PSY 271 - Introduction to Health Psychology

1. Summarize the components of the field of health psychology.
2. Recognize the scientific methods employed by health psychologists and acquire some basic conceptual skills for interpreting and critically analyzing research. 
3. Discuss the evidence for the roles of central psychosocial constructs, such as stress, coping, personality, and social support, in health risks and outcomes.
4. Discuss the mechanisms through which psychological and social factors (e.g. poverty, culture, racism, sexism, etc.) might influence physical health.
5. Discuss how behavioral change theories can be applied to health, wellness, and illness.