Key Terms
Social Readjustment Scale
Important Statistics
Psychobiological interactions
Biopsychosocial vs. Biomedical
100
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is "Health"
100
which life event is ranked higher as a stressor on the social readjustment scale? Death of a spouse or Christmas
What is Death of a spouse
100
4.9 million people die as a result of...
What is Tobacco use
100
stress has been studied the most widely in this context.
What is Emotion
100
Assumes disease to be fully explained by deviations from the norm of biological (somatic) variables.
What is Biomedical Model of Health
200
a disease that is serious enough to be incapacitating and therefore undesirable for the bearer
What is Illness
200
which is higher (more stressful) on the social readjustment scale? Divorce or a change in eating habits?
What is Divorce
200
2.6 million people die as a result of...
What is Being Overweight
200
appraisals, illness representations, beliefs, expectations, attributions
What is Cognition
200
The recognition that health is the result of a combination of biological, social, and psychological.
What is Biopsychosocial Model of Health
300
physical disorders caused or aggravated by psychological factors, mental disorders caused or aggravated by physical factors. "The branch of medicine concerned with mind-body relations"
What is Psychosomatic
300
which one is higher on the social readjustment scale (more stressful)? Retirement or a vacation?
What is Retirement
300
4.4 million people die as a result of...
What is Raised Total Cholesterol
300
alterations in neurochemistry,neurophysiology, all major physiological regulatory systems
What is Biological Alteration
300
This model focuses on medical responses to biological alterations; such as the development of drugs and vaccines.
What is the biomedical model of health
400
an associative learning process in which the subject is presented with a stimulus that reliably elicits a naturally occurring reaction.
What is Classical Conditioning
400
which one is higher on the social readjustment scale? Pregnancy or trouble with your boss?
What is Pregnancy
400
7.1 million people die as a result of...
What is Raised Blood Pressure
400
strategies selected and expected results of these strategies. for example engaing in health-damaging behaviors such as smoking, drugs, alcohol
What is Coping/Adaptation
400
The health model proposes a holistic approach to illness. where the physician is to understand the human experience of illness from the perspective of the patient
What is the biopsyhcosocial model of health
500
individuals who experience many stressful events without ill effects
What is Hardiness
500
Which one is less stressful? Trouble with in-laws or fired from work?
What is Trouble with in-laws
500
Of the important statistics listed in the powerpoint which is the most prevalent? (largest number)
What is Raised Blood Pressure (7.1 million)
500
multitude of outcomes, such as anxiety disorders, depression, infectious illness...
What is Health
500
This model is particularly important for treatment of chronic illness since responsibility for day-to-day management of the condition tends to lie largely in the hands of the patient.
What is the biopsychosocial model of health
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