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SPSC 2252
Contempary Health issues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Belief | Appraisal to between a relationship to an object,actions or idea |
| Attitude | Stabel set of beliefs, feelings behaviours in relation to someone |
| Theory of Reasoned action | Our intentions generate our BEHAVIOURS |
| Situtional Inducement | Using Situations to help control our behaviours |
| Complusion | Obsessive actions with a behaviour or substance and a overwhemling need to have it |
| Stress | Any physical or mental response to demands placed on us |
| Stressor | Physical social or mental event or condition that cause our bodys to adjust to it |
| Emotions | The "feeling" part in psychosocial health |
| Social bonds | being able to link to society |
| Anxiety disorders | feelings of threat and anxiety in coping with everyday problems |
| Phobia | Deep persistant fear of an object, activty or situation |
| Factors influencing behaviour | Predisposing,Enabling,Reinforceing |
| Spontaneous Remission | Dissapreance of a symptons without any treatment |
| Relative Risk | risk of developing a disease when exposed to something to the risk of not getting it when not exposed. |
| What does it take to be Psychologically healthy | -Ability to adapt to social situations-Be likeable friendly-open to new things-maintain social control-self control, needs to achieve |
| Prochaskas stages | PrecontemplationContemplationPrepartionActionMaintenanceTermination |
| Psychoneuroimmunology | science of interactions between mind/body |
| What System is responsible for stress arousal | Sympathetic nervous system |
| Adrenocorticotrophic horomone (ACTH) | stimulates the adrenal glands to secrete cortisol |