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