Relier Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 1 VocabVersion en ligne Ch 1 Vocab par Spencer Leon 1 Blunters 2 Health belief 3 Gradient of Reinforcement 4 Germ Theory 5 Psychoneuroimmunology 6 Type A 7 Health Psychology 8 Biopsychosocial approach 9 Cost-gain belief 10 Monitors 11 Response efficacy belief 12 Subjective norms 13 Malignant neoplasms 14 Immunocompetence 15 Perceived control Cancerous growths that may be treated by radiation and chemical therapy Discovery that many illnesses are caused by the activity of microorganisms, such as bacteria Extent to which our immune system is functioning properly to ward off microorganisms Belief that a specific behaviour is within one's control Information avoiders 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 Information seekers The study of the relationship between psychological states and the functioning of the immune system. A pattern often found in cardiac patients characterized by time urgency, achievement orientation, and hostility. Assessment of the costs associated with a course of action compared to the benefit of the individual's health Something we believe to be true concerning our health Perception that a threat-reducing strategy will work Beliefs regarding what others think we should do and the extent to which we are motivated to go along with these people Miller's explanation of the gradual weakening of a behaviour the further it gets in time from the reinforcement of that behaviour.