BSc Psychology / Course details

Topics covered will include:

• the concept of health
• the biomedical and biopsychosocial approaches to health
• the influence of stress on health
• the social cognition approach to predicting and changing health behaviour

This unit will also provide students with i. an illustration of the ways in which a strong research basis is critical in this area, and ii. a critical evaluation of basic theoretical and methodological issues.

Understand the principal approaches to conceptualising health and health behaviour.

Understand and describe, from theoretical and methodological perspectives, key psychological models that have been used to understand health and health behaviour.

• Appreciate the contributions that psychological research has made to health. Integrate findings from different fields of research to understand health. Ability to summarise the evidence base for findings from the main approaches to health psychology.

• Apply knowledge to real world cases in the field of health psychology.  

• Students will have the opportunity to develop their skills in: Synthesising information; summarising theories and evidence; critical thinking; evaluating research; communicating effectively; presenting concise and persuasive arguments

Essay - 100%

Abraham, C., Conner, M., Jones, F., O'Connor, D. (2016). Health Psychology. Taylor and Francis.