The general goal of health psychology is to
a. encourage individuals throughout the world to get regular medical checkups.
b. use psychological knowledge to promote wellness and positive health behaviors.
c. use the principles of medicine to treat the physical body as separate from the psyche.
d. eliminate the presence of Western scientific thinking in the medical community.
Answer: b. use psychological knowledge to promote wellness and positive health behaviors.
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