PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Genetic Predisposition, Biopsychosocial Model, Health Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Shayna Fox Lee

Document Summary

Health psychology field of study concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention and treatment of illnesses. Intro: genes can be turned on, experiences modify genetic expression, psychological (behavioral) factors, stress, coping tactic, personality, health related habit, reactions to illness, biological factors. Infectious agents: environmental toxins, genetic predisposition, physiological reactivity. Immune response: social system, social support, health education, pollution control, sanitation, medical care. Stress a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)u(cid:373)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es that th(cid:396)eate(cid:374) o(cid:396) a(cid:396)e pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed to th(cid:396)eate(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s (cid:449)ell-being and that thereby ta(cid:454) o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)opi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)ilities: cumulative, subjective. Individual differences in our appraisal of stressors: ex. Practicing deep breathing + using google maps for traffic. Link with anxiety and depression: stress responses, physiological, emotional and behavioral. Types of stressors: acute stressors threatening events that have a short duration and clear endpoint, chronic stressors threatening events with a long duration and no clear endpoint.