Health Psych Exam 3

three main stages of illness behavior

1. recognition

2. seeking treatment

3. treatment adherence

role of acculturation in health behaviors

ethnic identity plays an important role in use of mental health resources; acculturation is sometimes linked to more negative health behaviors

illness representations

all thoughts or cognitions about the subjective experience of an illness

commonsense model of illness behavior

parallel processing Model

two fundamental elements of commonsense model

illness perception questionnaire and its purpose

confirmation bias

illusory correlation

attributions vs misattributions

self-fulfilling prophecy

personality traits correlated with symptoms and seeking care

behavioral involvement vs. information involvement

private body consciousness

Kleinman’s exploratory model

lay sector

folk sector

professional sector

role of culture in seeking treatment

lay-referral network

appraisal delay

illness delay

use delay

5 triggers that increase likelihood of seeking treatment

adherence

creative nonadherence

active-passive model of patient-provider intereactions

guidance-cooperation model of patient-provider interactions

mutual cooperation model of patient-provider interactions

consequences of stereotyping in health care

cultural awareness

cultural sensitivity

cultural competency

nociception

gender differences in pain experiences

ethnic differences in pain experience

acute pain

chronic pain

chronic malignant pain

psychogenic pain

neuropathic pain

somatic pain

transduction

transmission

modulation

perception

reasons measuring objectively is difficult

cognitive-behavioral model of pain

diathesis-stress model of pain

A fibers vs. C fibers

pain threshold vs. pain tolerance

stress-induced analgesia

psychological treatments for pain