unit one vocab | health pysch

chapters one, two, four, and five for health psychology

behavioral medicine

field of medicine that focuses on psychological, sociological, and biological views on health and illness

biomedical approach

views health as the state in which disease is absent

biopsychosocial approach

focuses on biology or physiology underlying health; the psychology or thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influencing health; and the ways that society and culture influence health

culture

dynamic, yet stable set of geoals, beliefs, and attitudes shared by a group of people. also includes similar physical characteristics (skin color), psychological characteristics (levels of hostility), and common superficial features (hairstyle and clothing)

epidemiology

studies the frequency, distribution, and causes of different diseases with an emphasis on the role of the physical and social environment

health

state of complete, mental, and social well-being. the health belief model is a major theory of health behavior that suggests that our beliefs relating to the effectiveness, ease, and consequences of doing (or not doing) a certain behavior will determine whether we do (or not do) that behavior

health psychology

focuses on how biological, psychological, and society factors can influence how we stay healthy, why we got sick, and how we cope best and recover from illness

morbidity

number of cases of a disease that exist at a given point in time

mortality

the number of deaths related to a specific cause

socioeconomic status (SES)

measure of an individual, family, or group’s relative economic and social level most commonly measured by income and education level

traditional chinese medicine (TCM)

holistic system of medicine and approach to health and healing originating in china approximately 4000 years ago. major treatments include acupuncture and the use of herbs