Psychology of Health (PSY 2304)

Term: 2019-2020 Academic Year - Spring Semester

Faculty

Warren Roby
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM (1/20/2020 - 5/18/2020) Location: MAIN 10 007

Description

This course presents an overview of the basics of Psychology of Health. It will describe various methods for studying health, identifying how health beliefs/illness cognitions may predict behaviors, and understanding factors underlying health habits and lifestyles. It will focus on stress and various
health issues (e.g., smoking & alcohol use; eating, sleeping & exercise habits; pain, cancer, HIV, and coronary heart disease). Finally, gender and cultural
differences in health, such as common stressors and expressions of stress in Moroccan society will be addressed.