Relacionar Columnas PSYC 365 Ch 1 VocabVersión en línea Ch 1 Vocab por Spencer Leon 1 Response efficacy belief 2 Gradient of Reinforcement 3 Immunocompetence 4 Perceived control 5 Monitors 6 Health Psychology 7 Type A 8 Blunters 9 Subjective norms 10 Malignant neoplasms 11 Health belief 12 Psychoneuroimmunology 13 Germ Theory 14 Cost-gain belief 15 Biopsychosocial approach Cancerous growths that may be treated by radiation and chemical therapy Information avoiders Extent to which our immune system is functioning properly to ward off microorganisms A model that suggests that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state of health or illness A pattern often found in cardiac patients characterized by time urgency, achievement orientation, and hostility. Discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of microorganisms, such as bacteria The study of the relationship between psychological states and the functioning of the immune system. Information seekers Miller's explanation of the gradual weakening of a behaviour the further it gets in time from the reinforcement of that behaviour. Perception that a threat-reducing strategy will work Assessment of the costs associated with a course of action compared to the benefit of the individual's health Belief that a specific behaviour is within one's control Beliefs regarding what others think we should do and the extent to which we are motivated to go along with these people Compilation of all that psychology has to offer to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as well as to people’s attempts to maintain health and well-being Something we believe to be true concerning our health