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