Health psychology is the sub-field of psychology that is concerned with the interrelationships among social, psychological, and behavioral processes and physical health. Promotion and maintenance of health.
Health psychology is concerned with helping people stay healthy.
We will discuss these factors, why people do or do not practice health behaviors, and their relationship with health. This is two parts. First, concerned with preventing behaviors, attitudes, etc, that relates to a particular illness, either on an individual, or global level helping people so that illness is avoided. In class, will focus on some of these factors thought to relate to illness. Etiology refers to what might be the causes or related factors to illness.