Health psychology is best defined as the
a. study of the ways in which psychological principles can be used to prevent illness and promote health.
b. use of psychological principles and research methods to solve practical problems.
c. study of how individuals behave, think, and feel in the presence, actual or implied, of others.
d. study of behavioral factors in medicine, physical illness, and medical treatment.
ANSWER: a
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a. diseases. b. illnesses. c. psychological disorders. d. medical conditions.
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a. norepinephrine. c. acetylcholine. b. serotonin. d. dopamine.
Humanists reanimated interest in moral philosophy. As they de-emphasized ____, they promoted the roles of emotion and memory in human behavior
a. intellect c. common sense b. theology d. reason
In Freudian psychoanalysis, the hidden, symbolic meaning of a dream that must be interpreted by the clinician is the ________ content of that dream.
A. manifest B. primary C. tertiary D. latent