Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
This unit is expiring
The expiry date of this unit is 31/07/2029.
Graded
Know the role of psychology in health.
Discuss a range of definitions of health.
Discuss a range of current perspectives in health psychology.
Compare and contrast research methods used in health psychology.
Be able to analyse the causes and consequences of stress including means of controlling/coping with stress.
Discuss the various physiological mechanisms underlying stress.
Evaluate research in relation to sources of stress.
Analyse how stress affects health.
Evaluate treatments and methods of coping with stress.
Understand the role of social and emotional experiences in health psychology.
Explain how social and emotional experiences impact on health psychology.
E.g., Could reference pain management.
Be able to analyse patient/practitioner interactions and patient's compliance with medical advice.
Discuss the behaviour and style adopted by both patient and practitioner and their effect upon interactions.
Analyse reasons why people do not always adhere to medical advice.
Discuss research into ways of improving:
a) patients' understanding and
b) patients' satisfaction in medical consultations.