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Basic Health Psychology MCQs

Final  1. Health psychology: study of social (poverty), behavior (diet), cognitive (attitude, belief) and emotional (anxiety) factors that influence  maintenance of health development of illness and disease course of illness and disease patient's and family's response to illness and disease  4 division  6 elements Health: a complete state of physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity  Illness: symptom of something went wrong in the body Disease: underlying condition that give rise to illness  Mental health: absence of mental illness and the promotion of optimism, happiness, love and intimacy  Social health Health psychologist Clinical health psychologist https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/66183 Biopsychosocial model  Bio=genetics, viruses, bacteria, lesions, structural defects, gender  Cognition=belief, attitude (expectation of health) Emotions=feelings (fear) Behavior=adoption and maintenance ...