Health psychology – causes of death

Illness, stress, and exercise (aerobic exercise)

Stress (flight or fight) and stressors

General adaptation syndrome – alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Frustration, pressure, conflict (approach-approach, avoidance-avoidance, approach-avoidance, double approach-avoidance)

Catastrophes (PTSD), major life changes (social readjustment rating scale), daily hassles (uplifts)

Biomedical vs. biopsychosocial model

Physiological reactivity (Type A and B), coronary heart disease

Cognitive appraisal (primary, secondary)

Social support – perceived vs. received

Hardiness (challenge, commitment, control)

Explanatory style (self-deception, optimism)

Locus of control (learned helplessness)

Religious involvement

Coping – task oriented, emotional oriented, avoidance oriented, proactive

Stress in the workplace – workload, clarity job description, physical variables, job status, accountability, task variety, human contact, physical and mental challenge

Racism and stress

Gender, ethnicity, and health

Cancer

Smoking and health

Alcohol abuse

Alternative medicines

Psychoneuroimmunology (lymphocytes)