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Chapter 12
Health Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/05/2014

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Term
Collaborative Care
Definition
Where physicians, psychologists, and other health care providers join forces to improve patient health care
Term
Sensitizers
Definition
Actively monitor the event and their reaction to it
Term
Repressors
Definition

Tend to ignore or deny health-related information 

Look at life through "colored glasses" 

Term
Illness Representations
Definition
  1. Identity 
  2. Causes
  3. Timeline
  4. Consequences
  5. Controllability 
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Comorbidity
Definition
Physical and psychological symptoms and disorders occuring simultaneously
Term
Delay Behavior
Definition
People who ignore their symptoms and do not seek medical help
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Hypochondriasis
Definition

False belief that they have a disease when they do not 

 

Neuroticism: Emotional unstability 

Term
Malingering
Definition
People who report imaginary symptoms faking illness
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Explanatory Style
Definition

Optimistic or Pessimistic

People with a more positive outlook on life generally report fewer symptoms. They also have a higher self-reported health (SRH) and consider themselves less vulnerable to future illness 

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