Germ Theory
Type A
Cost-gain belief
Psychoneuroimmunology
Perceived control
Biopsychosocial approach
Health belief
Immunocompetence
Subjective norms
Blunters
Response efficacy belief
Monitors
Malignant neoplasms
Gradient of Reinforcement
Health Psychology
Perception that a threat-reducing strategy will work
A pattern often found in cardiac patients characterized by time urgency, achievement orientation, and hostility.
A model that suggests that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state of health or illness
Compilation of all that psychology has to offer to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as well as to people’s attempts to maintain health and well-being
Extent to which our immune system is functioning properly to ward off microorganisms
Information avoiders
Beliefs regarding what others think we should do and the extent to which we are motivated to go along with these people
Discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of microorganisms, such as bacteria
Cancerous growths that may be treated by radiation and chemical therapy
Something we believe to be true concerning our health
The study of the relationship between psychological states and the functioning of the immune system.
Belief that a specific behaviour is within one's control
Miller's explanation of the gradual weakening of a behaviour the further it gets in time from the reinforcement of that behaviour.
Information seekers
Assessment of the costs associated with a course of action compared to the benefit of the individual's health
