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| Emphasizes psychology's role in establishing and maintaining health and preventing and treating illness |
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| Interdiscipilinary field that focuses on developing and integrating behavioral and biomedical knowledge to promote health and reduce illness. it overlaps with health psych |
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| Practices that have an impact on physical well being, such as adopting a healthy approach to stress, exercising, brushing teeth etc. |
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| Theory of Reasoned Action |
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| Model stating that effective change requires individuals to have specific intentions about their behaviors as well as positive attitudes about a new behavior |
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| Theory of Planned Behavior |
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| The same basic ideas of the theory of reasoned action BUT adds the person's perception of control over the outcome. |
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| Five step process by which individuals give up bad habits and adopt healthier lifestyles |
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| Return to former unhealthy patterns |
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| Implementation Intentions |
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| Specific strategies for dealing with the challenges of making a life change |
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| Information and feedback from others indicating that one is loved and cared for, esteemed and valued, and included in a network of communication and mutual obligation |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome GAS |
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| Common effects of stressful demands on the body, consisting of three stages 1 Alarm 2 Resistance 3 Exhaustion |
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| quality characterized by a sense of commitment rather than alienation. Of control rather than powerlessness, hardy people sees problems as challenges not threats |
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