Health
contributed to the decline of infectious diseases that killed a lot of people in the 18th century
design in which convenience samples are selected and results are mainly correlational
What is quasi-experimental design?
responsible for the fight or flight response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
managing the discrepancy between demands and resources of a situation appraised as stressful – via thoughts and behaviours
What is coping?
you can find them helping patients manage their health problems by teaching psychological methods of intervention (e.g., controlling pain)
What is a Health Psychologist?
Focuses only on the physical and biological factors that lead to illness or disorder, without accounting for individual or environmental factors
What is the Biomedical model of health?
an approach that looks at how males and females differ in terms of biological functioning, health-related behaviors, social relationships, and risk for specific illnesses
(Biopsychosocial model of health)
according to Selye, this is the stage at which our body is now prepared for action
What is the alarm phase?
mental processes in which a person assesses a situation, evaluates how the event will affect them, interprets the various aspects of the event, and arrives at a response based on that interpretation
What are appraisals? or what is the appraisal model?
a state of complete physical, mental and social well‐being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is the definition of stress according to the WHO?
cancer, stroke, COPD, heart disease and accidents
What are leading causes of death in Canada?
increases the likelihood of electrical impulse being generated in a target neuron
What is an excitatory neurotransmitter?
fluctuation and accumulation of levels of hormones (epinephrine and cortisol); high blood pressure, and poor immune system function over time
What is allostatic load?
a person can make decisions and take effective action to produce desirable outcomes and avoid undesirable ones.
What is personal control?
characteristic or condition associated with the development of illness or injury
What is a risk factor?
•immediate pleasures of less healthful behavior
•remote negative consequences
•social pressures to engage in unhealthful practice
•strong habit of behavior (e.g., addiction or dependency)
•lack of awareness of dangers associated with less healthy behaviors or how to change behavior
•Inability to judge risk
What is the reason people engage in unhealthy behaviours?
tremors, stiffness, slowness, balance problems
what are symptoms of Parkinson's Disease?
It affects the body by increasing blood pressure, amount of lipids and clotting factors in the blood, increasing amout of corticosteroids in the body and dampens the immune response.
What is the indirect route of stress and illness?
social support affects health by protecting the person against the negative effects of high stress
What is the Buffering Hypothesis?
These help:
Assess overall health, Self evaluate health status, Determine how a disease affects a group, Analyze factors for disease, and Analyze treatment/intervention effectiveness
the positive state of physical, mental and social well-being that varies over time along a continuum; not simply the absence of illness and lifestyle contributes to the increase in wellness or illness
What is Antonovski's model of health?
main divisions are the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Increase in blood pressure for several weeks
What is hypertension?
the belief that we can succeed at a specific activity we want to do
What is self efficacy?
received and perceived comfort, caring, esteem, or help available to a person from other people or groups
What is social support?