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Introduction to Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – General Psychology

WEBThe scientific study of how stress and other psychological factors impact health falls within the realm of health psychology, a subfield of psychology devoted to understanding the …

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Outcome: The Social Construction of Health – Introductory …

WEBMedical sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and healthcare for both the sick and the healthy. In this …

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Reading: The Cultural Significance of Health – Introductory Sociology

WEB169. Reading: The Cultural Significance of Health. If sociology is the systematic study of human behavior in society, medical sociology is the systematic study of how humans …

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167 Why It Matters: Health, Aging, and the Elderly

WEB167 Why It Matters: Health, Aging, and the Elderly Why demonstrate an understanding of the social construction of health, and describe the processes and challenges associated …

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64 Learning, Humanistic, and Biological Approaches

WEBSelf-Efficacy. Bandura (1977, 1995) has studied a number of cognitive and personal factors that affect learning and personality development, and most recently has focused on the …

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76 Regulation of Stress and The Pursuit of Happiness

WEBRegulation of Stress. As we learned in the previous section, stress —especially if it is chronic—takes a toll on our bodies and can have enormously negative health …

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Stressors and Illness – General Psychology

WEBIn addition to stress itself, emotional upset and certain stressful personality traits have been proposed as potential contributors to ill health. Franz Alexander (1950), an early-20th …

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Introduction to Lifespan Development – General Psychology

WEBPhysical development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness. Cognitive development involves learning, …

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78 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders

WEBThe diagnosis and classification of psychological disorders is essential in studying and treating psychopathology. The classification system used by most U.S. professionals is …

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176 Reading: Healthcare Outside of the United States

WEBPeople often look to Canada’s universal healthcare system, Medicare, as a model for the system. In Canada, healthcare is publicly funded and is administered by the separate …

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Personality and Childhood Disorders – General Psychology

WEBPersonality Disorders. The term personality refers loosely to one’s stable, consistent, and distinctive way of thinking about, feeling, acting, and relating to the world.People with …

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History of the DSM – Abnormal Psychology

WEBThe APA published the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1952; it was based off of the ICD-6 and the military system. The first DSM contained about 60 …

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108 Reading: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

WEBReading: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination. The terms stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. Let …

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Types of Treatment and Modalities – General Psychology

WEBTwo types of therapy are psychotherapy and biomedical therapy. Both types of treatment help people with psychological disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and …

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History of Abnormal Behavior – Abnormal Psychology

WEB237 History of Abnormal Behavior 500 B.C. – Ancient Times. Mental illness was thought to be caused by demons or animal spirits taking over the body. This was also true of …

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Limitations of Real GDP – Principles of Macroeconomics

WEBLimitations of Real GDP: Goods and Services Omitted From GDP. GDP measures the value of goods and services that are bought in markets, so it excludes: Household …

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8 The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870—1900

WEBUrbanization occurred rapidly in the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States for a number of reasons. The new technologies of the time led to a massive leap …

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Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder (CSSD) – Abnormal Psychology

WEBA. Somatic Symptoms. One or more somatic symptoms that are distressing and/or result in significant disruption in daily life. B. Excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related …

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Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870—1900 – U.S. History II: 1877 to …

WEBThe machine politics of the cities, specifically Tammany Hall in New York, illustrate the kind of corrupt, but effective, local and national politics that dominated the era. Nationally, …

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