PSY 3206: Health Psychology Fall 2014 M W 1:00 – 2:15 PM Fraser Hall 102 Instructor Heather Scherschel scher331@umn.edu Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm Elliott N329 or Elliott N306 TA Mary Panos panos006@umn.edu Wednesdays 8:30-9:30am Elliott N331 TA Lisa Auster-Gussman auste010@umn.edu Mondays Elliott N331 11:00am-12pm TA Richard LeDonne ledon004@umn.edu Wednesdays Elliott N317 12:00-1:00pm Course Overview: This course is designed to give you a broad overview of the field of health psychology. Health psychology is a young and exciting field of study that examines the bi-directional relationship between psychology and health. We will try to answer such questions as: Are certain personality types more likely to get sick, or to get certain illnesses? What does stress do to your health? What psychological and social factors cause people to behave in unhealthy ways? What helps people adjust to illness? Does having a lot of friends affect your health? What can psychologists do to help cure illness? Who is healthier, men or women? Are there ethnic variations in health? How can we help people who are in pain without getting them addicted to pain-killers? Does it matter how your doctor talks to you? Does being bereaved make you ill? Does dieting work? Can a sugar pill cure back pain? Readings: Course readings are online on moodle (https://moodle2.umn.edu/). They are free. There are no books. iClicker2: You do have to buy an iclicker2 though, and it can be purchased at the campus bookstore. The iclicker2 is also available on the iclicker website (http://www.iclicker.com/purchase/). Please be sure to buy the iclicker2, and not the older iclicker. There will be no other expenses for this course. Your iclicker2 can be used for all classes that require an iclicker, even if they require an iclicker1. iClicker2 Registration: You must register your iclicker2 online. You will do that through our class moodle page. Bring your iClicker to class every day. Starting Monday September 8th, every day of class (except review days and days with exams/final) there will be an opportunity to get one point just for being present. The number of questions per day are listed below on the class schedule. Grading: Grades will be based on two exams, a cumulative final exam, and in-class quizzes/attendance questions using the iClicker2. The exams and final will be based only on lecture material. The quizzes will be based only on the readings. The dates for the exams, quizzes, and final exam are on the class schedule in this syllabus. Lectures: You are responsible for learning the lecture material covered every day of class, whether you are present or not. If you miss a lecture for any reason, including illness, ask one of your classmates for a copy of their notes. Do not ask the instructor or TAs to repeat or summarize the lecture or for their notes. 2 Your grade will be calculated out of 400 points, although 418 are possible. Percent of Total Points Quizzes/ Attendance 25% 100 12 Exam 1 25% 100 2 Exam 2 25% Final (Cumulative) 25% Total 100% 100 100 400 To get this grade: You need this many points: A (94%) 376 A- (90%) 360 B+ (87%) 348 B (84%) 336 B- (80%) 320 C+ (77%) 308 C (74%) 296 C- (70%) 280 D (60%) 240 F (<60%) <240 Free Points 2 2 18 Quizzes/Attendance: You will receive 1 point for attendance and 1 point for every question answered correctly. I know that life happens and that you cannot be expected to be in class every day. Therefore, I am giving you 12 free points toward your quizzes/attendance score. That lets you miss about three days of class and the quizzes on those days without dipping into the 100 points for quizzes/attendance that factor into your score. Because of these free points, we will never allow “makeup” quizzes or makeup attendance points. Do not ask for these. Do not tell us the life circumstance that caused you – through no fault of your own – to miss class one day (or even four days). It doesn’t matter. You have those free points for just that reason. And if you miss more than four days? Well, you will have to start dipping into the 100 points. Tests: There are always test questions that you misinterpret in a quirky way. If these were the same for everyone we could (and do) dump them from the tests. But they are not the same for everyone. Therefore, we are giving you two free points for each exam and the final. These points will cover one such question on each test. Because of this, we will never be talked out of any answer that we deem correct on any test. Do not try to do this. Do not tell us the crazy way you turned the question all around and got it wrong even though you know that concept perfectly. It doesn’t matter. You have those free points for just that reason. And if you do that more than once per test? Well, you will start dipping into the 100 points for that test. It is your responsibility to make sure you are in class for the exams and quizzes. If you do not show up for the exams or quizzes you will receive zeros on them. There are no exceptions. Do not ask the instructor for special grade cutoffs, adjustments, or extra credit opportunities that are not listed in this syllabus. There will be none. Academic Honesty You are required to behave according to the University Student Conduct Code, which you should read online at: www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Student_Conduct_Code.html Your entire grade in this course comes from in-class tests/quizzes/attendance clicks. Not only must you not cheat on these tests, it is important for you to also make sure that you do not appear to be cheating or making it possible for others to cheat off of you. This means that you should generally keep your head down and cover your answer sheet with your arms while taking tests. While answering clicker questions, you should be absolutely silent, and you should cover the buttons and screen as you click so that your neighbors cannot see them. If you are ever caught with two clickers in class, both you and the owner of the second clicker will be given a zero for the entire clicker component of the course (all 112 possible points will be changed to zero). Readings 1. Kolata, G. (2008). Searching for clarity: A primer on medical studies. The New York Times, Sept 30. 2. Hafner, K. (2010). Think the answer's clear? Look again. New york times, Aug 30. 3. Patel, C. (2012). Job Stress Linked to Increased Heart-Attack Risk. abc News.com, Sept 13. 4. Kolata, G. (2005). Is there a link between stress and cancer? New York Times, Nov 29. 5. Albin, S. (2012). 7 ways dogs can help your health. abcNews.com, Jun 19 6. Kemeny, M., et al. (1995). Immune system changes after the death of a partner in HIVPositive Gay Men. Psychosomatic Medicine, 57, 547-554. 7. O’Rourke, M. (2010). Good grief: Is there a better way to be bereaved? The New Yorker, Feb 1. 8. Couzin, J. (2009). Friendship as a health factor. Science, 323, Jan 23 9. Kolata, G. (2011). Catching obesity from friends may not be so easy. The New York Times, Aug 8. 10. Carey, B. (2011). On road to recovery, past adversity provides a map. The New York Times, Jan 3. 11. Parker-Pope, T. (2010). Is marriage good for your health? The New York Times Magazine, Apr 14. 12. Wallace, A. (2009). An epidemic of fear: How panicked parents skipping shots endangers us all. Wired, Oct 19 13. Dubner, S., & Levitt, S. (2006). Selling Soap. New York Times Magazine, Sep 24. 14. Murnaghan, D. A. et al., (2010). Predictors of physical activity, healthy eating and being smoke-free in teens: A theory of planned behavior approach. Psychology & Health, 28(8), 925-941. 15. Webb, T. L. & Sheeran, P. (2006). Does changing behavioral intentions engender behavior change? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 249-268. 16. Herzog, T. A. (2008). Analyzing the transtheoretical model using the framework of Weinstein, Rothman, and Sutton (1998): The example of smoking cessation. Health Psychology, 27(5), 548-556. 17. Harmon, A. (2007). Facing life with a lethal gene. New York Times, Mar 18. 18. Burton, R. (2008). Why placebo is not a dirty word. Salon.com, Aug 1. 19. Silberman, S. (2009). Placebos are getting more effective. Drugmakers are desperate to know why. Wired.com. Aug 24. 20. Thernstrom, M. (2001). Pain, the disease. The New York Times, Dec 16. 4 21. Brody, J. (2014). The Perils of Toughing it Out. The New York Times. Mar 3. 22. Legato, M. (2006). The Weaker Sex. New York Times, June 17. 23. O’Brien, K. M. (2012). Healthy, wealthy, wise? Psychosocial factors influencing the socioeconomic status-health gradient. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(8). 1142-1151. 24. Friedman, R. (2007). Yet another worry for those who believe the glass is half-empty. New York Times, Jan 9 25. English, T. & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Will interventions targeting conscientiousness improve aging outcomes? Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1478-1481. 26. Wansink, B. (2010). From mindless eating to mindlessly eating better. Physiology & Behavior, 100, 454-463. 27. Kolbert, E. (2009). Why are we so fat? The New Yorker, July 20. 28. Salmon, et al. (2014). Health on impulse. When low self-control promotes healthy food choices. Health Psychology, 33(2), 103-109. 29. Tomiyama, J., Mann, T., & Alhstrom, B. (2012). Is dieting worth the trouble? Huffington Post. Dec 7. 30. Werle, C.O.C., Wansink, B., & Payne, C. R. (2011). Just thinking about exercise makes me serve more food. Physical activity and calorie compensation. Appetite, 56, 332-335. 31. Mast, M. S. (2007). On the importance of nonverbal communication in the physicianpatient interaction. Patient Education and Counseling, 67, 315-318. 32. Groopman, J. (2007). What's the trouble? How doctors think. The New Yorker, Jan 29. 33. Weiner, S. (2008). The how of happiness. Good Housekeeping. Dec 3. Class Schedule Date Topic Wed Sept 3 Mon Sept 8 Wed Sept 10 Mon Sept 15 Wed Sept 17 Mon Sept 22 Wed Sept 24 Mon Sept 29 Wed Oct 1 Mon Oct 6 Wed Oct 8 Mon Oct 13 Wed Oct 15 Mon Oct 20 Wed Oct 22 Mon Oct 27 Wed Oct 29 Mon Nov 3 Wed Nov 5 Mon Nov 10 Wed Nov 12 Mon Nov 17 Wed Nov 19 Mon Nov 24 Wed Nov 26 Mon Dec 1 Wed Dec 3 Mon Dec 8 Wed Dec 10 Sat Dec 13 Introduction/Methods Biopsychosocial Model Stress History Stress and Health Psychoneuroimmunology Bereavement Coping and Social Support Close Relationships Review for Exam 1 (and catch-up) Exam 1 Health Communications Health Behav Change 1: History Health Behav Change 2: Models/Interventions Adjustment to Illness Placebos Pain Age, Gender, and Health Culture and Health Personality and Health Review for Exam 2 (and catch-up) Exam 2 Eating Eating/Diet and Exercise Diet and Exercise No Class Medical Systems (Film) Doctor-Patient Communication Happiness Review for Final (and catch-up) Cumulative Final Exam 10:30am-12:30pm Readings to be quizzed on that day (number of questions on that day) 1, 2 (4) 3, 4, 5 (6) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8, 9 (4) 10, 11 (5) 12 (3) 13, 14 (6) 15, 16 (6) 17 (3) 18, 19 (4) 20, 21 (5) 22 (3) 23 (3) 24, 25 (4) 26, 27 (4) 28, 29 (5) 30 (2) 31, 32 (4) 33 (2)