January 2022

Health Psychology

Listed in: Psychology, as PSYC-247

Formerly listed as: PSYC-47

Faculty

Catherine A. Sanderson (Section 01J)

Description

The field of health psychology examines how psychosocial factors, including personality, social influences, and culture, influence physical health in a variety of ways. The three central issues that we will focus on in this course are the promotion and maintenance of health (e.g., how psychosocial factors influence health-promoting and health compromising behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol use, obesity, and disordered eating), the experience and development of pain and illness (e.g., how psychosocial factors influence pain, chronic illness, and life-threatening disease), and the treatment of illness (e.g., how psychosocial factors influence health care interactions, screening behavior, and adherence to medical regiments).

Requisite: PSYC 100 or consent of the instructor. Limited to 25 students. January term. Professor Sanderson.

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Attention to issues of race, health, class and sexuality. Attention to writing and research. Students with documented disabilities who will require accommodations in this course should be in consultation with Accessibility Services and reach out to the faculty member as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations can be made in a timely manner.
PSYC 247 - L/D

Section 01J
TBD - ONLI ONLI

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2018, January 2022, Spring 2022