Health Psychology - Basic Psychology - Assingment, Exercises of Introduction to Psychology

Download Health Psychology - Basic Psychology - Assingment and more Exercises Introduction to Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Health Psychology General Psychology 1) What is health psychology? What do health psychologists study? What is the biopsychosocial model illness? 2) How have the leading causes of death changed from the 1900s to the 2000s? 3) What are the two models discussed in class that help us understand how people can change their health-related behaviors? How can we use these models to get people to change their behavior? 4) How can our social relationships help us when it comes to being healthy and stress-free? Be specific. Are there negative aspects of social relationships? 5) How does religious faith relate to health and healthy behaviors? 6) Is personality related to health? What specific personality traits or types have been associated with health? How does personality type relate to the risk for coronary heart disease? Cancer? 7) What is stress? What is appraisal and why is it important? 8) What are some of the characteristics of events that make them stressful? What are major life events and hassles? How do they relate to stress? What is the difference between acute and chronic stressors? 9) Describe and explain the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome. How does stress impact the immune system? 10) What is coping? What is problem-focused coping? In what type of situation is problem-focused coping most helpful? What is emotion-focused coping? In what type of situation is emotion-focused coping most helpful? 11) Review and answer the questions on the worksheet for the National Geographic film Stress: Portrait of a Killer. Docsity.com