Schedule
Mon-Wed, 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM (9/5/2012 - 12/3/2012) Location: QUIN PP 420
Mon-Wed, 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM (9/5/2012 - 11/30/2012) Location: QUIN PP 419
Description
This course is intended to introduce the student to the tenets of health psychology, including, but not necessarily limited to, a history of health psychology; models of health psychology; an examination of the basic principles and theories pertinent to this field including the prevention and modification of health compromising behaviors; as well as the influences of psychosocial factors on mental health (e.g. stress, depression), physical health (e.g. heart disease, chronic illness, pain) and health-related behaviors (e.g. substance use and abuse, aggression, sexual behavior). Prerequisites: PSY 101 or permission of the instructor.