Chapter 1 Intro to Health Psychology

Health psychology is a field of study devoted to understanding physiological influences on why people get ill, how the respond to ill, and why people stay healthy.

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Health is define a complete state of physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

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The above definition of health is compatible with definition by

• World Health Organization (1948)

• World Congress Organization (1948)

• World Bank Organization (1948)

The biomedical model emphasizes illness rather health than focusing on the behaviors that promotes health.

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The fundamental assumptions of the biopsychosocial model is that health and illness are consequences of dynamic interplay of biological, psychological and sociological

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What factors have fueled the growing field of health psychology?

• Expanding the field of healthcare.

• The biomedical model which has dominated field of medicine.

• Increase in the chronic and lifestyle related diseases.

Health psychologists perform variety tasks, including the development of worksite interventions related to the improvement of employee's health habit.

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• False

Acute disorders are

• short term illness

• results of bacterial invader.

• cannot be cured