PS22017: Health psychology
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Psychology |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EXOB 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Open-book written examination (EXOB 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take PS12001 OR take PS10086
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of how concepts in health can be assessed.
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the concepts around what it means to be healthy, well and have good quality of life.
- Demonstrate knowledge about the range of methods appropriate to measuring and evaluating outcomes in health psychology.
- Appreciate some of the key interventions designed by health psychologists for use in clinical and non-clinical settings, in chronic disease.
- Set the psychology of health within a broad multidisciplinary context in the health and social sciences.
- Critically appraise the dynamics of organising psychological care within the health care system.
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| Synopsis: | "Advance your knowledge of how biology, psychology, behaviour, and social factors influence health and illness.
You will explore the concepts, theory, methods and applications of health psychology, using the concepts of social psychology and psychobiology.
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| Content: | This unit will cover the following topics:
Health psychology interventions for major chronic diseases e.g. cardiovascular, pain.
An appraisal of the process of health reporting and health care from the detection of symptoms, decision to consult, through the consultation to adherence to treatment.
An appreciation of key concepts; stress, uncertainty, social support.
The impact of care. Health promotion and education practices covering smoking, sex, disability, exercise, diet, etc.
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| Course availability: |
PS22017 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Psychology
- UHPS-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Psychology (Year 2)
- UHPS-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Psychology with work placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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