 | Learning Objectives
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- Define health psychology and its centrally important concept of stress, including the biological and psychological costs of that stress.
- Describe and illustrate Selye's general adaptation syndrome.
- Identify the major categories of stressors and their consequences, including posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Discuss the concept of learned helplessness, how it develops, and its effect on behavior.
- Describe coping strategies, including social support and related strategies.
- Distinguish Type A and Type B personalities and the major health risks of Type A behavior, especially coronary heart disease.
- Discuss the role of health psychology in the treatment of cancer.
- Discuss the problem of smoking, how one becomes addicted, and how one attempts to quit.
- Outline and describe the various problems that hinder effective communication between the physician and the patient.
- Discuss the problems associated with patient compliance to physician's orders and the various ways to increase compliance.
- Contrast the effects of positively and negatively framed messages on compliance.
- Discuss the characteristics of happy people.
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