Health Psychology Test 1

considers disease as result from exposure to a specific pathogen

any disease causing organism

approach to health that includes biological, psychological, & social influences

relates to health enhancement, disease prevention, & rehab. contributes to behavioral medicine & health

inactive substance or condition has appearance of active treatment& may cause improvement or chng cuz of ppl's belief in placebo's efficacy

adverse effects of a placebo

neither patients nor Dr.'s know who gets treatment or who placebo

providers know who gets placebo, but not patients

any positive or neg relationship tween 2 variables. NOT CAUSAL

subjects at dif ages studied @ 1 pt in time. NOT CAUSAL

one group of subjects studied over time. NOT CAUSAL

values of independent variable are not manipulated but selected by experimenter after groups naturally divide

variable chosen by researcher to provide lvls of comparison for groups of subjects

branch of med investigates various factors that contribute to either positive health or freq & distr of a disease or disorder

any characteristic or condition that occurs in greater freq in ppl w/ disease that ppl w/o disease

proportion of pop that has a disease/disorder @ specific time

measure of freq of new cases of disease/disorder during specific period of time

look @ & analyze occurence of specific disease in a given pop. NOT CAUSAL

longitudinal studies that begin w/ disease-free group & follow the occurence of disease in that pop/sample

longitudinal studies that look back @ the history of a pop/sample

retrospective epidemiological study in which ppl affected by a given disease (cases) are compared to others not affected (control)

randomized controlled trial, researchers randomly assign participants to study group or control group, making both groups equal on pertinent factors except the variable being studies. CAUSAL

tests effects of medical treatment, many are randomized, controlled trials

independent variable can be selected, but not manipulated. NOT CAUSAL

stat tech for combining results of several studies when they have similar variables

person's chance of developing disease/disorder independent of any risk others may have for that disease/disorder

person's risk for a disease/disorder compared to risk of others who don't share a similar condition or lifestyle

direct, consistent relationship tween ind. variable (such as behavior) and dependent variable (such as disease)

set of related assumptions from which testable hypoth can be drawn

set of related principles or hypoth constructed to explain significant relationship among concepts or observations

extent to which a test or other measuring instrument yields consistent results

accuracy; extent measuring instrument measures what it's supposed to

belief that one is capable of performing behaviors that'll produce desired outcomes

belief that others, but not oneself, will develop disease, have accident, or other neg effects

activities undertaken by ppl who feel ill & wish to discover their state of health, as well as suitable remedies

activities undertaken by ppl who've been diagnosed sick & are directed to get well

adding positive valued stimulus to a situatio, str behavior

removing negative valued stimulus

presentation of aversive stimulus or removal of positive one (sometimes weakens response)

includes environ, behavior, & person as mutually interacting factors

patients ability to follow recommended health practices

theraputic approach that originated w/in substance abuse treatment that attempts to chng client's motivation & prepares them to chng behavior