Health Psychology

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit a learner should:

1 Understand health and illness

2 Understand models of stress and stress management strategies

3 Understand specific issues in health psychology

4 Understand chronic and terminal illness.

P1 describe two theories of behaviour change

P2 describe three factors that may contribute to the prediction of health behaviour

P3 use examples to describe different health behaviours

P4 describe models of stress and possible coping strategies and responses

P5 explain two specific health psychology issues

P6 describe the role of psychology in relation to understanding one chronic or terminal illness.

M1 analyse the role of theories in explaining health behaviours

M2 explain how stress and stress management techniques can influence illness

M3 compare the two specific health psychology issues for common themes and differences

M4 evaluate the role of psychology in the management of chronic/terminal illness.

D1 evaluate the contribution of theories to the understanding of health behaviours

D2 evaluate the effectiveness of various stress management techniques linked to the different models of stress.