Health Psychology A Biopsychosocial Approach 5th Edition By Straub – Test Bank
| 1. | Outline the central historical views of illness and health, with specific examples spanning from the prehistoric period to the present day, including both key theorists and medical developments. |
| 2. | Explain how Descartes’s concept of dualism influenced medical science and current views of health and wellness in Western and non-Western medical practice and theory. |
| 3. | Compare and contrast the biomedical and biopsychosocial models of health and illness. Discuss the implications of accepting and adopting one model over the other in regard to understanding health and illness. |
| 4. | Identify the major epidemiological, theoretical, and philosophical trends that led to the emergence of health psychology as a field. |
| 5. | Describe in detail the different contexts considered by health psychologists. Give a specific example for each context and ground your example in one particular perspective as mentioned in the text. |
