PSYC 2301 Lecture 1: What is Health Psychology - Jul 4, 2016

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2301
• Professor: Tarry Ahuja

Document Summary

Devoted to understanding psychological & social influences on how ppl stay healthy. Why ppl become ill & how they respond when they do get ill. For ex. health psychologist interested in why ppl smoke, even though smokers know it"s harmful to their health. Four goals: health psychologists focus on, health promotion & maintenance. How to get children to develop good health habits. The mind-body relationship: a brief history (although western thought) Earliest time disease believed to be: evil spirits entering body. Greek civilization role of bodily functioning in health: result of imbalance of blood, black bile, yellow bile, & phlegm. Middle ages: god"s punishment for evil-doing. Psychoanalytic contributions: freud"s early work on conversion hysteria: Unconscious conflicts produce physical disturbances, such as glove anesthesia (sudden loss of speech, hearing, or sight), tremors, muscular paralysis, possible eating disorders: in converting conflict into physical, anxiety decreased.