Health Psychology: Straub Chapter 1
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1. What is the fundamental theme of health psychology?
2. health psychology is a subfield of psychology that ______
3. Health is defined as a state of complete ____.
4. For each of the following time periods, briefly (i.e. in one sentence or less) describe
how people viewed the cause(s) of illness:
prehistoric period
ancient Egypt:
ancient China
ancient Greece
ancient Rome
middle ages
Renaissance
1800s
1920s
Twenty-first century
5. ____ proposed the first rational explanation of why people get sick. According to
his humoral theory, a healthy body and mind resulted from equilibrium among
________.
6. ____ is the oldest known medical system in the world, originating in India around
the 6th century BC. It is based on the belief that the human body represents _____,
and the key to health is maintaining a balance between ___.
7. The viewpoint based on the doctrine that humans have two natures, mental and
physical, is called _________
8. Descartes and other great thinkers of the renaissance, attempted to dispel
superstitions of illness by rejecting the notion that ____
9. The ______ model of health maintains that ____. This belief first became widely
accepted in the 19th century and represents the dominant view in medicine today.
10. Briefly, what are the three distinguishing features of the biomedical model?
11. Psychosomatic medicine focused on physical diseases that were caused by_____.
12. Briefly, what are the 2 reasons for the failure of psychosomatic medicine?
13. Define behavioral medicine
14. Briefly, what are the 4 goals of health psychology?
15. What were the 4 trends that shaped health psychology?
16. According to the biopsychosocial perspective, all health behaviors are best explained
in terms of three contexts. What are they?
17. According to the systems theory of behavior, health is best understood as _____
18. What crucial point does systems theory emphasize, as applied to health?
19. What are the top three venues (percentage-wise) where health psychologists work?
20. Many students who wish to pursue a career in health psychology begin with _____
at the undergraduate level. Most health psychologists eventually obtain a ___