How do psychological factors influence a person’s health?
Ans: Psychological factors influence not just the experience of health and illness, but also health behaviours. This influence can be reactive, e.g. drinking more due to stress, or proactive, e.g. making decisions about smoking cessation based on beliefs about health and belief in one's own ability to make changes.
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Which of the following models assumes that overt manifestations of psychopathology are only symptoms of an underlying problem?
a. Kanfer and Saslow's model b. the operant conditioning model c. the medical model d. the social ecology model
Because the human brain is born already programmed for language, we can say that language is a(n) ________ behavioral tendency
a. essential b. critical c. innate d. somatic e. cerebral
The ________ is a layer of the embryo, which will become the nervous system and brain, sensory receptors, and skin parts.
a. mesoderm b. ectoderm c. trophoblast d. endoderm
__________ involves wrapping babies tightly in cloths or a blanket so that their arms and legs cannot move.
A. Swaddling B. Snuggling C. Securing D. Sneaking