs.

4 Making a list of everything you have to do is not an effective technique.

5 Utilise all your available time to focus on high-priority tasks.

6 Making a list of everything you have to do increases the fear of forgetting important tasks.

7 It helps you concentrate on the most crucial tasks and avoid wasting time on less important ones.

​Are these statements True or False?

Multiple Choice

1

Many colleges and universities provide stress-reduction workshops to help students manage their stress.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2

Students at the University of California at Los Angeles are taught to visualize themselves answering test questions with stress.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3

Students can learn techniques to manage college life pressures even without attending special programs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

4

Making a list of everything you have to do is not an effective technique.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

5

Utilise all your available time to focus on high-priority tasks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

6 Making a list of everything you have to do increases the fear of forgetting important tasks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

7

It helps you concentrate on the most crucial tasks and avoid wasting time on less important ones.

• True

• False

HOMEWORK
Discuss the ways you personally use to cope with stress at university.
Share your ideas with the rest of the class.