PSY4801 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2334801 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Students will acquire knowledge and appreciation of biopsychosocial and behavioral factors associated with health, wellness and illness.
- Students will be encouraged to develop skills and behavioral strategies for lifestyle change and to promote health and wellness.
- Students will recognize the importance of assuming responsibility for making significant choices that enhance quality of life and personal contribution to society.
Course Content
This course is designed to explore the biopsychosocial factors associated with health and wellness. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with behavioral changes that facilitate the acquisition and maintenance of health, primary and secondary prevention, and the role of psychosocial factors such as stress in the development of illness. Multicultural aspects of health behavior will be examined throughout the course.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. a. Identify the precursors of the development of health psychology field
b. Identify individuals important in the field of health psychology and their contributions
2. a. Identify major concepts and theoretical models
b. Discusses enduring issues in health psychology, such as the definition of health
c. Thinks more critically about the causes of health and illness