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